US Department of States’ principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel© X (Twitter)
There has been plenty of dialogue surrounding India’s resolution to not journey to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was left fuming by the choice and the officers have made it clear that they don’t seem to be open to any ‘hybrid’ resolution to the issue the place India will play their matches in Dubai. Meanwhile, a Pakistani journalist raised the difficulty of India’s refusal in the course of the US Department of State’s day by day press briefing, The query was requested to principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel who was left stunned by the question.
“There’s an enormous cricket occasion in Pakistan,” the journalist asked.
“Cricket? Oh, I didn’t have that on my bingo card. Go ahead,” Patel replied.
“It’s the largest occasion after the Cricket World Cup, and India was set to take part, however the Indian authorities has refused to ship the workforce to Pakistan. The Indian workforce final visited Pakistan in 2008, however as a consequence of political tensions, India has not travelled there since. Do you imagine mixing politics with sports activities is a good suggestion? What’s your opinion on this?” the journalist additional requested.
A Pakistani Journalist complains in US Department of State press briefing of BCCI refusal to ship the Indian Cricket workforce to Pakistan for #ChampionsTrophy2025.
Visibly shocked Dy Spokesperson Vedang Patel replies it is for Indian govt to determine on this not US. #ChampionsTrophy pic.twitter.com/1xx7pATnP3
— Ganesh (@me_ganesh14) November 16, 2024
However, Patel made it clear that the difficulty is strictly between India and Pakistan with the United States not taking any stance on the matter surrounding the Champions Trophy.
“As it pertains to relations between India and Pakistan, that is for them to deal with, whether or not by sports activities or different issues. I’ll go away it to them to discuss their bilateral relationship. It’s not one thing for us to become involved in, however sports activities is undoubtedly a robust and unifying power,” Patel stated.
(With PTI inputs)
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