Group India unlikely to journey to Pakistan for Champions Trophy: BCCI sources | Cricket Information – Instances of India

Group India unlikely to journey to Pakistan for Champions Trophy: BCCI sources | Cricket Information – Instances of India

NEW DELHI: Indian cricket group is unlikely to journey to Pakistan for the 2025 Champions Trophy and the Indian cricket board (BCCI) will ask the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) to host matches in Dubai or Sri Lanka, BCCI sources informed ANI on Thursday.
India haven’t toured Pakistan since 2008 and the archrivals play one another solely at multi-team occasions.
Pakistan hosted the Asia Cup final yr, however India, the last word victors, had been permitted to play all of their matches in Sri Lanka beneath a “hybrid mannequin” set by the organizers.
India claimed that their authorities had not granted them permission to go to Pakistan for the Asia Cup.
The eight-nation Champions Trophy event is scheduled to be held in Pakistan in February and March subsequent yr.
The Champions Trophy event would be the first main cricket occasion in Pakistan because it co-hosted the 1996 World Cup with India and Sri Lanka.
The match dates for the competitors — happening from February 19 to March 9 – are set to be introduced later.
India are set to play six ODIs – three towards Sri Lanka in an away collection and three at house towards England in early February earlier than the Champions Trophy.