India-Pakistan Controversy: Will India Play in Pakistan for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy?

2024-03-11 10:00:46

India and Pakistan, the arch rivals of the Asian continent, have completely stopped clashing in bilateral cricket series for the past 10 years due to the border dispute. So India and Pakistan teams are clashing only in Asian and World Cups. But in those competitions, countries are clashing after many disagreements.

Especially the last 2023 Asia Cup was completely held in Pakistan. But BCCI Secretary and Asian Council President Jai Shah has categorically announced that the Indian team will not play in Pakistan due to security issues in the country. Therefore, only the league and Super 4 matches played by Pakistan were held in that country.

Negotiate Now:
All the matches played by the Indian team were played in neighboring Sri Lanka. In this case, the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy is going to be held in Pakistan next year – February March. After many years of hosting an ICC series on their home soil, the Pakistan board has already started the work to make it a success.

It has been reported that Mosin Naqvi, who has taken over as the new chairman of the Pakistan Board, is determined to have India play in their country in the 2025 Champions Trophy. It seems that he is certain that India cannot host the 2025 Champions Trophy in a hybrid model, especially like the 2023 Asia Cup.

So it is learned that he will soon hold talks with the ICC officials to ensure that India play in their country. Here is what the Pakistan Board Executive, who did not wish to be named, spoke about on PTI internet. “The biggest problem for PCB is whether India will send their team to play in Pakistan. We don’t want to face the same problem that happened in the Asia Cup last time.”

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“Because this is an ICC series. Last year, Pakistan went to play in the ICC World Cup in India. So this time Naqvi is going to talk to ICC and get assurance that India should send their team to play in Champions Trophy to Pakistan. At the same time, Naqvi is ready to assure BCCI that there is no security problem now that there is a new government in Pakistan.