Champions Trophy: BCCI Denies Sending Team to Pakistan, Asks ICC to Change Venue to Dubai or Sri Lanka

The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be organized by Pakistan. The PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) and they have scheduled the match of India in this league in Lahore cause of security purposes. The tournament is scheduled from February 19th to March 9th next year. The Board of Cricket Council in India (BCCI) has announced that the Indian Cricket team will not play the scheduled games in Pakistan. The cricket organization demanded a change in the location and asked ICC to change the venue to Dubai or Sri Lanka. 

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Champions Trophy 2025: BCCI Denies Sending Team to Pakistan

BCCI requested the ICC to change the location of the matches from Pakistan to Dubai or Sri Lanka. Fans were expecting the BCCI to deny the Indian team to visit Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025, and they did the same. 

The Indian Team has not played any game in Pakistan since the Asia Cup 2008 tournament. India and Pakistan's last bilateral series occurred 10-11 years ago in India from December 2012 to January 2013. These two cricket teams only face each other in tournaments like the ICC Cricket World Cup, the Asia Cup & the T20 World Cup.

Champions Trophy 2025 Details

The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be the 9th edition of this event. This cricket event will start on 19th February and conclude on 9th March this year. For 2025, Pakistan will host the tournament and for security purposes, they have scheduled the matches of India in Lahore for this Champions Trophy. 

The BCCI has refused to follow this schedule as they haven’t allowed the Indian team to visit Pakistan. Five teams will participate in this event and 15 matches are scheduled for this year’s event. Team Pakistan is also the defending champions as they defeated Team India in 2017. 

Why does the Indian Cricket Team don’t visit Pakistan to play matches?

Indian cricket team in the recent ICC T20 Men’s World Cup 2024, defeated the Pakistan team in the group stage in the 19th match of this tournament. Team India won this match by 6 runs and later won the trophy by defeating South Africa in the final game by 7 runs. The relationship between India and Pakistan has been severe for the past several years due to the Kashmir border conflict. 

Champians Trophy 2025: Pakistan's Approach to India

On 3rd July, reports stated that the PCB had issued its schedule for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and set India vs Pakistan match for the 1st of March next year at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. On this, as the BCCI source shared:

“India will not travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025. We will ask the ICC to hold our matches in Dubai or Sri Lanka.”

Rajeev Shukla, the BCCI Vice-President, also mentioned:

 “In the case of the Champions Trophy, we will do whatever the Government of India tells us to do. We send our team only when the Government of India permits us.” 

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What happened in the Asia Cup 2023?

The Asia Cup 2023 was initially scheduled to be held in Pakistan. The PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) adopted a Hybrid model to host the matches for India. The Indian team played in Sri Lanka for the Asia Cup 2023 last year. The Indian team also confirmed the government didn’t allow them to visit Pakistan for the Asia Cup 2023. 

Also Read: Champions Trophy 2025: India vs Pakistan Match Scheduled on March 1 in Lahore, BCCI Yet to Respond

Conclusion

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