India enjoying an unfair edge

It's not unusual for countries to either be banned from or withdraw themselves from major sporting events.

- Wesley Botton

What is unusual is for countries to demand the entire structure of an event be changed to suit them, and only them.

At the Champions Trophy in Pakistan, seven of the eight teams are having to travel between venues and adapt to different conditions.

India, however, have had the privilege of staying in Dubai throughout the tournament, due to political unrest between India and Pakistan.

This has caused multiple problems for the other teams in the tournament.