Team India will not go to Pakistan to play Champions Trophy, given option of match in Dubai
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New Delhi. Champions Trophy 2025 : Now it is almost certain that Team India will win the Champions Trophy (Champions Trophy 2025) Will not go to Pakistan to play. BCCI has recently made it clear to the PCB that due to security reasons it is not possible for the team to go to Pakistan. Apart from this, the board has expressed its desire to play all India’s matches in Dubai. According to a media house report, BCCI sources have confirmed this. He says that we have made our stand clear. India can play its matches in Dubai but Pakistan will not go.
In fact Champions Trophy 2025 According to the current schedule, it will be played from 19 February to 9 March next year. There are plans to hold all its matches in Pakistan in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi. PCB is trying its best to somehow prepare BCCI for Team India to come to Pakistan to play. For this, PCB has also given many options to BCCI. But the Government of India and BCCI are not ready for this.
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Team India has not gone to Pakistan for 16 years
Team India last toured Pakistan in 2007-08. After the Mumbai terrorist attacks 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. But no bilateral series has been played between the two countries.
Pakistan came to India to play ODI World Cup
Pakistan team came to India last year to play the ODI World Cup. This is why now PCB is arguing that Team India should not come to Pakistan. Champions Trophy 2025 Should play. The World Cup match was played between India and Pakistan on 14 October in Ahmedabad. 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.
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Pakistan to host Champions Trophy 2025
The hosting of Champions Trophy 2025 has been given to Pakistan. The tournament is to be played in February-March next year. PCB has submitted the draft of the venue and schedule of the tournament to the ICC. According to the draft, India has been placed in Group A along with Pakistan, Bangladesh and New Zealand. Group B includes Australia, South Africa, England and Afghanistan. According to the schedule, India’s three matches are to be held on February 20 (with Bangladesh), February 23 (with Pakistan) and March 2 (with New Zealand). PCB says that if BCCI wants, all India’s matches can be played in Lahore.