The ICC Champions Trophy saga is far from over. BCCI already made their intentions clear to the ICC that the Indian Cricket Team won’t travel To Pakistan due to security concerns.

The ongoing saga has also affected ICC’s plans to release the schedule. The usual norm has been to release the schedule 100 days ahead of the tournament starts. The Pakistan Cricket Board had hoped to conduct the Champions Trophy from February 19 which means the official schedule would have to be released by November 12 but that didn't happen.

December 11 was tipped to be the day when ICC published that much coveted Champions Trophy fixture but it seems they have failed to reach a consensus with both PCB and BCCI. As per several reports, a hybrid model has been accepted by all the stakeholders and India’s matches are likely to be held in Dubai.

An ICC board members meeting was also supposed to be held on December 7 but it was postponed due to disagreements regarding how the eight-team competition will go ahead. As per a Cricbuzz report, it has now emerged that the delay in the decision making could force ICC to convert the marquee event into a T20 tournament from the regular ODI format.

The broadcaster also seems to be favouring the BCCI as they know India's matches are the biggest revenue generators and they even get better returns when the matches are held on Indian soil.

The event is less than 75 days away and ICC is yet to resolve the situation. Pakistan demanded the same hybrid model also to be implemented when India hosts any ICC events until 2027. But as per the same report, BCCI hasn’t yet accepted PCB’s demands and it seems to be the main issue behind the current standoff.

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