ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Champions Trophy 2025 will be hosted by Pakistan. This will be the first time since 2017 that the Champions Trophy will be organised. Where there will be a battle for this trophy between 8 countries. Let us tell you that Pakistan has not hosted any ICC competition since 1996. At that time Pakistan had hosted the ODI World Cup along with India and Sri Lanka. But a big update has come out regarding whether the Indian team will tour Pakistan for this tournament or not.
Will Team India go to Pakistan for Champions Trophy?
According to reports, the Indian team will not tour Pakistan for this tournament. Sources in the Board of Control for Cricket in India have told IANS that Team India will not travel to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 next year. Also, the venue may be shifted, or the path of hybrid model may also be chosen. Let us tell you, Pakistan also got the hosting of Asia Cup 2023. But Team India did not tour Pakistan, then this tournament was played on hybrid model and Team India played its matches in Sri Lanka.
Said this on playing bilateral series with Pakistan
PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi had recently said that if India sends its team to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy next year, then the PCB is ready to play a bilateral series with them. However, BCCI sources said that forget bilateral series, Team India cannot even tour Pakistan for the Champions Trophy. There may be a change in the venue or a hybrid model is also possible. Sources further said that the Indian board will need permission from the government for the trip, currently our relations with Pakistan are also not good. In such a situation it is almost impossible.
The last bilateral series was played in the year 2012-13
The last series played between the teams of India and Pakistan was in the year 2012-13, when Pakistan toured India and two T20 and three-match ODI series were played between the two teams. Since then these two countries have never come face to face. However, both the countries face each other in almost every ICC tournament. At the same time, Team India last toured Pakistan in the year 2008.
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