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Pakistan will host the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, where the biggest challenge will be to provide security to the team. Due to security reasons, it is likely that Team India will not go to Pakistan to participate in the Champions Trophy and India's matches will be held in Sri Lanka or UAE. Not only is India worried about the security of the players in the Champions Trophy, but now a former Pakistani player has also expressed his concern about it. This former cricketer has warned the Pakistan Cricket Board about the security issue.
Who is this player?
Former cricketer Basit Ali is the player who warned the Pakistan Cricket Board about security. Basit Ali has played 19 Test and 50 ODI matches for Pakistan. Basit Ali has 858 runs in Test cricket and 1265 runs in ODI cricket. Basit Ali has also been the head coach of the Pakistan A team.
What did Basit Ali say?
Basil Ali says that Pakistan Cricket Board has to host the ICC Champions Trophy. This will be the first ICC event in Pakistan after the 1996 World Cup. Pakistan jointly hosted the 1996 ODI World Cup along with India and Sri Lanka. Basit Ali further said that before the Champions Trophy, Pakistan has to host the teams of Bangladesh, England and West Indies. Pakistan Cricket Board will have to maintain complete security during this series. If something happens in this series, then Pakistan may lose the hosting of Champions Trophy. Basit Ali has given this statement on his YouTube channel.
Teams should get presidential protection
Basit Ali said that 'God forbid, if something happens on this tour, the Champions Trophy will not be played here. Our soldiers are getting martyred in Balochistan and Peshawar. Only the government can answer why this is happening, but this is wrong. Foreign teams should get the same security as our Prime Minister and President. I am sure Mohsin Naqvi is aware of these things.
Sri Lankan team attacked
On March 3, 2009, the Sri Lankan cricket team on a tour to Pakistan was attacked. The lives of the Sri Lankan players were saved in this attack. Since then, teams avoid touring Pakistan. The New Zealand team had already abandoned the tour in 2021 due to security concerns before the ODI series against Pakistan. After this, the England team also canceled its tour.