Because the T20 World Cup 2024 has come to an finish, one other ICC event is in sights now. The subsequent ICC occasion, ICC Champions Trophy 2025, is scheduled to be be held in February-March subsequent yr in Pakistan.
However issues have already began to come up even earlier than the event has began and the most important drawback is India‘s arrival to Pakistan. It’s extremely doubtless that India will not be travelling to Pakistan and the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) will push the ICC for a hybrid mannequin similar to the Asia Cup final yr.
Based on this mannequin, all of the matches which can function India will probably be performed exterior Pakistan. In Asia Cup 2023, Sri Lanka hosted India’s matches and the ultimate of the event as effectively.
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India could possibly be changed by this group in the event that they pull out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025
It stays to be seen what step does Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) take now. Based on the stories, the PCB have clearly mentioned that they will not permit the event to be performed in a hybrid mannequin, which may imply India pulling out of the event.
There are excessive possibilities that the Indian authorities will not give their group the permission to journey for the mega occasion, which may additionally imply that the event will probably be held with out India. In that case, Sri Lanka will take India’s spot within the eight-team competitors.
Sri Lanka did not qualify for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 resulting from its poor rankings on the closing date. Based on the principles, prime seven groups alongside the hosts Pakistan are assured the participation for the Champions Trophy. On the closing date, Sri Lanka had been positioned one spot under Bangladesh, which meant the island nation missed the lower to make into the event. Nevertheless, if India pull out of the event and ICC does not conform to the hybrid mannequin, Sri Lanka will get a golden probability and qualify for the mega occasion.
No ICC occasion in Pakistan since 28 years
Pakistan hasn’t hosted any main ICC occasion because the ODI World Cup in 1996, the place they collectively hosted the event alongside India and Sri Lanka. The nation has hosted 2008 Asia Cup and had been additionally the hosts of 2023 Asia Cup which was performed in a hybrid mannequin. The earlier version of Champions Trophy was performed in 2017, when Pakistan defeated India within the last.
In the meantime, India hasn’t travelled to Pakistan because the yr 2008, once they went there to play the Asia Cup. Since then, there have strained political ties between the 2 nations leading to very much less video games between these two groups. The 2008 Mumbai terror assaults was one other key issue of the ties between the 2 nations getting worse.
The final bilateral collection between India and Pakistan was performed in 2013 when Pakistan travelled India for a T20I and an ODI collection. Since then, each the nations have solely confronted one another in Asia Cups and ICC occasions.
