Champions Trophy 2025: Pakistan is hosting the Champions Trophy, but Team India has refused to tour the neighboring country. Since then there is a dispute going on as to when and where the tournament will be played. Due to which ICC has called this meeting. The final decision on the Champions Trophy will be taken only after this meeting.
Champions Trophy 2025 will be played without India!
New Delhi: ICC meeting will be held on November 29 regarding ICC Champions Trophy 2025. All board members including the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will be involved in this meeting. Actually, Pakistan is hosting the Champions Trophy, but Team India has refused to tour the neighboring country.
Since then there is a dispute going on as to when and where the tournament will be played. Due to which ICC has called this meeting. The final decision on the Champions Trophy will be taken only after this meeting.
Will Champions Trophy be held without India?
Three options will be considered in the ICC meeting, the first option is that the tournament be on hybrid model. Except the Indian team, all the matches will be played in Pakistan only. The second option is that the tournament will be played completely outside Pakistan and the hosting rights remain with PCB. At the same time, the last option is that this entire tournament will be played in Pakistan, but the Indian team will not be a part of it. According to Pakistani media reports, the Pakistan Cricket Board is considering the third option. That means Pakistan is ready to conduct this tournament without India.
Indian team went to Pakistan in 2008
There is uncertainty over India's trip to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy with just a few months left for the tournament to begin. Due to strained political relations, India has not toured Pakistan since 2008. The two arch-rivals last played a bilateral series in India in 2012–13. Which included white ball matches. They currently face each other mainly in ICC tournaments and the Asia Cup.
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When will the Champions Trophy be held?
According to ESPN sports news website, the International Cricket Council (ICC) board will try to build consensus during its meeting on Friday before taking a final decision. The tournament is scheduled to take place between February 19 and March, but the ICC has not yet released the official schedule. The report also states that the meeting will discuss whether the tournament will be held only in Pakistan or under a hybrid model, where Pakistan shares the hosting responsibilities with another country, which is yet to be decided. It has happened.
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