Pakistani cricketer Ahmed Shahzad said- PCB lost golden chance, now Indian team will never come

During the continuing Champions Trophy 2025 controversy, Pakistan Cricket Batter Ahmed Shahzad came forward and blunty said, "PCB lost a golden opportunity when they disagreed with BCCI's hybrid model." Notably, after the crystal clear refusal from India on touring Pakistan, the Champions Trophy will be held on a hybrid model. Coupled with this, till 2027, all ICC events will be organized on this model and Pakistan will also play against India at a neutral venue in these events. After the announcement of ICC, Ahmed Shahzad said that PCB lost a golden chance to host India.

Ahmed Shahzad told YouTuber Nadir Ali that PCB had a golden chance to host India. All the cricket boards had agreed to the agreement in 2021 itself that Pakistan would host the Champions Trophy. The ICC could not back out from this. Now I feel that the PCB has lost that opportunity. Let us forget that the Indian team will ever come to Pakistan now.

He said that the only way to bring the Indian team here was through an ICC event. Let us tell you that Pakistan opener Ahmed Shahzad had also given a strange suggestion to hold a match between the two countries. He had said that a stadium should be built on the border of both countries and both should be made to play there.

Shahzad said that I had given the idea of ​​building a stadium on the border in a podcast. One gate would open in India and the other in Pakistan. The players would come and play from their respective gates. But even then the BCCI and the Government of India will have problems. When Indian players come to the ground on our side, they will need a visa which they will not get.