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Champions Trophy will be played in Pakistan from 19th February. The team is the defending champion of the tournament.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has changed the venues of the tri-series with New Zealand and South Africa. The 4-match series was earlier scheduled to be held in Multan, but now the matches will be played in Lahore and Karachi. 7 matches of Champions Trophy are also to be held at these 2 venues.
PCB had renovated both the stadiums for the Champions Trophy. The tri-series will start from February 8. PCB gave a statement, along with the tri-series, we have decided that both the venues are ready for the Champions Trophy. The third venue of the tournament is Rawalpindi.
PCB fully ready for match Releasing a statement, PCB said, ‘The renovation work of Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium and Karachi’s National Cricket Stadium is almost complete. That is why the board allowed both the venues to host the ODI tri-series. Earlier, the series between New Zealand, South Africa and Pakistan was to be held in Multan.
The tri-series between Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa will start from February 8 and continue till February 14.
Not a single match of the test season was conducted PCB had started the renovation of the stadiums of Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi last year itself to host the Champions Trophy. Due to renovation, even the team’s 7 home tests could not be held here. The test against England was to be held in Karachi, but it was conducted in Multan. Two Tests will also be played against West Indies in January in Multan itself.
Pakistan will host ICC event after 29 years Pakistan is going to host the ICC event after 29 years. Earlier in 1996, the country had hosted the ODI World Cup. Due to hosting after such a long time, PCB had to renovate the stadium.
The maximum cost and time was spent on the renovation of Gaddafi Stadium, here the spectator capacity was also increased to 35 thousand. A new players dressing room with 2 new digital screens was also installed. Similarly, the stadium of Karachi was also upgraded. There were less changes in the Rawalpindi Stadium, due to which international and domestic matches were also played here.
Pakistan has got to host the Champions Trophy for the first time.
The stadium will be ready before the deadline PCB said, ‘Gaddafi Stadium will be inaugurated in the last week of January.’ The board assured the fans, spectators and media that the entire upgradation work will be completed before the deadline.
Champions Trophy from 19th February The tri-series will take place from 8 to 14 February. Champions Trophy will start 4 days later from 19th February. 10 matches of the tournament will be played in Pakistan and 5 in Dubai. There will be only 4 matches in Lahore, 3 in Karachi and 3 in Rawalpindi. India will play all its matches in Dubai only.