Ex-Pakistan Captain Makes Champions Trophy Pitch says, “Pakistan Went To India, Now….”
Shoaib Malik, who is the former captain of team India, has shared his views on the potential withdrawal of team India from the Champions Trophy 2025. Ever since Pakistan have been given the rights to host the Champions Trophy, there has been a debate whether or not India will travel to their neighbouring country.
India and Pakistan have not played a bilateral series in over a year. While the last visit of India to Pakistan was in 2006, the two teams last played a bilateral series in 2012/13, which was hosted by India. Due to the political differences between the two countries, it has been reported that there are very few chances that the Indian government will give any clearance to team India for the tournament in Pakistan.
For the uninformed, Pakistan visited India last year for the ICC ODI World Cup. During the ongoing debate, Malik has urged the Indian team to visit Pakistan and keep politics separate from sports.
Malik said, “Any issues or disputes between the two countries are a separate matter and should be resolved separately in whatever way is necessary. Politics should not come into sports. The Pakistan team went to India last year, and now the Indian team has the opportunity to come here. I think many players in the Indian team have never played in Pakistan, so this would be a good opportunity for them. We are very hospitable people, and I am sure the Indian team should definitely come.”