Will hosting of Champions Trophy be snatched away from India?Image Credit source: PTI
After the controversy that lasted for about a week, finally the India-Pakistan match in the T20 World Cup 2026 took place. R of Colombo. This group stage match was played between the two teams on Sunday 15th February at Premadasa Stadium, which was won by Team India. This match ended without any controversy, but this entire incident has definitely increased the tension and its effect can be seen on the upcoming tournaments. This is what is being said in a report coming from Australia, in which it has also been claimed that ICC may snatch the hosting of the tournament to be held in India after a few years.
Before the match played on 15 February pakistan india This match against was boycotted. After this, after ICC explained and warned of strict action, Pakistan Cricket Board reversed its decision and announced to play the match. But the real root of this dispute was Bangladesh. After ousting Mustafizur Rahman from the IPL, the Bangladeshi government had refused to send its team to India for the World Cup, due to which it was out of the tournament itself.
Will hosting of these tournaments be snatched away from India?
This entire incident and controversy kept world cricket in hot water for about a month. At present, this dispute has stopped after much discussion and agreement, but will this issue not arise again in the future? Doubts are being raised regarding this. Australian newspaper’Sydney Morning Herald‘ A report has claimed that ICC can take a big step in view of the political tension between India-Pakistan and Bangladesh. Under this, the hosting of the Champions Trophy to be held in 2029 and then the ODI World Cup in 2031 may be snatched away from India.
Preparation to make Australia a backup venue
It has been said in the report that if the relations between these two countries with India remain the same and Pakistan-Bangladesh refuse to go to India in the future, then Australia can be made the host for both these tournaments. There is a greater possibility of this happening in the Champions Trophy 2029 because this tournament with 8 teams will be held only in India. This may not be needed in the World Cup 2031 because this tournament will be jointly hosted by India and Bangladesh.
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