The Indian team will not travel to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, a BCCI source informed ANI. The board will request the International Cricket Council (ICC) to host their matches in Sri Lanka or Dubai instead.
The ICC Champions Trophy will be held in Pakistan between February and March 2025. Due to strained political relations, India has avoided playing cricket in Pakistan since the 2008 Asia Cup.
The last bilateral series between the archrivals occurred in India from December 2012 to January 2013. Since then, their encounters have been limited to ICC tournaments and the Asia Cup.
It has been being speculated for some time that India may not travel to Pakistan for the ICC tournament.
The Pakistan Cricket Board proposed that India play all its matches in Lahore. However, the BCCI is not interested in travelling to Pakistan. In May, BCCI Vice-President Rajeev Shukla mentioned that the Indian team would visit Pakistan for the tournament only if the Central government allowed it.
“In the case of the Champion Trophy, we will do whatever the Government of India will tell us to do. We send our team only when the Government of India permits us. So we will go according to the decision of the Indian government,” Shukla told ANI.
India won the Asia Cup 2023 while the final was held in Colombo. Despite Pakistan suggesting a hybrid approach for participating in the ODI World Cup 2023 in India, the idea was never considered.
Champions Trophy in the past
Pakistan won the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, when it was last held. India and Sri Lanka were declared joint winners after the Match Day and the Reserve Day had been washed out due to rain. India beat England in 2013 to win the trophy for the second time.
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