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Pakistan Champions Demand Full Points After Legends Match Cancellation

WCL organisers have informed the ECB that the India Champions bore no fault in the abandoned Birmingham fixture

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India's Mohammed Siraj addresses a press conference

Overview

  • Organisers told the ECB they were unable to conduct the July 20 fixture and cleared India Champions of blame for its cancellation
  • Pakistan Champions reject sharing points and insist on being awarded the full two points for the called-off game
  • Team owner Kamil Khan says his side deserves full credit and plans to avoid facing India if both reach the semifinals
  • Former Pakistan opener Salman Butt has called for India to boycott bilateral cricket, ICC events and even the Olympics
  • The standoff underlines challenges in private-league governance and the spillover of geopolitical tensions into cricket