Richard thompsopon

Wales Cricket Board Chairman: With the 2025 Champions Trophy inching closer, there are np updates as to whether India will be traveling to Pakistan for the first time since 2008. However it is expected that the reigning T20 World Cup winners will not be going across the border.

England & Wales Cricket Board Chairman, Richard Thompsopon who is in Pakistan for the duration of the Test Match between England and Pakistan, believes that it would not be in cricket’s interest if India does not participate in the tournament.

“It would not be in cricket's interests for India not to be playing in the Champions Trophy. It's interesting, with Jay Shah - the former secretary of the BCCI and now chair of the ICC - [who] is going to have a big role to play in that. There's geopolitics, and then there's cricketing geopolitics. I think they'll find a way. They have to find a way.