Omar Abdullah, the leader of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, on Thursday commented on the decision of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to not send the Indian cricket team to Pakistan for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, saying it was not one country’s responsibility to improve ties.
When asked about BCCI’s decision to not allow India to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025, Abdullah said, "What is new in this? Both countries have not played a bilateral series for many years, it is BCCI's own decision not to go for the tournament.”
He said he had always maintained “that it is not only our country's responsibility to establish better relations between these two countries, if better relations are to be made then it is Pakistan's responsibility too."
On the current escalation in terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir, Abdullah said, "The kind of attacks that are happening should not happen, the kind of atmosphere that is there should not be there. Pakistan will also have to play its role… (to ensure) that the relations between the two countries improve."
Due to tensions between the two countries, India has not played any cricket in Pakistan since the 2008 Asia Cup.
The last time India and Pakistan played a bilateral series was in India from December 2012 to January 2013.
Since then, the two countries have only faced each other in ICC tournaments and the Asia Cup.
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