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The much-awaited conflict between arch-rivals India and Pakistan within the Champions Trophy 2025 might be performed on February 23 with Colombo and Dubai front-runners to play host for India’s matches within the event being performed in hybrid format. The event comes after the ICC Board mentioned that “India and Pakistan matches hosted by either country at ICC Events during the 2024-2027 rights cycle will be played at a neutral venue.”
“India will take on Pakistan at a neutral venue on February 23, 2025. ICC looking at Colombo and Dubai to host their matches,” sources informed IANS on Thursday.
The Champions Trophy is scheduled to be performed in February and March 2025. In the meantime, ICC mentioned the schedule for the marquee event might be confirmed within the coming days.
Pakistan are the defending champions of the event, having defeated India by 180 runs within the closing at The Oval in 2017. Each groups final performed in opposition to one another within the T20 World Cup in New York earlier this yr which India received by six runs and went on to say their second silverware within the format.
Because of the strained political relations between the 2 neighbouring international locations, India and Pakistan solely play one another in worldwide occasions together with World Cups and Asia Cup. The final bilateral sequence between India and Pakistan was held in 2012-13 when the latter toured India for the five-match white-ball sequence.
“It is good that we got some clarity on the Champions Trophy, and also the future ICC tournaments. That will be helpful for all the stakeholders, cricket boards, and the broadcasters,” IPL chairman Arun Dhumal informed IANS.
The ICC’s determination will apply to the upcoming ICC Males’s Champions Trophy 2025 (hosted by Pakistan), set to be performed in February and March 2025, in addition to the ICC Ladies’s Cricket World Cup 2025 (hosted by India) and the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026 (hosted by India and Sri Lanka).
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