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The last ODI between India and Pakistan took place during the World Cup in October 2023. Both the teams will now play ODI in the Champions Trophy.
ICC has confirmed that the Champions Trophy will be held in hybrid model only. Pakistan also agreed to hosting in two countries. The group match between India and Pakistan will be held in Dubai. India will play all its matches in UAE only, there will also be 2 knockout matches here.
According to media reports, the match between India and Pakistan in the 2026 T20 World Cup will be played in Colombo, Sri Lanka. India and Sri Lanka have jointly hosted the tournament. Team India demanded to conduct the Champions Trophy in hybrid model. That is why Pakistan will also play the World Cup match to be held in India on a neutral venue only.
The Champions Trophy is scheduled to start from February 19, the detailed schedule of the tournament can be released soon. Pakistan is the defending champion of the tournament, the team won the title in 2017 by defeating India in the final.
All 15 members agree to hybrid model A meeting of all the board members was held on December 3 in the presence of ICC’s new chairman Jai Shah. Shah had also reached the headquarters in Dubai this month. In the meeting, all 15 board members agreed to the hybrid model. Pakistan also did not oppose the decision in the meeting.
Jay Shah reached ICC’s headquarters in Dubai after becoming the chairman on 5th December.
5 out of 15 matches will be held in UAE The 15-match tournament between 8 teams is scheduled to start from February 19 and continue till March 9, although the official schedule has not been released yet. India will play all three of its group stage matches in UAE. A semi-final and final will also be played here. Whereas the remaining 10 matches of the tournament will be held in Pakistan. PCB put forward 4-5 demands in the meeting, but ICC rejected most of the demands.
PCB demands tri-series with India PCB demanded a tri-series with India at a neutral venue in the future, but both BCCI and ICC did not agree to it. There has been no series between India and Pakistan since 2012, both the teams have faced each other only in ICC and ACC tournaments.
Pakistan also demanded that if there is any tournament in India then its matches should also be played at neutral venues. However, BCCI said that there is no problem regarding security in India. Therefore, Pakistan’s matches will not be played at neutral venues. 5 matches of Champions Trophy were snatched from Pakistan, PCB also asked for compensation for this, ICC accepted this demand.
The last international match between India and Pakistan was in the 2024 T20 World Cup. Then India won by 6 runs.
Pakistan does not want to be in India’s group PCB also demanded that if India wants to play at a neutral venue, then Pakistan should be removed from its group. So that Pakistan played all its group matches on home ground, but ICC and BCCI along with broadcasters also opposed this demand. Because in any tournament, India-Pakistan match is like a blockbuster event. Both the teams can face each other in the Champions Trophy on March 1 in Dubai.
Asia Cup also had to be conducted in hybrid model Pakistan also got the hosting rights of Asia Cup before the ODI World Cup in 2023. Even then Team India had refused to leave from Pakistan. The tournament took place in a hybrid model and India played all its matches in Sri Lanka. The final was also played in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which India won by 10 wickets.