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New Delhi, 23 November (HS). The International Cricket Council (ICC) is likely to hold an emergency meeting next week to finalize the dates and venues for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy to be held in the months of February and March next year (2025).
According to ESPNcricinfo, the meeting is likely to take place on Tuesday (November 26), where the main objective of the meeting will be to decide whether the marquee event will be held entirely in Pakistan or in a hybrid model (where Pakistan will host the tournament along with another country, which has not been decided yet). The meeting was scheduled after the ICC told the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in writing that India will not travel to Pakistan to participate in the Champions Trophy, which will be held in early 2025. The PCB consulted the Pakistan government on the issue and is looking to present its stand.
However, the Pakistan board said that they want India to travel to Pakistan as their team also visited during the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup in 2023. Last year, Pakistan hosted the Asian Trophy, but it was held in a hybrid model, with India playing its matches in Sri Lanka.
India and Pakistan played their last bilateral series in India in 2012–13, which was a white-ball series and now plays mostly in ICC tournaments and the Asia Cup. Due to strained political relations between the two countries, India has not traveled to Pakistan since 2008, when they played the Asia Cup there.
The arch-rivals last played their bilateral series in India in 2012–13, which was a white-ball series. It is noteworthy that last year Pakistan hosted the Asia Cup, but the tournament was held in a hybrid model. India played its matches in Sri Lanka, while the remaining matches were held in Pakistan.