Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has described the standoff between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) over the 2025 Champions Trophy as a clash of politics and sports.

Both PCB and BCCI have refused to budge, putting the venue for the Champions Trophy 2025 in a deadlock. With the BCCI refusing to send its Indian team to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi has iterated it multiple times that they will not accept the hybrid model.

Pakistan hopes it will get a fair deal on “equality” when the International Cricket Council holds a virtual meeting on Friday to finalize details for next year’s Champions Trophy. There’s an impasse for the eight-team,

According to a report by news agency PTI, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed that they are not going to accept the hybrid model for the Champions Trophy 2025. The report also states that the PCB had looked a​​t the possibility of accepting the hybrid model on the condition that if India cannot play in Pakistan,

Shahid Afridi blamed BCCI for “intertwining politics with sports,” which put international cricket in a “precarious” position

Shahid Afridi has offered his full support to Pakistan's stance of not accepting the hybrid model for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The tournament has been in limbo due to India's reluctance to travel to Pakistan for the tournament.

The PCB has been rigid in its opposition to the hybrid model and had advised the ICC to look at other options to stage the Champions Trophy