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Saqlain Mushtaq has urged Pakistan to show BCCI a ‘lesson’ for his or her habits over the 2025 Champions Trophy internet hosting.
Saqlain Mushtaq (AFP Photograph)
Pakistan legend and former coach Saqlain Mushtaq desires his nation’s crew to show the Board of Management for Cricket (BCCI) ‘a lesson’ for displaying ‘tantrums’ and never behaving in a ‘civilized’ method over the internet hosting drama for the continued 2025 Champions Trophy.
Pakistan is the official host for the Champions Trophy, the primary ICC match within the nation since 1996. The BCCI had refused to journey there as a result of safety causes, which led to weeks of deliberation with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) to zero in on a hybrid mannequin. Beneath this, all of India’s matches will likely be performed in Dubai, together with the ultimate in the event that they attain that far.
“Their tantrums simply don’t finish,” Mushtaq mentioned on Pakistan’s 24 Digital on Tuesday (February 18). “We’re singing their praises. Youngsters right here wish to see Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah. Each little one right here desires to see them in motion, however their tantrums simply don’t finish. I don’t know through which world they’re dwelling in and what they wish to obtain. When are they going to be clever and smart? When will they open their hearts? By carrying a tie and speaking in English, you assume you’ve gotten grow to be civilized? Pakistan ought to take a stand and train them a lesson.”
As a part of the hybrid mannequin deal, all India-Pakistan matches in ICC tournaments until 2027 will likely be performed in impartial venues. Pakistan’s males’s and girls’s groups, thus, gained’t journey to India for the foreseeable future.
As for instructing India a ‘lesson’, Pakistan will get an opportunity to make its case on Sunday, February 23 once they play one another within the Group A conflict within the match in Dubai.
Mushtaq remembers Visa troubles
Additional within the interview, Mushtaq mentioned he confronted ’embarrassment’ and ‘disappointment’ when attempting to get his visa for India to journey as New Zealand’s spin advisor in final yr’s Take a look at tour.
“I booked on-line (visa appointment) from Leicester the place I dwell and acquired an appointment two weeks later. They made me sit in a queue for 4 hours. I felt a bit embarrassed and I used to be disillusioned as nicely for the remedy being meted out to me. You gained’t imagine how many individuals I approached (to get my visa processed). They saved telling me it was within the queue to get processed.
“The standing remained the identical for 3 months. Within the meantime, I acquired this supply from PCB. So I refused the visa. They (Indian authorities) took the charge as nicely and didn’t even acknowledge it,” Mushtaq added.
Pakistan misplaced to New Zealand within the opening conflict of the Champions Trophy and now must beat India and Bangladesh to have a shot at qualifying for the semi-finals.