Champions Trophy 2025: There was a controversy in the Champions Trophy final when PCB CEO Sumair Ahmed was not invited on the stage. India defeated New Zealand and won the ICC title for the second consecutive time. Team India won by four wickets... Read more
Karachi: A controversy erupted on Sunday after the ICC did not invite Pakistan Cricket Board officials on stage during the award ceremony of the Champions Trophy final in Dubai. A source said PCB chief executive Sumair Ahmed was present at the ground but was not invited to the ceremony. He is also the tournament director.
The source said, “PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi could not go to Dubai because he had some commitments as Home Minister, but the PCB CEO was sent to represent Pakistan in the final and award distribution.”
He said that for some reason or due to misunderstanding, he was not called on the stage from where ICC President Jay Shah, BCCI President Roger Binny and Secretary Devjit Saikia gave medals, trophies and jackets to the players. No representative of host Pakistan was on the stage. PCB can raise this issue before the ICC.
Former fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar also posted a video on 'X' and said, "India won the Champions Trophy, but there was no PCB representative after the final. Pakistan was the host. I did not understand why no one from PCB was there."
India won the ICC title for the second consecutive time
Talking about the match, India won the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 by defeating New Zealand by four wickets in the final played at Dubai ground on Sunday with the half-century of captain Rohit Sharma (76 runs). This is India's second consecutive ICC title. Chasing the target of 252 runs in the final, India won by scoring 254 runs for six wickets in 49 overs.
Shreyas Iyer scored 48 runs and Shubman Gill scored 31 runs. Axar Patel contributed 29 runs. KL Rahul scored unbeaten 34 runs and Ravindra Jadeja scored unbeaten nine runs to take the team to victory. New Zealand, who won the toss and came to bat, scored 251 runs for seven wickets thanks to half-centuries from Daryl Mitchell (63 runs) and Michael Bracewell (53 runs).
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