Champions trophy 2025: Before the start of the Champions Trophy, a new controversy has arisen due to Pakistan’s shameful act. The Champions Trophy is scheduled to begin on February 19 and earlier on Sunday the inauguration ceremony was held at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium. The Indian flag was not seen in the stadium during the opening ceremony. The National Stadium in Karachi also did not show the Indian flag where the Champions Trophy matches are to be played.
Eight teams are participating in the Champions Trophy. In the viral video on social media, the flags of seven other teams besides India were seen in Gaddafi Stadium but the Indian flag was not seen. It is being considered as a low and embarrassing act of Pakistan and the fans of Team India have become enraged at this action of Pakistan. He has sharply criticized Pakistan’s move.
Fans furious on not seeing Indian flag
This time the Champions Trophy is being organized on the hybrid model and the matches of this tournament will be played in the UAE besides Pakistan. India refused to send their team to Pakistan for security reasons. Later, Team India captain Rohit Sharma also refused to attend the inauguration ceremony held in Lahore. The Indian team has reached the UAE to participate in this tournament and the team has also started practice there.
Meanwhile, a video is going viral on social media. It is clearly visible in this video that the flags of seven other teams are waving at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, but the Indian flag is not visible in it. Fans have expressed strong displeasure for not giving the Indian flag a place in the inauguration ceremony.
Pakistan’s embarrassing act on not sending India team
However, it is not known why the Indian flag was not included during the opening ceremony. By the way, many people believe that this shameful act has been done by Pakistan due to Team India refusing to play in Pakistan and playing matches in Dubai. Fans on social media say that this step has been taken by the Pakistan Cricket Board for not sending their team Pakistan in the Champions Trophy on behalf of the BCCI.
A user named Nawaz wrote on X that there was no Indian flag in Karachi. Since only the Indian team faced security problems in Pakistan and refused to play the Champions Trophy match in Pakistan, the PCB removed the Indian flag from the Karachi Stadium, while the flags of other countries kept the flags.
All matches of Team India in Dubai
Team India will play all their matches in Dubai during the Champion Trophy. If Team India qualifies for semi -finals and finals, then these matches will also be played in Dubai itself. This dabat has already been decided. This has already been decided between BCCI, ICC and PCB. According to the agreement in this regard, if an ICC tournament is organized in India in future, Pakistan will not play its match in India.
Along with refusing to play in Pakistan, the BCCI also refused to send its captain Rohit Sharma to Pakistan for an official photoshoot. It is believed that Pakistan is shocked by India’s move.
India clashed with Pakistan on 23 February
However, the teams of England and Australia could not reach Pakistan on time and due to this both these teams also did not participate in the inauguration ceremony. The tournament will begin on February 19 when Pakistan will compete with New Zealand. Team India will start their campaign on 20 February when Team India will clash with Bangladesh in Dubai. In the tournament, India and Pakistan are scheduled to fight on 23 February, which is eagerly awaited.
