Champions Trophy: India Rejects Pakistan's Hybrid Model Demands | First Sports With Rupha Ramani

Champions Trophy: India Rejects Pakistan's Hybrid Model Demands | First Sports With Rupha Ramani

Pakistan and India remain at loggerheads over the 2025 Champions Trophy. While India continues to stay reluctant to travel to Pakistan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has agreed to a hybrid model but with certain conditions. The PCB wants a neutral venue even for the ICC events organised by India up until 2031. Pakistan has also demanded more share of ICC's revenue. India has rejected Pakistan's demand for a hybrid model. Who will ICC side with? Rupha Ramani explores why Pakistan might lose the battle yet again. 

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[sudhakargn]

Blood and cricket can’t go together. We respect our soldiers sacrifices. Indian audiences watch any cricket match when India plays. Hell with Pak we don’t have to share our audience with you.

[RamasyaDasosmyaham]

India should pull out and plainly refuse hybrid models. The resulting loss will make ICC think twice before ever picking such an unsafe venue again.

[aniketgarud]

If India pulls out of the tournament, hosting it in Pak will yield them absolutely nothing. Sadly most of the Pakistani avaam is broke to spend money on tickets and people from other countries would shy away from entering Pakistan given the current geopolitical situation.

[anthonyboila]

The most dirty and messed up event of the year, and ICC to be blame, why give Pakistan to host, knowing india will not go to play. Messed.

[vinodmenon]

Stop playing with Pakistan..it will not make any difference to india

[yatinsinha]

4:32 The probably the first ever by any anchor! But I like the natural approach to connect with the audience.

[rockyjhonny]

We can't risk our player's life. As simple as that.
Recently sri lanka luckily escaped from Pakistan thanks to attackers there.

[sonicbreaker]

Pakistan is not a safe venue. PERIOD.
Why ? Ask yourselves where was ObL found living for 5 years when US Marines took him out ...

[subhashishbagchi]

India must not play with Pakistan under any cost.

[venugopalrao]

Please call a spade a spade. Pakistan has lodged 4 wars against India since Independence. Nothing has changed. For the Pak Army and ISI hostility against India keeps them in real power. Plus it is sadly the haven for terrorism and India faces the brunt of the attacks. Cricket and Sports cannot compromise or undermine national security and interests. Thats what they want. To normalise the situation through a cricket tournament without anything changing on the ground.

[SANDERZ_PLAYZ]

"I understand they want to be treated as equals!" didi kya dialogue mari!😂😂😂

[KiranKSheth]

India straight way refuse to play champions trophy with conditions why because this will set precedent for future events. Secondly, Pakistan wants a political mileage with Imran Khan in jail. Most importantly India should send totally non professionals not IPL MEMBERS to champions trophy for seurity reasons to UAE.

[SanaatanSatyaHai]

From being denied entry to the Finals at The Oval to holding the power to crash cricket's viewership—India has shown the world the true meaning of resilience.

[inuyashayagami]

Ma'am, you are a great journalist!

[EVERYDAY_PAKISTAN_]

Haha wtf their media is feeding them... that's why these guys are becoming so delusional.

[Ami-ik]

Bro i dont get it. If india wants pak to play in india then they have to but if india has to play in Pak they refuse. Espically after the last years pak Cricket is returning to their homesoil.

[srinivashande]

ICC will do as BCCI wants. India controls cricket from 10 years.

[arnabutube]

I don't understand why are we even playing with pakistan in the very first place? There should not be any India pakistan match anywhere, be it in India, pakistan or someplace else! We don't want to see the name 'pakistan' to take its place beside ours, if to be brutally honest.

[dipakshah]

I am surprised that why other nations putting their cricketers life in danger particularly current incident in Pakistan where even SL A team has left their series half way.

[prakxyz]

Ban paxtan form playing international cricket