Team India may not travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025. Pakistan was announced as the 2021 Champions Trophy host for the following year.
The head of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Mohsin Naqvi, has said that the PCB will take into consideration a bilateral series if India consents to send a team to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy in 2025. Pakistan announced as the 2021 Champions Trophy host nation. For the first time since the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan national cricket team. Pakistan will be the exclusive host of a major international event, making this a historic occasion for the nation.
According to officials at the BCCI. Team India may opt out of flying to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy. They have also stated that there may be discussions to change the location or employ a hybrid strategy. The insider also stated that acquiring government permission to travel to Pakistan is crucial. Given the already bad relations between the two nations, this consent may be difficult. Furthermore, the possibility of a bilateral series with Pakistan is doubtful in the near future.
“Ignore bilateral series.Perhaps Team India won’t even go to Pakistan to compete for the Champions Trophy. A hybrid model is also conceivable because there might be a venue change. The Indian board would require government approval before traveling, and our relations with Pakistan are currently not great either. Since the Champions Trophy is an ICC event, India would have to make a difficult decision, but nothing can happen without the approval of the government. I don’t see bilateral series happening anytime soon. That’s practically unfeasible. ” NDTV cited BCCI sources as saying.
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The most recent bilateral limited-overs series between India and Pakistan was in India in 2012-13
In 2023, India declined to travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup. As a result, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) chose a hybrid approach for the event, with Sri Lanka co-hosting alongside Pakistan. Notably, India and Pakistan face off largely at ICC and continental events, with their most recent matchup taking place at the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup in Ahmedabad.
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