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Champions Trophy may start in February 2025.
The decision on whether the Champions Trophy to be held in February next year will be held in Pakistan or not will be taken on November 29. According to ESPN report, ICC has called a board meeting in Dubai.
After Pakistan got the opportunity to host the Champions Trophy, India had refused to go there citing security reasons. Then it was believed that like the Asia Cup, the Champions Trophy will also be held on a hybrid model.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had earlier proposed to hold all the Indian matches in Lahore and send the players to India after the match. When India did not accept this, the (PCB) also refused for the hybrid model.
ICC can propose a hybrid model in the meeting, if PCB does not accept it then it may lose the hosting rights. There is little chance of pressurizing India to go to Pakistan and play.
The Indian team has not gone to Pakistan since the Mumbai attacks in 2008.
Pakistan got the stadium re-constructed Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is continuously preparing for the Champions Trophy 2025. PCB has almost completed the work of all three stadiums. They have spent 12.5 billion Pakistan Rupees on the renovation of Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi stadiums.
Whereas the Indian government had already refused to send its team to Pakistan. BCCI had told ICC that the team will not play the tournament in Pakistan. If Pakistan does not agree to the hybrid model, then the tournament may shift to another country.
Photo of renovation of Gaddafi Stadium in Pakistan. Credit-PCB
ICC had asked BCCI to explain the reason for not sending Team India to Pakistan. ICC had sought a written reply from BCCI for not sending the Indian team to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy. ANI quoted the report of Pakistani channel Geo News and wrote, PCB has asked for a written copy of India’s reply from ICC.
PCB had written to ICC – Why can’t Pakistan come to India? Pakistan Cricket Board had sought answers from ICC regarding Team India not going to Pakistan. According to the report of Cricbuzz, PCB spokesperson had said that there is no security problem in Pakistan. That is why teams from New Zealand, England and Australia visited here. When these teams can come then why not Team India?
India did not go to Pakistan in Asia Cup, hybrid model was adopted
India defeated Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the final of the Asia Cup.
The Asia Cup was played in September last year. Pakistan had got the opportunity to host it, but India had refused to go to Pakistan. After this ACC conducted this tournament in hybrid model. All of India’s matches were played in Sri Lanka and the rest of the tournament took place in Pakistan. Pakistan played its match against India in Sri Lanka.
Pakistan team came to India for ODI World Cup Pakistan team came to India last year to play the ODI World Cup. Then the match between India and Pakistan was played in Ahmedabad on 14 October. The Indian team won this match by 7 wickets. Captain Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer had scored fifties. Jasprit Bumrah became the player of the match. He took 2 wickets for 19 runs.
- India’s last tour of Pakistan in 2008: Team India last toured Pakistan in 2008. That series of 3 test matches was won by the Indian team 1-0. 2 matches of this series were drawn.
- Pakistan’s last tour of India in 2013: Pakistan last toured India in 2012-13. In that tour, a bilateral series of 3 ODIs and 2 T20 matches was played. Pakistan won the ODI series 2-1, while the T-20 series was tied at 1-1.
India is not going to Pakistan after the terrorist attack in Mumbai The Indian team has not toured Pakistan since 2007–08. After the terrorist attacks on Mumbai in 2008, the Indian government refused to play cricket in Pakistan. Since then both the teams play only in ICC and ACC tournaments. Since 2013, both the teams have played 13 ODIs and 8 T20 matches at neutral venues. There was also a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team in Pakistan during 2009.