On Thursday, after weeks of delays, the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that India and Pakistan will play matches hosted by both nation at impartial venues. This rule will apply to all occasions throughout the 2024-2027 window.
It’s going to apply to the Males’s Champions Trophy 2025 (hosted by Pakistan and an unconfirmed impartial nation), set to be performed in February and March 2025, the Ladies’s Cricket World Cup 2025 (hosted by India) and the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026 (hosted by India and Sri Lanka).
Right here is the ICC assertion in full:
“India and Pakistan matches hosted by both nation at ICC Occasions throughout the 2024-2027 rights cycle will likely be performed at a impartial venue, the ICC Board confirmed on Thursday, 19 December.
This can 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).
It was additionally introduced that the PCB has been awarded internet hosting rights of the ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup in 2028, the place impartial venue preparations will even apply.
Cricket Australia is ready to host one of many senior ICC ladies’s occasions throughout the interval 2029 to 2031.
The schedule for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is ready to be confirmed quickly, with Pakistan aiming to defend the title they gained in 2017.
The eight-team occasion will characteristic Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, and South Africa, alongside hosts Pakistan.”
