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Is the Indian team getting an unfair advantage in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 by playing all its matches in Dubai?

I see Pakistan journalists are trying very hard .they asked this question to every team members who are came for PC

:kp
 
Now that Pak team is out of Ct this will be the longest running thread till CT is complete. And if Ind lose in SF or final , can guarantee that it will be a bigger thread than this. Ind lot "inspite" of getting fave conditions. Man, the whining and moaning is getting ridiculous . Cant blame them I guess, have to get over the trauma of Pak crashing out in 4 days. :ROFLMAO:
 
Devadwal said:
I see Pakistan journalists are trying very hard .they asked this question to every team members who are came for PC

:kp
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Yea.. Most of the recent interviews were forced interviews. No cricketer would even pay attention to it lol. Every action has a magnified reaction :) Indian media will have a field day when they get a chance.
 
Suleiman said:
India needs as much help as possible. Not good for their brand if they get knocked out asap. Can’t have a repeat of 2017 CT so as much assistance as possible is required, fair play.
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India has played most Numbers of Semifinal/ final in the ICC event's after australia .

Pakistan fan's are hurting because of pakistan team performance so they can't seeing the reality .

:kp
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Yea.. Most of the recent interviews were forced interviews. No cricketer would even pay attention to it lol. Every action has a magnified reaction :) Indian media will have a field day when they get a chance.
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They are asking this question when Pakistan is out of the tournament.

They haven't asked this question prior to the tournament.

:kp
 
Stay on topic and talk about cricket here instead of bringing irrelevant stuff
 
Vikram1989 said:
Already we have 2 washed up players , one mental midget, one half fit pacer .They should be so pathetic in terms of performance then :hamster:
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Honestly I am surprised Ind is in SF so easily with the 4 senior leeches we have.. would have actually been a cracker of a tournament if Pak had beaten Ind. Ind would have been under serious pressure going into the last game with NZ which would have been a virtual QF. Would have been good to see Ind performance in that scenario.

I want to see Ind beat SA in SF and Aus in final. You gotta beat the best to be a champion. And Aus is a great tournament team - that's the essence of sport. Try to be the best, beat the best. If you lose after your best- so be it .But whining and crying like some of the folks here just nourishing jealousy is a poor way of watching and playing any sport
 
deltexas said:
Now that Pak team is out of Ct this will be the longest running thread till CT is complete. And if Ind lose in SF or final , can guarantee that it will be a bigger thread than this. Ind lot "inspite" of getting fave conditions. Man, the whining and moaning is getting ridiculous . Cant blame them I guess, have to get over the trauma of Pak crashing out in 4 days. :ROFLMAO:
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It's called coping mechanism keeping in mind the hosts crashed out within 4 days of the tournament.
 
Hitman said:
It's called coping mechanism keeping in mind the hosts crashed out within 4 days of the tournament.
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Obviously it must have rankled hard. Having spent all this money on renovating stadiums, Pak played only 1 game on their own soil. Not to mention a public pissed off at their own cricketing heroes to the extent that they will willingly adopt the Indian cricketers and cheer for Kohli century. Vikrant Gupta of all the people getting superstar status and lording over all the cricket TV shows in Pakistan. I mean, I can understand how frustrated they must be to bring forth all these strawmen arguments.
 
deltexas said:
I want to see Ind beat SA in SF and Aus in final. You gotta beat the best to be a champion. And Aus is a great tournament team - that's the essence of sport. Try to be the best, beat the best.
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I was totally surprised by the insipid pak performance. They dont have any guts or brain to put a fight.Atleast bng gave us a good fight.As rohit seems to be out of nz match , I hope we can compete against nz.I think we can beat sa on slow pitches but we need a lot of luck to beat aus in finals.
 
Vikram1989 said:
I was totally surprised by the insipid pak performance. They dont have any guts or brain to put a fight.Atleast bng gave us a good fight.As rohit seems to be out of nz match , I hope we can compete against nz.I think we can beat sa on slow pitches but we need a lot of luck to beat aus in finals.
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Kohli is supposed to rest for the next match as well according to reports.
 
Hitman said:
It's called coping mechanism keeping in mind the hosts crashed out within 4 days of the tournament.
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Playing on the same ground does certainly help but it's not the only factor.

New Zealand doesn't live in pakistan yet they butchered them 3x in a row.

In wc 2023 granted pk doesn't play in India but they had the enough games to give them an advantage over every team except India yet they got mauled by every tom dick and Harry imaginable.

It's 100% a coping mechanism. Pakistani fans are acting as if they've been dominating at home and got booted out due to an unfair uae advantage. Nobody told them to get humiliated by NZ.
 
deltexas said:
Honestly I am surprised Ind is in SF so easily with the 4 senior leeches we have.. would have actually been a cracker of a tournament if Pak had beaten Ind. Ind would have been under serious pressure going into the last game with NZ which would have been a virtual QF. Would have been good to see Ind performance in that scenario.

I want to see Ind beat SA in SF and Aus in final. You gotta beat the best to be a champion. And Aus is a great tournament team - that's the essence of sport. Try to be the best, beat the best. If you lose after your best- so be it .But whining and crying like some of the folks here just nourishing jealousy is a poor way of watching and playing any sport
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I prefer Australia in the semi final.
 
Devadwal said:
India has played most Numbers of Semifinal/ final in the ICC event's after australia .

Pakistan fan's are hurting because of pakistan team performance so they can't seeing the reality .

:kp
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I support Afghanistan, not sure what Pak fans have to do with anything.
 
STAY ON TOPIC AND TALK ABOUT INDIA ADVANTAGE QUESTION HERE INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT EACH OTHER'S NATIONALITY.
 
mominsaigol said:
Playing on the same ground does certainly help but it's not the only factor.

New Zealand doesn't live in pakistan yet they butchered them 3x in a row.

In wc 2023 granted pk doesn't play in India but they had the enough games to give them an advantage over every team except India yet they got mauled by every tom dick and Harry imaginable.

It's 100% a coping mechanism. Pakistani fans are acting as if they've been dominating at home and got booted out due to an unfair uae advantage. Nobody told them to get humiliated by NZ.
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To be frank, I haven't really seen Pakistani fans making excuses for their poor performance. They just seem to make an issue regarding India so that they can use it in the future if India somehow wins the tournament.

Anyways, defeating Australia and New Zealand would be a bloody herculean task for India whether in Dubai, India, or any other place in the world. The Aussies just don't know how to lose.​
 
Vikram1989 said:
If he cant even score a run against left arm spin, isn't the best chance to improve. All potential semi finalists have good left arm/leg spinners
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Bhai, I've been him and Rohit's biggest critic since sometime, and I wanted both of them to be dropped. But now is not the time to hate on them. We need them to fire all cylinders if we want to win the tournament.

Like I've said before, I might want a player to be dropped but I'll back him 100% to perform after he is selected.

P.S. You don't improve your weaknesses in a single match.​
 
Hitman said:

P.S. You don't improve your weaknesses in a single match.​
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Atleast he should be concerned about the questions posed by santner than skipping the exam all together. I will be very happy if they both retire after ct.i will settle for that
 
jnaveen1980 said:
THey decided UAE as the venue. It has only one international stadium. If they want India to "suffer" two hour first class flight hassle, they can be sent to India and brought back again before each match. SO that they also have same travel "fatigue". But cost has to be borne by the host.
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The UAE has 4 international grounds (although 3 that would be realistically used).
 
HitWicket said:
The UAE has 4 international grounds (although 3 that would be realistically used).
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Ask The PCB to same question why they haven't scheduled the indian match in Three different venues.

Because they needed extra money to paid for the UAE goverment Which PCB don't have.

They already taken 5bn ( PKR) loan for hosting the champion trophy ( Grounds renovation etc) .
Btw England also played back to back match at the lahore still lost :kp
 
India did NOT choose or demand to play at just one venue. It's ICC and PCB's choice. They are at fault for giving India only one location in UAE.

UAE also has Sharjah and Abu Dhabi not just Dubai. They should have assigned 2 or 3 venues, but I guess it's much cheaper to use just one location. PCB and ICC opted for the cheaper option for India games.

There's advantage in playing at same location but ICC curator is in charge of the pitches and they prepare new or different pitch each match.

As for the schedule, India's last match is on Sunday and their SF is on Tuesday. Only one day rest before semi final.
 
PCB cheaped out lol Don't blame INdian team. THey do well all over the world. Travelling probably will impact 2% at the best. They are professional cricketers.
 
Jason Gillespie weighed in on the ongoing discussion about the perceived 'unfair advantage' for Team India in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 while speaking to an Indian media outlet:

"India have an advantage since playing only in Dubai makes them familiar with the wicket and conditions, and they have picked their squad accordingly. Secondly, yes, the Champions Trophy means a lot to players."

"They are already in the semis... India will be hard to beat. They will fear Australia, though!."
 
South Africa head coach RobWalter said on the eve of South Africa’s final group game against England:

“If we spend our energy worrying about a disadvantage, we spend less energy thinking about ourselves and what we need to be doing."

“The scheduling is the scheduling. India obviously have been in Dubai in the same venue, in the same place, and other teams haven’t. Whether that turns out to be an advantage or not will remain to be seen. We have to concentrate on spending all our energy thinking about how we’re going to get through our next step which is England and then wherever that takes us from there."
 
If we were playing in Pakistan and had 1-2 matches washed out like this, we would have gone crazy lol
 
Consider the pathetic drainage at Pakistani venues, fans of the sport should consider themselves lucky that at least India's matches won't suffer from it. :inti
 
Let’s see if @sweepshot and others will cry about the rained out matches now. 3 matches rained out, only 5 completed in Pakistan. If it is known to rain around this time, couldn’t they have pushed the matches to another slot?
 
stani_pak said:
Thats a bit of a different situation due to security and etc...however no security issues in UAE, India could have easily had matches in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah
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That would be a decision to make for ICC not India - you play with the hand you are dealt.
In future India hosted events, Pakistan would get the same benefit.
 
sweep_shot said:
Indian posters basically want others to bootlick India 24/7. Any form of constructive criticism is generally met with hostile responses. They don't have the maturity to process a constructive criticism. :inti

All of their achievements after 2013 should have asterisk marks. :inti
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Constructive criticism?
Yes, it’s an advantage to play in Dubai on one ground, can you do something about it?
 
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So just 3 completed matches in Pakistan. That is a bummer for public. They must have waited for so long to watch the match.
 
cricketjoshila said:
What a fiasco this is

5 matches outside Pakistan

3 matches in Pakistan washed out

Pakistanis get to see their team play only once during the tournament.

Not what everyone hoped from the first ICC event in Pakistan in 30 years.
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If ICC shifted CT25 totally to Dubai, we would have seen all matches and allegation of India got advantage of playing at one venue also washed out
 
jnaveen1980 said:
So just 3 completed matches in Pakistan. That is a bummer for public. They must have waited for so long to watch the match.
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And only 1 home team Pak's match which was a hammering and out of CT within 4 days. Actually feel for the Pak public. Will say , crowds were impressive. They braved the sun and the rain to watch these games and see how pathetic Pak team played. Babar Babr chants were echoing and this team came a cropper. No fight, pathetic timid mentality.
 
Also, the Ind team is getting only 2 days between the NZ game and the SF. Why no concerns on that ? Is that a disadvantage or not ? See how silly that sounds. Professional teams need to adjust to all conditions. 2023 ODI WC - Aus beat Ind. 2024 T20 WC - all home games for WI.. So why didnt they win it ? Get over these silly statements. Once on the ground - its a contest between 2 teams. Conditions pitch ground etc etc "same" for both teams. Ind traveled the most in 2023 ODI WC - 9 cities north and south - totally different conditions. So, stop all these silly statements and enjoy good competitive cricket.
 
Why does IND always play on Sunday? Is that like Prime Time in IND? I thought Saturday night would be? In all honesty, this ICC starting to look like a joke?

NZ vs IND game should be ahead of Eng vs RSA. Eng just played the other day with AFG.
 
BDfanforever said:
Why does IND always play on Sunday? Is that like Prime Time in IND? I thought Saturday night would be? In all honesty, this ICC starting to look like a joke?

NZ vs IND game should be ahead of Eng vs RSA. Eng just played the other day with AFG.
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Because BCCI is generating the 80% revenue's for the ICC so they are maximize the revenue by playing India on Sunday. ( On holiday)

Most of board's are surviving because of ICC handouts so BCCi is only helping those incompetent board's by playing on Sunday

:kp
 
BDfanforever said:
Why does IND always play on Sunday? Is that like Prime Time in IND? I thought Saturday night would be? In all honesty, this ICC starting to look like a joke?

NZ vs IND game should be ahead of Eng vs RSA. Eng just played the other day with AFG.
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You do not want anything on Sat. night. People tend to go out. Not sit at home in front of a tv. Sunday's are the big sports days. It is the case in the US, but I am sure it applies to pretty much most situations.
 
BDfanforever said:
Why does IND always play on Sunday? Is that like Prime Time in IND? I thought Saturday night would be? In all honesty, this ICC starting to look like a joke?

NZ vs IND game should be ahead of Eng vs RSA. Eng just played the other day with AFG.
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There are still some people that work on Saturdays, but Sundays are a holiday for everyone. ICC wants to maximize viewership because that’s where they get their money from. The decision is money driven, nothing else. You’ll also observe that in the tournaments, whether or not India plays on a weekday, they’ll definitely play over the weekend, again a financial decision.
 
BDfanforever said:
Why does IND always play on Sunday? Is that like Prime Time in IND? I thought Saturday night would be? In all honesty, this ICC starting to look like a joke?

NZ vs IND game should be ahead of Eng vs RSA. Eng just played the other day with AFG.
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More viewers on sunday so it is all about money.
 
India is playing the last match on 2nd March and just after 1 day we are going to play the semi-final .

I'm 100% sure if any other team has to play semifinal just after 1 Day Gap instead india , they would have crying about it non-stop .

:kp
 
Rajdeep said:
India is set to play all its group-stage matches at the Dubai Cricket Stadium during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, a venue known for its relatively neutral, but challenging, low and slow surfaces. In contrast, other teams will need to navigate the diverse conditions between Pakistan's batting-friendly pitches, which tend to favor high-scoring games with more pace and bounce, and Dubai's slower wickets that often make it harder to accelerate the game in the later overs.

From a tactical standpoint, this presents a potential advantage for India, as they will become increasingly accustomed to the slower, more spin-friendly conditions of Dubai, potentially giving them an edge in terms of strategy and preparation. In contrast, teams playing in both Pakistan and Dubai will have to adjust quickly between different playing styles and conditions, which could impact their performance consistency.

Does this geographical and surface-based disparity give India an unfair advantage in the tournament?

Let’s discuss
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Wasn't there an offer for all India matches to be in Lahore due to security reasons ? That would have been similar right?
 
hoshiarpurexpress said:
But ICC is not complaining. Pakistanis complain everyday about Indian dominance. Either take the money, or don't take the money and keep complaining.
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Pakistanis can say whatever they want like you are saying whatever you want to.

PCB has not made any official complaint... case closed...
 
rpant_gabba said:
@Rajdeep great question here bro. can't wait for your answer.
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There’s a difference, bro. In that scenario, all teams would have played in Lahore at some point. So, if India faced Australia in the semis in Lahore, both teams would have already played matches there and adapted to the conditions.

However, in the current situation, it’s unfair to ask Australia to travel to Dubai for a crucial semi-final and face totally different pitch and weather conditions, while their opponent has been playing there for the past two weeks.
 
As this gives unfair advantage to India or Pakistan this agreement should be scrapped immediately..Either teams travel to host nation or withdraws from the tournament..No other tournament should be victim of this ...
 
While speaking to a local media outlet, Sunil Gavaskar shuts down Nasser Hussain and critics of Dubai's advantage:

“It really isn’t. They are always moaning. They just cannot seem to understand where India stands in international cricket — in terms of quality, income, talent, and, more importantly, in terms of generating revenue. India’s contribution to global cricket-through television rights and media revenue-plays a massive role. They need to understand that their salaries also come from what India brings to the world of cricket."

“I think these are all wise and experienced people," he said. “Why don’t you actually look at why your team has not qualified? That’s what I was going to ask you, sir. Rather than constantly focusing on India, are you even looking at your own backyard? Your players are in such a fragile mental state-they don’t seem to care about results as long as they meet certain expectations."

“You must care about results. You must care for your country, for any team you play for. If you are playing for your country, the responsibility is even greater. All the time, they are moaning — ‘India has got this, India has got that.’ It’s constant. We must just ignore it. Let them keep moaning. We have better things to focus on. That is the kind of attitude you must have."
 
Rajdeep said:
There’s a difference, bro. In that scenario, all teams would have played in Lahore at some point. So, if India faced Australia in the semis in Lahore, both teams would have already played matches there and adapted to the conditions.

However, in the current situation, it’s unfair to ask Australia to travel to Dubai for a crucial semi-final and face totally different pitch and weather conditions, while their opponent has been playing there for the past two weeks.
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Smart money says you would have winged that India would still had the advantage of staying and playing in one place.

You are Nehru loving WKK
 
Rajdeep said:
There’s a difference, bro. In that scenario, all teams would have played in Lahore at some point. So, if India faced Australia in the semis in Lahore, both teams would have already played matches there and adapted to the conditions.

However, in the current situation, it’s unfair to ask Australia to travel to Dubai for a crucial semi-final and face totally different pitch and weather conditions, while their opponent has been playing there for the past two weeks.
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I differ, In present case 12 leage matches are played on 4 venues; 3 matches at each venue

In case of India playing in Pakistan, 12 Leage matches would have been played in 3 Venues ; 4 matches in each Venue,
Out of 4 Matches at Lahore, there would have been 3 Indian Matches of Group A at Lahore, Thus only 1 of 6 Group B games will be hosted by Lahore,

Thereby, at least Two group B Teams would have missed playing in Lahore, If one of them happend to enter Semi's and meet India at Lahore, they would not have experienced the Lahore Pitch before Semi Final during entire tournament.

thus its doent matter much if its Lahore or Dubai for India
 
Arajit said:
I differ, In present case 12 leage matches are played on 4 venues; 3 matches at each venue

In case of India playing in Pakistan, 12 Leage matches would have been played in 3 Venues ; 4 matches in each Venue,
Out of 4 Matches at Lahore, there would have been 3 Indian Matches of Group A at Lahore, Thus only 1 of 6 Group B games will be hosted by Lahore,

Thereby, at least Two group B Teams would have missed playing in Lahore, If one of them happend to enter Semi's and meet India at Lahore, they would not have experienced the Lahore Pitch before Semi Final during entire tournament.

thus its doent matter much if its Lahore or Dubai for India
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India would have still got the unfair advantage, with no fault of India or BCCI

its ICC & PCBs perogative to schedule matches
 
FearlessRoar said:
Btw I didn't initially realize how much India is benefiting from playing all their matches in Dubai. I mean one of their matches should have been in Dubai one in Colombo and one in Dhaka – that would have made the equation more balanced

https://twitter.com/x/status/1895809513196032087
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But no one answering why England lost 2 matches despite playing at Lahore ground? So it’s also depends on Teams caliber….

English broadcaster nowdays distracting ppls from doing criticism on English team
 
Robin Uthappa, while speaking at an event:

“I will not say it’s a home advantage but there is definitely an advantage of familiarity. I heard an interview where former India opener Wasim Jaffer was saying that there could have been one match in Abu Dhabi, one in Dubai and one in Sharjah, and definitely that could have been done so that other teams couldn’t find a reason to complain. However, we must ask why didn’t we go to Pakistan? Because of the geo-political situation. And each country has their right to decide if they don’t want to travel to a particular nation. And for that, if one country ends up playing in one venue then so be it."

“India could have complained that had they played on flat Pakistani pitches, their record could have been nicer. Each batsman would have got an opportunity to score (heavily). You may say whatever, but at the end of the day, cricket is a contest between bat and ball and the team which plays well on that day wins. And those who complain, you can sense their mental state. It becomes so obvious."
 
Wasim Akram rightly pointed out that if India is getting advantage on playing at one venue, then why all ICC nations keep quite and not raised any concern in ICC meeting before CY25
 
FearlessRoar said:
Btw I didn't initially realize how much India is benefiting from playing all their matches in Dubai. I mean one of their matches should have been in Dubai one in Colombo and one in Dhaka – that would have made the equation more balanced

https://twitter.com/x/status/1895809513196032087
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The Bald Eagle said:
Stupid by Mohsin Naqvi appeased Jay Shah and BCCI all along.
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Same Ground , Same Hotel , Same dressing Room , Massive Advantage of playing in same condition compared to other team's but England still lost back ro back match., Why?

Schedule was fixed A months before the tournament By PCB but that time every one was sleeping.

Point - Pakistan is already out of ths tournament So Pakistan Journalists don't have any works now , Therefore They are asking This question Non - Stop to everyone's.

:kp
 
deltexas said:
Now that Pak team is out of Ct this will be the longest running thread till CT is complete. And if Ind lose in SF or final , can guarantee that it will be a bigger thread than this. Ind lot "inspite" of getting fave conditions. Man, the whining and moaning is getting ridiculous . Cant blame them I guess, have to get over the trauma of Pak crashing out in 4 days. :ROFLMAO:
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Normally I don’t give 2 hoots about the pak game cause it’s a routine thrashing for them in icc events barring a couple of flukes in champions trophy , but this I may actually just watch the replay of the thrashing. My friend sweep shot recommended me to do it.

Also India does not have any advantage.

All these other country players play t29 franchise cricket in dubai

Indian players outside ipl don’t get exposed to Dubai or leagues elsewhere.

They need to close their mouths shut and just get on with it. Play the game
 
charlie007 said:
That would be a decision to make for ICC not India - you play with the hand you are dealt.
In future India hosted events, Pakistan would get the same benefit.
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I think BCCI demanded to play all games in Dubai, and properly threaten to pull out if demand was not met. The reality is if India did not take part in the tourney, ICC would not move forward with it, BCCI used there power to there advantage.
 
stani_pak said:
I think BCCI demanded to play all games in Dubai, and properly threaten to pull out if demand was not met. The reality is if India did not take part in the tourney, ICC would not move forward with it, BCCI used there power to there advantage.
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BCCI only communicated they will not travel to Pakistan. It was ICC that decided all India matches will be played in Dubai. It was a revenue driven decision by them - imagine if they had Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi as venues, that would mean a LOT of extra money being spent for renting the stadiums, paying people there for their services, catering, security, travel, and other logistics. Consequently, Pakistan as a host and other participants would have received even less money as a result. I don’t think anyone at that point even thought about this advantage, but now that people have brought this up, who knows when India hosts the next tournaments they might have Pakistan shuttle around different cities to take away the advantage they now know exists 🤣
 
charlie007 said:
BCCI only communicated they will not travel to Pakistan. It was ICC that decided all India matches will be played in Dubai. It was a revenue driven decision by them - imagine if they had Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi as venues, that would mean a LOT of extra money being spent for renting the stadiums, paying people there for their services, catering, security, travel, and other logistics. Consequently, Pakistan as a host and other participants would have received even less money as a result. I don’t think anyone at that point even thought about this advantage, but now that people have brought this up, who knows when India hosts the next tournaments they might have Pakistan shuttle around different cities to take away the advantage they now know exists 🤣
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only northern hindi belt cities for pak.
 
globetrotter said:
Wasim Akram rightly pointed out that if India is getting advantage on playing at one venue, then why all ICC nations keep quite and not raised any concern in ICC meeting before CY25
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This has been setup with a stamp of approval from the PCB and ICC. So, all protests must be directed towards them.
 
In fact, Pakistan got advantage of playing at one venue than any other cricketing nations. When terrorism was in full swing in Pakistan, Pakistan played all their Bilateral series at Dubai stadium I.e. at one venue. At that time no one raised objection and pointed why matches are not played in BD, SL etc.
 
deltexas said:
Also, the Ind team is getting only 2 days between the NZ game and the SF. Why no concerns on that ? Is that a disadvantage or not ? See how silly that sounds. Professional teams need to adjust to all conditions. 2023 ODI WC - Aus beat Ind. 2024 T20 WC - all home games for WI.. So why didnt they win it ? Get over these silly statements. Once on the ground - its a contest between 2 teams. Conditions pitch ground etc etc "same" for both teams. Ind traveled the most in 2023 ODI WC - 9 cities north and south - totally different conditions. So, stop all these silly statements and enjoy good competitive cricket.
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It is comical to see suggestions like "They should have scheduled in such a way that India became equally tired". lol What is next. "You played two weak teams (pakistan, bangladesh) so you aer less tired. Play one more team so that you will be equally tired when we meet in semis".
 
jnaveen1980 said:
It is comical to see suggestions like "They should have scheduled in such a way that India became equally tired". lol What is next. "You played two weak teams (pakistan, bangladesh) so you aer less tired. Play one more team so that you will be equally tired when we meet in semis".
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Nass and Athers next statement : Eng got tired because of the 2 huge scoring games they were involved in on flat tracks. No more ICC events in Pak as Eng gets tired and loses games. Man, cant believe I am typing ridiculous statements like this !:ROFLMAO:
 
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