New Delhi. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), which is adamant about organizing the Champions Trophy (ICC CT 2025) at home, has received a hint of another big setback. India has also refused to send its blind cricket team to Pakistan. The Blind T20 World Cup is being organized here, for which the team had to go to Pakistan. In this regard, the Ministry of External Affairs did not allow the team to go there due to security concerns. The National Federation gave this information on Tuesday. Now the Indian Blind Cricket Team will not participate in the T20 World Cup.

Meanwhile, Pakistan is moving ahead on the path of organizing the Champions Trophy at home next year. But the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has already made it clear to the ICC that it will not send its team to Pakistan for this tournament. After this, the ICC has advised the PCB to organize this tournament on a hybrid model. But Pakistan, which has already got the hosting of this tournament, is not ready for this.

The Blind T20 Cricket Tournament is to be held in Pakistan from 23 November to 3 December. For this competition, the Indian team had to cross the Wagah border on Wednesday. The Sports Ministry had also given a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to the Indian Blind Team to participate in this tournament. However, approval from the Ministry of External Affairs could not be obtained.

Indian Blind Cricket Association (IBCA) general secretary Shailendra Yadav told PTI, "We have been informally told that the blind team will not be allowed to go to Pakistan. We had to go to the Wagah border yesterday. But till now we have not received any approval from the ministry officials. So we are a little disappointed."

Yadav said, 'They are saying that when the mainstream cricket team is not safe then how can you be safe there? Of course, we will accept the decision but why was the decision kept pending till the last moment? Why were we not told a month or 25 days in advance? There is a process.'