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This time the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is going to be held in Pakistan. Since then the fans are very excited about this ICC event. The Indian team last visited Pakistan in the year 2008. Since then, the bilateral series has not been played as the political relations between the two countries have soured. According to a report, India has refused to play the Champions Trophy in Pakistan and has asked the ICC to organize the tournament in a hybrid model.
However, Pakistan was not able to recover from this even before 2008. Till 2008, India has made a total of 15 tours to Pakistan including all three formats of cricket and tournaments, including 6 occasions when Indian players were attacked.
punched srikant
Attacks on Indian cricketers on Pakistan tour started in 1989-90. Team India went to Pakistan to play a Test series. Indian player K Srikkanth was attacked on this tour. He was attacked by a person associated with a religious organization. Sanjay Manjrekar mentioned this incident in his book and said that in the attack, Pakistani supporters also tore Srikkanth's jersey.
Attack on Azhar in Pakistan
In the same match where Srikkanth was punched by the Pakistanis, Mohammad Azharuddin was hit with an iron object. This was revealed by Team India's manager on that tour, Chandu Borde.
4 people pelted stones at Indian players
However, even after these two incidents of attack on players, India did not stop touring Pakistan. After this the Indian team went to Pakistan. During the ODI series on the 1997 tour, an incident of stone pelting on 4 players of the Indian team came to light.
In 1997, during a tour under the captaincy of Sachin Tendulkar, Pakistani people and students pelted stones at Indian players. The Indian players who were attacked included Sourav Ganguly, Nilesh Kulkarni, Abe Kuruvilla and Debashish Mohanty. After the attack on Mohanty, Indian captain Sachin Tendulkar refused to come to the field citing security reasons.
Stones pelted on Sachin in Karachi
After this, in 2006, India again visited Pakistan for Test and ODI series. During this tour, Sachin Tendulkar was attacked with stones by Pakistani supporters during the Karachi Test.
Irfan Pathan attacked by Pak supporters
In an interview, Irfan Pathan also mentioned the attack on him during the 2006 Pakistan tour. He said that during the first ODI, he was attacked with a metal object. This incident happened when he was fielding at midwicket.
Attack on Agarkar in Rawalpindi
In the next ODI played in Rawalpindi on the same tour of Pakistan, Ajit Agarkar was attacked with a small object. During this time he was fielding at third man. When Ajit Agarkar informed the field umpire about the incident, the game was stopped for a few minutes.