Malik emphasised the significance of maintaining politics separate from sports activities, suggesting that any bilateral points between India and Pakistan ought to be addressed independently of their cricketing engagements.
“No matter reservations there are between the nations, that is a separate difficulty and ought to be solved individually. Politics should not come into sports activities. The Pakistan crew went to India final 12 months, and now it is a good alternative for the Indian crew too. I feel there are lots of gamers within the Indian crew who have not performed in Pakistan, so it will be nice for them. Hum bahut acche log hai (we’re good folks). We’re very hospitable folks, so I am positive the Indian crew ought to positively come,” Malik instructed Cricket Pakistan.
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Regardless of Malik’s welcoming stance, there are stories indicating reluctance from the Indian cricket crew concerning their journey to Pakistan for the event, primarily on account of ongoing political tensions between the 2 nations.
It has additionally been urged that the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) would possibly search to have their matches relocated to different venues resembling Sri Lanka or Dubai.
This growth comes amidst a longstanding hiatus in bilateral cricket sequence between India and Pakistan, with the final sequence on Pakistani soil going down through the 2008 Asia Cup.
Since then, encounters between the 2 groups have been confined to ICC tournaments and Asia Cups, with their most up-to-date bilateral sequence occurring in India from December 2012 to January 2013.
The Champions Trophy 2025 guarantees to be a big occasion, with Pakistan aiming to copy their success from the 2017 version of the event. India, however, shall be trying so as to add to their victories from 2013 and the shared triumph in 2002.
