Champions Trophy 2025: What did Harbhajan Singh say about India visiting Pakistan?

champions trophy harbhajan singh visit Pakistan India

Former Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has voiced strong support for the Indian cricket team avoiding a visit to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025, scheduled to begin in February.

The Indian team has not played in Pakistan since 2008 due to persistent security concerns and is unlikely to make the trip for the upcoming Champions Trophy. Pakistan were hot for the last year’s Asia, but India refused to visit and played their matches in hybrid model.

Reports indicate that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is considering a hybrid model, which would see Rohit Sharma and his team playing their matches in either Sri Lanka or the UAE.

In an interview with IANS, Harbhajan Singh questioned the rationale behind sending the Indian team to Pakistan given the current safety concerns.

Read more: ICC approves budget for Champions Trophy 2025 in Pakistan

He emphasized that player safety should be the top priority and that it would be unreasonable to risk the team’s well-being by traveling to a region with such security issues.

“Why should the Indian team go to Pakistan? There is a safety concern in Pakistan. The situation is such that incidents occur almost daily. It’s not safe for the team to go there. The BCCI’s stance is absolutely correct—nothing is more important than the safety of our players. I fully support the BCCI’s decision,” Harbhajan Singh said.



from ARY NEWS https://ift.tt/4F25Obn

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

War-torn Sudan faces ‘catastrophe’ as UN runs out of funds

Image
Of nearly 25 million people in need, the United Nations has only been able to reach a fraction, according to the head of the UN’s humanitarian response in war-torn Sudan. But assistance to even those four million could soon stop, Clementine Nkweta-Salami told AFP in an interview, if the chronic lack of funding continues. The UN’s humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan says eight months into a conflict between rival generals that has torn the country apart, the situation is “catastrophic”. Aid workers have called it the “forgotten war”. On April 15, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, turned their weapons on each other. Two years after the former allies co-engineered a 2021 coup sidelining civilians from power, their forces have killed more than 12,190 people in their brutal struggle for power, according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). That figure is only a c
Read more

Transport Canada declares Pakistan’s aviation security satisfactory

Image
KARACHI: In a major development, the security delegation from Transport Canada on Wednesday completed the security audit of Jinnah International Airport, ARY News reported. According to Airports Security Force (ASF), the team conducted thorough inspection of the security arrangements in place at the airport and found them satisfactory. During the audit, the ASF team comprising National Inspectors gave a briefing to the Transport Canada team. The assessment team was given briefing on security deployment, entry control, screening, issuance of passes and addressing emergency situations. The Transport Canada team commended the efforts of the ASF for taking additional measures to ensure the safety of the Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) direct flights to Canada. The team also termed the overall aviation security measures satisfactory at the international airports of Pakistan. It is pertinent to mention that the two-member delegation from Transport Canada arrived in Pakistan on
Read more

Woman throws eight-year-old child into Karachi’s nullah

Image
KARACHI: A tragic incident was reported from Karachi’s old Golimar area near Eidgah Ground when an 8-year-old child was allegedly thrown into the sewerage drain by a woman believed to be mentally ill, ARY News reported on Tuesday. The local police claimed that the woman – believed to be mentally ill – picked up the child, who was playing nearby, and threw him into the sewerage drain and fleeing the scene. The father of the child immediately reported the incident to authorities, which led to initiate a rescue operation. Rescue 1122 teams have been working tirelessly form past three hours in search of the missing child. On the other hand, the police are investigating the case, and efforts are underway to apprehend the suspect. from ARY NEWS https://ift.tt/c1ZzapO
Read more