Lucknow: The situation is still unclear whether India will tour Pakistan to participate in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 or not. However, meanwhile, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has started its preparations and has also decided in which stadium the Indian team will play its match. According to the information revealed, all the matches of India can be held in any one stadium. Apart from this, Pakistan has finalized the names of three places for this tournament, which include Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi.
In fact, according to a report in Times of India, ICC General Manager Wasim Khan had recently visited Lahore, where he discussed this matter with CT officials and suggested that the trip to India be kept to a minimum. . If sources are to be believed, India can play all its league stage matches in Karachi. So all the knockout matches will be played in Lahore. In such a situation, if India qualifies then it can play matches in Karachi and Lahore.
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Even though Pakistan is making all its preparations for the Champions Trophy, still no information has come out about whether India will tour Pakistan or not. Team India last toured Pakistan in the year 2008 and after that India has never toured the neighboring country. On the other hand, the Men in Green had come to India for the ICC World Cup 2023 and participated in the tournament.
There is still doubt about India going to Pakistan
Asia Cup 2023 was also to be hosted by Pakistan but Team India did not go there. This tournament was played on hybrid model, where some matches were played in Pakistan while some in Sri Lanka. In such a situation, the question arises whether India will go to tour Pakistan. At present, if we look at the attitude of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, then it is not in favor of sending the Men in Blue to Pakistan.
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