Sunil Gavaskar Exposes Security In Pakistan Over India Stance Controversy

Team India’s refusal to journey to Pakistan for ICC Champions Trophy 2025 noticed the match being transformed right into a hybrid mannequin, with Rohit Sharma & Co taking part in their matches in Dubai. Apprehensions over group’s safety have been the largest purpose cited by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) when the explanation behind such a stance was sought. While different worldwide groups have performed all of their Champions Trophy matches in Pakistan, questions arose over the validity of India’s claims. However, Indian cricket nice Sunil Gavaskar shut down the chatter, highlighting ‘safety lapse’ incidents that passed off in Pakistan in the course of the Champions Trophy.

During the Afghanistan vs England Champions Trophy Group B match, a fan managed to breach safety to satisfy Afghan gamers. Earlier, even New Zealand batter Rachin Ravindra needed to face such an incident in the course of the match in opposition to Bangladesh.

“Even in this tournament we say that people were able to breach security and run onto the ground while the match was going on. I think it happened during the Afghanistan game. When you see such incidents, it is almost impossible for any government to give the Indian team the permission to travel to Pakistan,” Gavaskar stated on Sports Today.

Earlier, throughout a chat present in Pakistan, Gavaskar was requested about his opinion on the resumption of India vs Pakistan bilateral cricket. He dominated out the opportunity of such a collection till there’s peace on the Indo-Pak border.

“It’s very simple. If there’s peace at the borders, then I think both governments will certainly say, ‘Look, okay, we’ve had no incidents, nothing at all. So let’s at least start talking’,” Gavaskar had stated.

“I’m pretty certain there will be some back-channel connections going on. But you want to see what’s happening both on the ground and off the ground because there are incursions we hear about. That’s the reason why the Indian government is saying, ‘Look, maybe until all that stops, we should not even look at having or talking about anything’,” he had added.