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India Team will Not Go To Pakistan For ICC Champions Trophy 2025

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BCCI will soon talk to the ICC regarding the change in the venue of Champions Trophy 2025. Recently, a BCCI source informed news agency ANI that the Indian team will not tour Pakistan. The Champions Trophy is scheduled to be held in February-March next year in 2025. Pakistan is hosting this tournament, but according to reports, India wants to play matches outside Pakistan.

**ICC Champions Trophy 2025

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Pakistan is to host the Champions Trophy next year in 2025. Even before this event, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah had said that India would not tour Pakistan, despite this the Pakistan Cricket Board is busy with preparations. Meanwhile, big news has come out. Talking to news agency ANI, a BCCI source said that India will not tour Pakistan and the BCCI will talk to ICC about changing the venue of the Champions Trophy.

BCCI will demand from the ICC that the matches of the Champions Trophy be held in Dubai or Sri Lanka. However, there has been no official statement from BCCI regarding India’s decision not to go to Pakistan.

**BCCI will ask ICC to host matches in Dubai or Sri Lanka

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India has not toured Pakistan since 2008. Both teams have clashed in ICC events. Last year, Pakistan hosted the Asia Cup, but after India’s insistence on not going to Pakistan, it was decided to play the Asia Cup on a hybrid model. The Indian team played its matches in the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka. The Indian team claimed that their government did not allow them to go to Pakistan and play in the Asia Cup.

The Champions Trophy, to be played between 8 countries, is scheduled to begin in the month of February-March next year in 2025, which will be hosted by Pakistan. This is the first time since hosting the 1996 World Cup along with India and Sri Lanka that Pakistan has got the opportunity to host a big event.

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