India, March 9 -- Former Pakistan fast bowler Junaid Khan added to the ongoing controversy around scheduling the 2025 Champions Trophy by subtly blaming the BCCI and the Indian team for benefitting from it. His statement came just before the final between India and New Zealand at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday.

Taking to social media, Junaid pointed out the contrasting travel distances among three participating teams - India, New Zealand and South Africa. He showed that the Proteas, whose journey ended in the semifinal earlier this week, travelled 3286 kilometres, including the fruitless travel to Dubai and back to Pakistan in less than 12 hours amid uncertainty over their semifinal fixture. New Zealand, who played across all ...