‘It is the federal government’s … ‘: Kapil Dev on Champions Trophy venues, India-Pakistan conflict | Cricket Information – Instances of India

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‘It is the federal government’s … ‘: Kapil Dev on Champions Trophy venues, India-Pakistan conflict | Cricket Information – Instances of India
Kapil Dev (Picture credit score: X)

NEW DELHI: The previous Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev expressed his views relating to ICC Champions Trophy venues and potential India-Pakistan matches, highlighting that such issues fall below governmental jurisdiction.
“It is the federal government’s accountability. It authorities says it is okay, then it is wonderful. Individuals like us mustn’t give opinions, our opinions do not matter. Kapil Dev cannot be larger than anybody else,” the 1983 World Cup-winning captain stated.
The ICC introduced a worldwide Trophy Tour for the Males’s Champions Trophy 2025, scheduled in Pakistan, following the cancellation of the trophy tour in Pakistan-occupied Jammu-Kashmir (PoJK).
The BCCI raised robust objections to PCB’s preliminary plans to conduct the Champions Trophy tour in contested areas of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, together with Skardu, Hunza, and Muzaffarabad.
In keeping with ANI sources, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah promptly opposed PCB’s unilateral resolution and known as for ICC intervention. Subsequently, the ICC suspended the tour and issued a revised schedule excluding PoJK places.
In Islamabad, the trophy can be displayed at Daman-e-Koh, Faisal Mosque, and Pakistan Monument, accompanied by former Pakistani quick bowler Shoaib Akhtar.
The worldwide Trophy Tour will begin with this occasion, providing distinctive engagement alternatives for international supporters by way of vibrant actions aligned with the occasion’s refreshed visible identification.
Following Islamabad, the tour will go to outstanding Pakistani cities together with Karachi, Abbottabad, and Taxila earlier than continuing internationally, showcasing the various cultures of collaborating nations.
The ICC said, “A collection of bodily and digital engagements traversing iconic locations, sporting occasions, and key battles within the worldwide cricket calendar type the Trophy Tour schedule. Followers can be handled to a content material collection titled ‘Champion on Tour’ that may doc the Trophy Tour’s journey all over the world by way of the distinctive lens of meals, music, and cricket.”
ICC Chief Industrial Officer Anurag Dahiya welcomed the occasion’s launch, stating as quoted from ICC, “We’re delighted to launch the Trophy Tour with DP World forward of the ICC Males’s Champions Trophy, the place one other action-packed programme of exercise is offered to followers internationally.”
He elaborated on the fan expertise, noting, “The silverware, which can be showcased throughout all collaborating nations, will permit the game’s passionate fanbase to benefit from the unforgettable expertise of being up shut with the enduring trophy.”