Champions Trophy 2025: Fierce 'fight' between BCCI-PCB over the name of Pakistan, another uproar before the Champions Trophy

First, Team India refused to go to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy. After this, Rohit Sharma also did not attend the opening ceremony of ICC Champions Trophy 2025 as captain. Pakistan is hosting this ICC tournament. But India's matches will be held in Dubai. Now there are reports that India has once again defeated Pakistan. Usually the name of the country that hosts the tournament is on the jersey of all the teams, but Pakistan's name will not be on India's jersey and now there is a ruckus about this.
PCB has accused India and BCCI in this matter. An official of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said, 'BCCI is bringing politics into cricket which is not good for the game. BCCI refused to send its team to Pakistan. They also do not want to send their captain (Rohit Sharma) to Pakistan for the opening ceremony and now there are reports that Pakistan's name will not be printed on the jersey (Indian cricket team). We expect ICC to not let this happen and support Pakistan.'
'BCCI is bringing politics into cricket, which is not at all good for the game. They refused to travel Pakistan. They don't want to send their captain for the opening ceremony, now there are reports that they don't want host nation (Pakistan) name printed on their jersey. We… pic.twitter.com/Z9FrF9FKit
— IANS (@ians_india) January 20, 2025
India's name was on Pakistan's jersey in the 2023 ODI World Cup
India hosted the 2023 ODI World Cup. Then the Pakistani team came to India and played all its matches here. Pakistan's jersey had India's name on it. Even before this, when India hosted ICC events, Pakistan's jersey had India written on it. But BCCI does not want Pakistan's name on its players' jerseys. Now Pakistan has sought refuge from the ICC regarding this issue.
India and Pakistan will clash in Dubai on 23 February
The Champions Trophy 2025 will begin in Pakistan from February 19. India will play all its matches in Dubai. The grand match between India and Pakistan in the tournament will also be played at the Dubai International Stadium. Both teams will face each other on February 23.