The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be held in February. Before the start of this tournament uproar in every news is ‘Hybrid Model’. This year’s tournament will be held in Pakistan as per the schedule. But the country’s arch-rival India has refused to go to that country. As a result, there has been some controversy over the tournament.
India has told the ICC that they will not go to Pakistan. If necessary, it should be in Hybrid Model. But Pakistan says that the entire tournament will be held on their home venue. If it is a Hybrid Model, they will not play. In this situation, the ICC is in a dilemma. Now the question is, what is this Hybrid Model? When did this term start in cricket?
What is Hybrid Model in Cricket?
The Hybrid Model is a relatively new rule set in cricket and has been in discussion this past year due to the Asia Cup 2023 controversy between India and Pakistan.
In Asia Cup 2023 India refused to go to Pakistan
If there is a tournament in Pakistan, India will not go. India’s matches will be held in another country’s soil. They will be hosted by Pakistan. Pakistan will get all the financial benefits. Such a system was a hybrid model.
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When did start Hybrid Model?
In Asia Cup 2023 India refused to go to Pakistan, the host of the Asia Cup over strained diplomatic relations and security issues. Pakistan, in turn, threatened to boycott the ICC Cricket World Cup. The Pakistan Cricket Board- PCB proposed a Hybrid Model, in which, the games involving India would be played outside Pakistan in neutral territories like Sri Lanka or Bangladesh or UAE.
The Hybrid Model is a relatively new rule set in cricket
History of Hybrid Model
Last Asia Cup Held in Pakistan, But India Played thier matches in SriLanka. In that tournament is the first Event in Hybrid Model. Pakistan retains the hosting rights to Asia Cup while India plays its games in Sri Lanka, a neutral venue from both the clashing countries’ perspectives. The final will also be played in Sri Lanka. All the non-India matches will go forward as planned in Pakistan itself. This plan was devised by PCB head Najam Sethi.
After all This year Pakistan is not willing to play in a hybrid model. They want to play all the matches in their own country. All the other countries have agreed to go to Pakistan. But India is not making it clear why it is objecting.
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