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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has suggested the International Cricket Council (ICC) to schedule India's group stage matches at one venue in the Champions Trophy 2025. PCB has picked Karachi, Rawalpindi and Lahore as three cities to host the marquee event.
“The ICC general manager Wasim Khan also recently visited Lahore where he discussed the CT arrangements with the PCB top brass and it was suggested that the Indian team’s travel itinerary be kept to a minimum,” a PCB source told PTI.
The source further added that the Indian team is likely to play their group stage games in Karachi before advancing the the knockout stages.
Due to the political tensions between the two nations, India have not played a game on Pakistan soil since 2008. They have played against each other only at only ICC events in the last decade.
Last year, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) refused to send the Indian team for the Asia Cup. PCB adopted a hybrid model and only a handful of matches were played in Pakistan whereas India’s fixtures and knockouts were played in Sri Lanka.
PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi has said that all the games of Champions Trophy will go as per schedule. Also, PCB is renovating the stadiums for the tournament which will be held in February-March 2025.
Pakistan are the defending champions of the tournament. Under the leadership of Sarfaraz Ahmed, Pakistan beat Virat Kohli’s India in the final on English soil.
India vs Pakistan in T20 World Cup 2024
Before the Champions Trophy 2025, India and Pakistan will go up against each other in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024 in the USA and West Indies. The arch-rivals have been placed in Group A and will lock horns in the 19th match of the tournament on June 9 at New York, Nassau County International Cricket Stadium. They can meet again in the tournament depending on the knockout fixtures.
India vs Pakistan last encounter
The last time India and Pakistan played in an ICC event was in ODI World Cup 2023. At Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, Rohit Sharma-led India beat Pakistan by seven wickets after bowling them out for 191.
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