After a month lengthy tussle between the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI), Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC), the three events have lastly construct a consensus across the venue for India-Pakistan video games in main ICC tournaments, together with within the Champions Trophy 2025 which is scheduled to be held in Pakistan.
Method clear for India-Pakistan video games in Champions Trophy
The three concerned events have lastly constructed a consensus that the upcoming India-Pakistan matches within the present 2024-27 cycle can be held in a impartial nation. The ICC in an announcement right this moment stated that the association can be relevant to the ICC Males’s Champions Trophy 2025 (Pakistan), ICC Girls’s Cricket World Cup 2025 (India) and the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026 (India and Sri Lanka). This may mechanically imply that the India-Pakistan conflict through the T20 World Cup in 2026 can be held in Sri Lanka. Moreover, Pakistan have been awarded internet hosting rights of the ICC Girls’s T20 World Cup in 2028, the place impartial venue preparations will stay the identical.
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Venue nonetheless unclear for IND vs Pak in Champions Trophy: UAE favourites?
Whereas a consensus has been reached to host the matches between India and Pakistan in a impartial nation, the host for these matches within the champions trophy continues to be unknown. BCCI has reportedly favoured UAE to host these matches, PCB, alternatively, is advocating Sri Lanka to host these matches. Nonetheless, attributable to logistical comfort, the internet hosting rights for these matches can in the end go in favour of UAE. If the choice goes in favour of the UAE, the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium is the most probably candidate to host the match contemplating the dimensions of the stadium and the sheer quantity of people that attend the match in-person. 8 nations have certified for the upcoming Champions Trophy.
