India's leading newspaper, The Times of India, has written in its editorial that the Indian cricket team should go to Pakistan to play the ICC Champions Trophy. The newspaper stated in its editorial that the Indian team should tour Pakistan in February, and punishing sports and athletes due to political decisions is unfair.

The editorial mentioned that boycotting sports often leads to hypocrisy. For example, Russian and Belarusian athletes can participate as neutrals in the Paris Olympics due to the war in Ukraine. However, some argue that the same principle doesn't apply to Israeli athletes In spite of the war in Gaza. The newspaper wrote that India's cricket team should play in Pakistan, and the Russian contingent should have been allowed to participate in the Olympics as an official delegation.