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There will be two sets of five-match Border-Gavaskar Test series in each of the upcoming cycles of the World Test Championship, the ICC confirmed while announcing the next Future Tours Program (FTP) cycle. It will be the first time in 30 years that the two sides will have five-match Test series.

Asad Rauf, former cricketer turned ICC umpire, has revealed it was BCCI who levelled match-fixing allegations on him during IPL 2013. Rauf, who was accused of accepting expensive gifts from bookies apart from placing bets in the IPL games, was banned for five years in 2016 by the BCCI.

ICC chair Greg Barclay is confident that the Champions Trophy 2025 will go ahead as planned in Pakistan. The PCB was awarded hosting rights for the tournament last week, which will be the first time the country will be host to an ICC event since the 1996 ODI World Cup in the subcontinent.

The Indian government has raised doubts over India’s participation in Champions Trophy 2025 in Pakistan, saying that it will monitor the security situation in the country at the time and will take a call accordingly. It will be the first ICC tournament hosted by Pakistan since the 1996 World Cup.