Shahid Afridi REQUESTS Virat Kohli, Team India to Play 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan

Afridi has also gone on gto claim that Virat Kohli will forget about the hospitality in India if he comes to Pakistan.

Lahore: Amid speculations about will the Indian cricket team travel to Pakistan or not for the 2025 Champions Trophy, a BCCI official said that the side will not go to the nighbouring country for the tournament. Following that, former Pakistan legend Shahid Afridi has urged the Indian cricket team to visit Pakistan for the marquee event. Afridi has also gone on to claim that Virat Kohli will forget about the hospitality in India if he comes to Pakistan.

“I will welcome Team India. Even when Pakistan used to tour, we received a lot of respect and love from India, and when India came in 2005-06, all their players enjoyed. There is no better advent of peace than India and Pakistan going to each other’s country and playing cricket. If Virat Kohli comes to Pakistan, he’ll forget the love and hospitality of India. He has his own class,” Afridi told News 24.

“He shouldn’t have quit T20Is because the format looked beautiful with him in it. Why can’t he play? He is fit; he is in form. More than anything else, with him around the new guys would have found a lot more success. You cannot bring all youngsters together; you need a combination of seniors and juniors. What Virat can teach them, I don’t think anyone else can,” pointed out Afridi.

As per a report on ANI, the BCCI wants the tournament to be held in either Sri Lanka or in Dubai. The Indian board is officially going to make a request to the International Cricket Council over this.