Earlier this week, former England captains Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain claimed that the Indian team has an "undeniable advantage" of playing all its matches at one venue in the ongoing Champions Trophy.

Notably, the BCCI refused to send its team to Pakistan due to security concerns and political tensions between the two countries, forcing the ICC to adopt a hybrid model, in which India will be playing all of their games in Dubai.

After India’s back-to-back wins in the tournament over Bangladesh and Pakistan, Atherton and Hussain said that the Rohit Sharma-led side is enjoying an advantage, as unlike the rest of the teams, they don't have to travel from one venue to another or consider team selection based on conditions.

However, their statement left the Indian cricket fraternity furious. Former India opener Wasim Jaffer hit back at the two as he reminded them of the 2023 ODI World Cup schedule.

Jaffer further stated that the India team should now check into different hotels to make their critics happy.

"Just to make these guys happy, the ICC should have probably played India one game in Sharjah and one game in Abu Dhabi and probably allowed them to check in into another hotel. Then, this topic wouldn't have come up. Yeah, I mean, if India doesn't want to go, Pakistan and every country has that choice," Jaffer said while speaking on ESPNCricinfo.

"India, obviously for political reasons or the government's involvement, doesn't want to go there. So then, what choices do we have? I mean, we want India and Pakistan to play in this tournament. A tournament is not going to happen without India. So, just to silence all these things, India should have played in Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, and should have checked into another hotel here and there just to stop this conversation."

When India hosted the ODI World Cup two years ago, they were the only side to play a match at nine venues, including no consecutive matches in a single city. Hence, the Men in Blue had to travel 12874 kms over 35 days, and only twice did they have a break longer than four days.

Jaffer reminded Nasser and Atherton that none of the Indian players or the experts moaned about it back then.

"If you talk about the 2023 World Cup, India played on all nine different venues. India never played two back-to-back games whereas all the other teams played, and we never mentioned that. Pakistan played in Hyderabad, I think, for a couple of games; Bangladesh played in Kolkata. Many other teams also played back-to-back games, but India never played. But we never mentioned that. Eventually, you have to play good cricket to win tournaments and lift the trophy," Jaffer remarked.