According to the MEA (Ministry of External Affairs), Indian cricket team is “unlikely” to travel to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy next year due to ‘security concerns’ there, said on Friday.
Due to strained political relations between the two nations, India has not toured Pakistan since 2008, when they participated in the Asia Cup. The two arch-rivals last played a bilateral series in 2012-13 in India, comprising white-ball matches. After that, India and Pakistan have primarily faced each other in ICC tournaments and Asia Cups.
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal cited the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) statement which stated that because of the “security concerns” in…
