Though ICC ensured to keep a day reserve for the captains’ joint photo shoot, PCB reportedly cancelled the event citing the ‘unavailability of teams due to tight traveling schedules’.
The BCCI was against the Indian cricket team going to Pakistan - the designated hosts of the Champions Trophy - and hence the tournament was shifted to a hybrid model, where some games will be played ...
A source in the Pakistan Cricket Board said it was forced to cancel the pre-tournament captains’ gathering because of ‘unavailability of teams due to tight travelling schedules’.
Pakistan Cricket Board will host the opening ceremony on February 16 at Huzoori Bagh in Lahore but there will be no captains' photoshoot ahead of the ICC event.