Champions Trophy: Pakistan bows before India, final approval on hybrid model
Champions Trophy 2025:The moment that was awaited for many months has finally arrived. An official announcement has been made regarding next year’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The Champions Trophy is to be hosted by Pakistan, for which the Indian team refused to step on Pakistani soil, after which a tug of war continued between BCCI and PCB for several months and now finally both the boards have agreed on the hybrid model. Have become. ICC has made an official announcement regarding the Champions Trophy. According to ICC, Champions Trophy 2025 will be played in Pakistan and at a neutral venue.
ICC informed that the schedule of Champions Trophy 2025 will be announced soon. However, it has not been revealed yet in which country and at which venue the Indian team will play its Champions Trophy matches. The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will begin on February 19 but due to uncertainty over the venues, the schedule of the tournament has not been released yet. It is noteworthy that eight teams will participate in this tournament, they have been divided into two groups. The top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals.
India-Pakistan will clash on neutral venue
The ICC Board confirmed on Thursday 19 December that India and Pakistan matches at ICC events hosted by any country during the 2024-2027 cycle will be played at a neutral venue. This rule will now apply to the upcoming ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 (hosted by Pakistan), which will be played in February and March 2025, as well as the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 (hosted by India) and the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 ( Hosted by India and Sri Lanka) will also apply. It was also announced that the PCB has been awarded the rights to host the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2028, where the neutral venue arrangement will also be in place.
Fans are now waiting for the schedule
With the official announcement of ICC, the long-running dispute between India and Pakistan regarding the Champions Trophy has come to an end and now the fans are waiting for the schedule of the tournament. Now it remains to be seen when and where the Champions Trophy match between India and Pakistan will be played. However, there is a possibility that both the teams may clash in Dubai.
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