Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra shared his thoughts of PCB not getting any financial loss after the Champions Trophy got accepted in a hybrid model.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that the Champions Trophy 2025 is going to be held in a hybrid model, with India’s matches set to take place out of Pakistan. The decision has come after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) refused to send Indian team to Pakistan for the event.
In return, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) asked for a similar method or the upcoming events that will be held in India. This request has also been accepted by the Council and Pakistan will hence not be travelling to India for any ICC event.
Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra believes that the PCB will not lose anything in this model, even after seeing a few matches taking place outside their country.
“Pakistan is not losing money. In fact, in this arrangement, Pakistan hasn’t even lost its face. No matter how much they might have talked against the Hybrid Model, they had ultimately agreed, but they have also not walked away empty-handed,” Akash Chopra said on hi YouTube channel.
“It’s now almost confirmed that it will be tit for tat. All matches till 2027 will be in the Hybrid Model. If India are not going to Pakistan, Pakistan will also not come to India and play against India. Pakistan will play their matches in a third country,” Aakash added.
“There is no money lost because they will get an extra $4.50 million as they will have to spend a little more while hosting it in a third country. They were being given Rs 600 crore and will now get $4.50 million more. Of course, there will be a slight tourism loss because a lot of people used to travel for India-Pakistan engagements,” Chopra further added.
“It could be a financial loss because of that but there is no direct loss because the gate-receipt money doesn’t go to the home nation in ICC events in any case. It’s also been decided that Pakistan will not come to India for the 2026 T20 World Cup, where Sri Lanka is the co-host,” he concluded.
This financial situation is because of the fact that ICC had reportedly agreed to give Pakistan a decent share of money compared to what the board was earlier supposed to get.
