Exclusive/ 'These Things Happen Everywhere': Zaheer Abbas Brushes Off Quetta Bomb Blast Ahead of CT 2025

melee over ICC Champions Trophy 2025 intensifies as both BCCI and PCB are stern with ir stance. Indian board has reiterated several times that Indian team will not travel to Pakistan for cricketing purposes. Pakistan board on or hand, who have onus of hosting upcoming multi-national tournament CT 2025, are also firm over not accepting any or option like hybrid model. Thus, re is obscurity over tournament and ICC may have to come up with a solution soon.

Former Pakistan Captain Zaheer Abbas dresses Security Concerns Highlighted By BCCI

BCCI isn't convinced with security measures that Pakistan will undertake during tournament and since star-studded Team India could emerge as high profile targets board stands wary and does not want to take any risk. concerns deepen as just a week ago a bomb blast took 25 lives in city of Quetta.

Despite all aspersions, Pakistan Cricket Board is amant over ir ground. To delve furr into subject, Republic Media Network caught up with legendary Pakistan batter, Zaheer Abbas. In conversation, Abbas dressed security concerns and tried to assuage row by bringing past into perspective. According to him, unrest has occurred before as well in many places, yet cricket never got hindered. So, why not look at brighter side and play cricket as it should be.

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"Look, so many things happened all over world while cricket teams were re. It happens sometimes, if we have, we have a little bit of a problem in Quetta, it doesn't mean that y don't love cricket. y all love cricket. And I can tell you, I can call all Quetta people to come and watch Indian team because y all love it. Indian team is a very famous team in Pakistan. So, Pakistan team is also very famous in India, so why not play? You just give me one reason why?"

"Security, 20 years back, 30 years back was not that problem, but Indian team was not coming, this is unfair. It's just now a few days back, England team came and y played over here, y h no problem, everybody played here. I know India has some, special thing to, what can I say? But y all are more concerned about security.