India Chooses Sri Lanka or Dubai for Champions Trophy, Avoiding Pakistan

It was suggested by the Pakistan Cricket Board that India play all of their games at Lahore. The BCCI, however, has no interest in visiting Pakistan.

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According to a BCCI source who spoke with ANI, the Indian team would not be visiting Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy in 2025. The board intends to propose to the International Cricket Council (ICC) that their matches be held in Dubai or Sri Lanka.

Pakistan will host the ICC Champions Trophy in February and March of 2025. Since the 2008 Asia Cup, India has refrained from playing cricket in Pakistan due to tense political tensions.

The archrivals’ most recent bilateral series took place in India from December 2012 to January 2013. They have only met at the Asia Cup and ICC competitions since then.

There have been long-standing rumors that India would skip its trip to Pakistan for the ICC competition.

It was suggested by the Pakistan Cricket Board that India play all of their games at Lahore. The BCCI, however, has no interest in visiting Pakistan. Vice-President of the BCCI Rajeev Shukla stated in May that the Indian squad would only travel to Pakistan for the competition if permission from the central government was granted.

“We shall follow the instructions of the Government of India on the Champion Trophy. Only when authorized by the Indian government do we dispatch our team. Thus, we shall proceed in accordance with the Indian government’s decision,” Shukla said to ANI.

The Asia Cup 2023 was won by India in the Colombo final. Although Pakistan proposed a hybrid strategy to compete in the 2023 ODI World Cup in India, the proposal was never taken into consideration.

Champions Trophy in the past

When the ICC Champions Trophy was last conducted in 2017, Pakistan came out on top. Rain ruined both the Match Day and the Reserve Day, hence India and Sri Lanka were crowned equal victors. India won the title for the second time in 2013 after defeating England.

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