The Indian team will not travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy cricket tournament next year. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recently sent a letter to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) citing security concerns behind its decision. The board has expressed its desire to play all its matches in Dubai.
According to Indian Express reports, a source related to the matter said, “This is our decision. We have written to PCB and asked them to hold our match in Dubai.
The Champions Trophy draft will be played from February 19 to March 9 next year as per the schedule. Matches of this event can be held in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi.
India has not visited Pakistan for 16 years due to the terrorist attack in Mumbai The Indian team has not toured Pakistan since 2007-08. After the terrorist attack on Mumbai in 2008, the Indian government refused to play cricket in Pakistan. Since then both teams play only in ICC and ACC tournaments. Since 2013, both teams have played 13 ODIs and 8 T20 matches at neutral venues.
This photo of the Indian team is from December 2007, when the team last visited Pakistan.
Last year, Pakistan came to India to play the ODI World Cup The Pakistan team came to India to play the ODI World Cup last year. Then on October 14, a match was played between India and Pakistan in Ahmedabad. The Indian team won this match by 7 wickets. Captain Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer scored half centuries. Jasprit Bumrah became the player of the match. He took 2 wickets for 19 runs.
This photo is dated 14 October 2023, when India and Pakistan played in the ODI World Cup in Ahmedabad.
The last bilateral series of India-Pakistan…
- India's tour of Pakistan Team India last toured Pakistan in 2008. The Indian team won that series of 3 test matches 1-0. 2 matches of this series were drawn.
- Pakistan's last tour of India It was in 2012-13. In that tour, a bilateral series of 3 ODIs and 2 T20 matches was played. Pakistan won the ODI series 2–1, while the T20 series was tied 1–1.
Pakistan gets to host Champions Trophy 2025 Champions Trophy 2025 has been awarded to Pakistan. The PCB has submitted the draft of the tournament venue and program to the ICC. The tournament is scheduled to be played in February-March next year. According to the draft, India has been placed in Group-A along with Pakistan, Bangladesh and New Zealand. Group-B consists of Australia, South Africa, England and Afghanistan.
According to the schedule, India's three matches are scheduled to be played on February 20 (vs. Bangladesh), February 23 (vs. Pakistan) and March 2 (vs. New Zealand). All India matches can be played in Lahore.
Asia Cup was hosted by Pakistan, India's match was held in Sri Lanka Last year, Pakistan got the right to host the Asia Cup. Even then India refused to play in Pakistan. After this the tournament was held on 'hybrid model'. The match against India was held in Sri Lanka. In the final match played in Colombo, the Indian team won the championship by defeating Sri Lanka by 10 wickets.
India beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the Asia Cup final.
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