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The ICC Champions Trophy to be held in February next year will be on the hybrid model. That means, along with Pakistan, the matches of this tournament will also be played in UAE. PCB accepted the proposal in the ICC meeting on Saturday that Team India’s matches will be played at neutral venues.
However, Pakistan has put some conditions before ICC. PCB wants to get more revenue from ICC and by 2031, all major events in India should be in hybrid model.
India had refused to send its team to Pakistan for this tournament. Initially Pakistan remained adamant that India would have to come to Pakistan. But, after India’s tough stance, the Pakistan Cricket Board has finally agreed to the hybrid model.
India’s matches will be held in UAE. The remaining matches will be held in Pakistan. If the Indian team goes to the semi-finals or finals, then these matches will also be held in UAE. Earlier on Friday, the meeting regarding hybrid model was postponed till Saturday.
The last bilateral series between India and Pakistan took place in January 2013. Since then both the teams have faced each other only in ICC and ACC tournaments.
Team India will not go to Pakistan due to security reasons Ever since Pakistan got the opportunity to host the Champions Trophy, there were speculations that the Indian team might refuse to go to Pakistan. India had earlier refused to go to Pakistan to play the Asia Cup in 2023. Then India’s matches in the Asia Cup were held in Sri Lanka.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had earlier proposed to hold all the Indian matches in Lahore and send the players to India after the match. When India did not accept this, the (PCB) also refused for the hybrid model.
Foreign Ministry said, Pakistan will not go to India under any circumstances On Friday, the Foreign Ministry had also made it clear that the Indian team will not go to Pakistan. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal confirmed this news. He said, BCCI has refused to go to Pakistan citing security reasons. Team India will not go to Pakistan to play Champions Trophy under any circumstances. If ICC wants to play the tournament without India then the team is ready for that also. Read Bhaskar’s exclusive news…
PCB Chairman had refused for hybrid model Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi said that he will never accept holding the tournament in hybrid model. His stance for the Champions Trophy is very clear. Whatever is best for Pakistan cricket, we will do that. It is not completely right that we go to play in India and they do not play here. As long as India continues to refuse to send its team to Pakistan, the Pakistan team will also not travel to India. We have told ICC that whatever the decision, it should be on the basis of equality.
Pakistan renovated the stadium
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is continuously preparing for Champions Trophy 2025. PCB has almost completed the work of all three stadiums. They have spent 12.5 billion Pakistan Rupees on the renovation of Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi stadiums.
Meanwhile, the Indian government had already refused to send its team to Pakistan. BCCI had told ICC that the team will not play the tournament in Pakistan. If Pakistan does not agree to the hybrid model, then the tournament may shift to another country.
Photo of renovation of Gaddafi Stadium in Pakistan.
India did not go to Pakistan in Asia Cup, hybrid model was adopted
The Asia Cup was played in September last year. Pakistan had got the opportunity to host it, but India had refused to go to Pakistan. After this ACC conducted this tournament in hybrid model. All of India’s matches were played in Sri Lanka and the rest of the tournament took place in Pakistan. Pakistan played its match against India in Sri Lanka.
India defeated Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the final of the Asia Cup.
Pakistan team came to India for ODI World Cup Pakistan team came to India last year to play the ODI World Cup. Then the match between India and Pakistan was played in Ahmedabad on 14 October. The Indian team won this match by 7 wickets. Captain Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer had scored fifties. Jasprit Bumrah became the player of the match. He took 2 wickets for 19 runs.
- Team India last went to Pakistan in 2008: Team India last toured Pakistan in 2008. That series of 3 test matches was won by the Indian team 1-0. 2 matches of this series were drawn.
- Pakistan came to India to play bilateral series in 2013: Pakistan last toured India in 2012-13. In that tour, a bilateral series of 3 ODIs and 2 T20 matches was played. Pakistan won the ODI series 2-1, while the T-20 series was tied at 1-1.
India is not going to Pakistan after the terrorist attack in Mumbai The Indian team has not toured Pakistan since 2007–08. After the terrorist attacks on Mumbai in 2008, the Indian government refused to play cricket in Pakistan. Since then both the teams play only in ICC and ACC tournaments. Since 2013, both the teams have played 13 ODIs and 8 T20 matches at neutral venues. There was also a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team in Pakistan during 2009.