Shoaib Akhtar criticized PCB for conceding to the hybrid model for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, allowing India's matches in UAE. He claimed the agreement was pre-decided and urged stronger negotiation.

Crores of fans in India and Pakistan are elated over the efforts of the International Cricket Council (ICC) which successfully persuaded the Pakistan Cricket Board to accept an amicable and logical solution of the Hybrid Model (India will play its matches at a neutral venue like UAE).

PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi explained the current scenario regarding the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Find out more, only on CricTracker.

The latest proposal is a climbdown for the PCB, which had earlier threatened to boycott the Champions Trophy 2025 if its hosting rights were not granted in full and India's demand for a neutral venue was accepted.

It is understood that most of the ICC board members were sympathetic towards Pakistan's situation, but PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi was, nonetheless, advised to accept the 'Hybrid' model as the only "plausible solution" for the current imbroglio.

India's Champions Trophy matches will be held in the UAE and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi met Emirates Cricket Board head Mubashir Usmani

The last time Pakistan hosted an ICC event was in the year of 1996. The Asia Cup, held in the country last year, was also conducted in a hybrid model, with all of India’s games taking place in Sri Lanka.

F ormer India spinner Harbhajan Singh asked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to keep their ego aside and accept the hybrid model for the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025. The eight-