Patna. Amid reports that the Indian cricket team will not go to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said that it is not right to mix sports and politics. Tejashwi Yadav asked the question why there is objection to players going to neighboring countries to play cricket? Yadav, a former professional cricketer, said that if Prime Minister Narendra Modi can go to Pakistan to 'eat biryani', then it is okay for the players of the Indian cricket team to go to Pakistan for an important tournament.
Tejashwi Yadav told the media that it is not right to mix politics in sports. We should go, other teams should come to India… Doesn't everyone participate in the Olympics? Why should India not go to Pakistan? What is the objection? If the Prime Minister can go there to eat biryani, then it is good that the Indian team goes; Why is this not good?
This happened when India refused to send the team across the border, following which the International Cricket Council (ICC) called a meeting of the executive members on November 29 to resolve the scheduling issue of the big event. But, just before this meeting, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday told the ICC that it will not accept the hybrid model for the Champions Trophy, and asked not to discuss this option in the meeting.
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The PCB has been staunch in its opposition to the hybrid model and has advised the ICC to consider other options for staging the Champions Trophy. It said that this model would mean giving preference to India. A source said that initially the PCB had considered the possibility of a hybrid model on the condition that if India could not play in Pakistan, then in future all ICC events held in India till 2031 would have a hybrid model, as Pakistan would play India. I will not go and play.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: November 28, 2024, 22:31 IST
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