Champions Trophy 2025 Update: Pakistan is not desisting from its nefarious activities, but even after this it hopes that Team India will come to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy. However, no final decision has been taken on this yet. The Champions Trophy is to be held in 50 overs format early next year. Meanwhile, a big statement from the Chief of the Pakistan Cricket Board i.e. PCB has come out. He is hopeful that what he is thinking and wanting will happen.
PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi expressed confidence
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Mohsin Naqvi is confident that the ICC Champions Trophy will be held in Pakistan and all teams including the Indian cricket team will participate in the tournament. According to the preparations made by the PCB so far, the Champions Trophy 2025 is likely to start on February 19. On the other hand, if we talk about the final, it can be played on March 9. The PCB has also decided on the venues for this. Lahore, Karachi, and Rawalpindi have been selected for the matches. Naqvi has said that the Indian team should come. He does not think that they will cancel or postpone coming here and we are confident that we will host all the teams in the Champions Trophy in Pakistan. He also said that Pakistan is ready to host all the teams including India and preparations are going on on time. Naqvi said that the stadiums will also be ready to host the matches on time.
The Indian cricket team last visited Pakistan in the year 2008
ICC has handed over the hosting of this year’s Champions Trophy to Pakistan. It is said that Pakistan has prepared its schedule and sent it to the ICC, but the ICC has not announced it yet. The reason for this is that BCCI has not yet agreed to this whole matter. Top officials of BCCI have said many times before that the Indian cricket team takes permission from the Indian government before every foreign tour, but till now the green signal has not been received from the government. Team India last visited Pakistan in the year 2008. In November of the same year, there was a terrorist attack on Mumbai, in which Pakistan was found to be involved, since then Team India has not visited Pakistan till now.
India vs Pakistan match takes place in ICC and ACC tournaments.
The mutual series between India and Pakistan is stopped, but these two teams face each other in ICC and ACC tournaments. On most occasions, these matches are held in some other country. However, when the ODI World Cup was held in India in the year 2023, the Pakistani team came to India. Earlier, Pakistan was also given the hosting of Asia Cup 2023, but Team India refused to go to Pakistan. After this, it was organized on a hybrid model, all the matches in India were held in Sri Lanka. It is expected that something similar can happen in the Champions Trophy as well. However, the final decision should be awaited.