England cricket team
This time the hosting of Champions Trophy is in the hands of Pakistan. A total of 08 teams will participate in the tournament. The first match of the Champions Trophy will be played on 19 February. The England team also seems ready to play the Champions Trophy. Before the start of the tournament, a new uproar broke out in England when a group of 160 British politicians demanded the England Cricket Board to boycott playing against Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the England Cricket Board has taken its decision on this issue.
The match will be played on this day
The England Cricket Board has rejected a request from a group of British politicians to boycott playing against Afghanistan in the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025. ECB Chief Executive Officer Richard Gold has given this information. England and Afghanistan will face each other in the upcoming Champions Trophy on 26th February. This match will be played in Lahore, Pakistan. Both Afghanistan and England teams are part of the same group.
Why did this demand arise?
England’s Westminster on Monday asked the ECB not to play the Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan. She believes that women’s rights are being violated by the Taliban government. By opposing the match he may take a stand against it. Although the Chief Executive Officer of the England Cricket Board, Richard Gould, was also in support of this, but he cannot take the decisions of the Board alone. The England team has also announced its squad for the Champions Trophy.
England squad for Champions Trophy: Jos Buttler (captain), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethel, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingston, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.
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