Pakistan may withdraw from Champions Trophy: Pakistani newspaper claims – ICC informed about India not going

This photo of India-Pakistan match is from 14 October 2023 ODI World Cup. This match was played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Pakistan may withdraw from the Champions Trophy to be held next year. This claim was made by Pakistani newspaper The Dawn quoting a PCB source. The newspaper wrote- ‘If the rights to host the tournament are taken away from the country. Then Pakistan will withdraw from the Champions Trophy.

A day earlier, the International Olympic Council (ICC) had told the Pakistan Cricket Board in an email that Team India will not go to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy. After receiving the email, the Pakistani board informed its government about the matter and sought advice. As per the Champions Trophy draft schedule, the tournament will be played from February 19 to March 9 next year. The matches of the event can be held in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi.

Claim also…

If hybrid model is refused, the tournament will be held in another country According to the report, after PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi rejected the possibility of hybrid model (holding it somewhere else instead of India), ICC may propose to hold the entire tournament in some other country.

The source said, ‘In case this happens, the government is considering some options, one of which is that the government should tell the PCB that Pakistan should not participate in the Champions Trophy.’ He said- The government is taking this matter seriously.

This photo of Pakistan cricket team is of 18 June 2017, when the team won the Champions Trophy.

Last year Pakistan came to India to play ODI World Cup Pakistan team came to India last year to play the ODI World Cup. Then the match between India and Pakistan was played in Ahmedabad on 14 October. The Indian team won this match by 7 wickets.

Captain Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer had scored fifties. Jasprit Bumrah became the player of the match. He took 2 wickets for 19 runs.

Captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan batting against India on 14 October 2023 in Ahmedabad. The Indian team won this match by 7 wickets.

India-Pakistan bilateral series in 2 points…

• Pakistan tour to India Pakistan last toured India in 2012-13. In that tour, a bilateral series of 3 ODI and 2 T-20 matches was played. Pakistan won the ODI series 2-1, while the T-20 series was tied at 1-1.
• india tour pakistan Team India last toured Pakistan in 2008. That series of 3 test matches was won by the Indian team 1-0. 2 matches of this series were drawn.

India is not going to Pakistan due to terrorist attack in Mumbai The Indian team has not toured Pakistan since 2007–08. After the terrorist attacks on Mumbai in 2008, the Indian government refused to play cricket in Pakistan. Since then both the teams play only in ICC and ACC tournaments. Since 2013, both the teams have played 13 ODIs and 8 T20 matches at neutral venues.

Pakistan gets hosting of Champions Trophy 2025 The hosting of Champions Trophy 2025 has been given to Pakistan. PCB has submitted the draft of the venue and schedule of the tournament to ICC. The tournament is to be played in February-March next year. According to the draft, India has been placed in Group A along with Pakistan, Bangladesh and New Zealand. Group B includes Australia, South Africa, England and Afghanistan. According to the schedule, India’s three matches are to be held on 20 February (from Bangladesh), 23 February (from Pakistan) and 2 March (from New Zealand). All India matches can be played in Lahore.

Asia Cup had to be held in Sri Lanka Last year also Pakistan had got the hosting of Asia Cup. Even then, when India did not go there, this tournament was held on ‘hybrid model’. The matches against India were held in Sri Lanka. In the final match held in Colombo, the Indian team won the championship by defeating Sri Lanka by 10 wickets.

India defeated Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the final of the Asia Cup.

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