PCB proposes 'hybrid model' to resolve Indo-Pak travel concerns.

KARACHI -- The Pakistan Cricket Board advised top officials of the International Cricket Council officials to consider a 'hybrid model' for Pakistan and India in the forthcoming events given the political relations between the two neighbouring countries.

Two of the next three top 50-over competitions - the Asia Cup and the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup later this year and the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy - are set to be held in either Pakistan or in India.

With both sides unlikely to travel to either country for the tournaments, the Pakistan Cricket Board's interim Management Committee chairman Najam Sethi suggested ICC officials - including chairman Greg Barclay and chief executive Geoff Allardice - to look into the possibility of India and Pakistan playing at neutral venues during the events in question.

Dawn understands the suggestion by Sethi was made on the sidelines of the ICC Board meetings last week and that it received 'encouraging response' from the the global cricket body's high-ups, according to informed sources.

The settlement, named as the 'hybrid model' by the parties involved, is likely to come to fruition for the Asia Cup, which Pakistan is scheduled to host in September.

With meetings between the Asian Cricket Council, the PCB and the Board of Control for Cricket in India already held over the matter, an official decision, however, is yet to be taken by the ACC.

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