Champions Trophy 2025: Pakistan Agrees to Hybrid Model with Key Condition for ICC

The 2025 Champions Trophy will take place in Pakistan. The tournament’s hosting rights were awarded to Pakistan. However, the tournament schedule has not yet been made public.

New Delhi: Pakistan will host the 2025 Champions Trophy. The tournament’s hosting rights were awarded to Pakistan. However, the tournament schedule has not yet been made public. Although the location of the event remains a mystery, there is no information available. Pakistan was not visited by the Indian team.

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The ICC is thus thinking about using a hybrid strategy to host this competition. On November 29, the ICC also convened a meeting for this purpose. Some Pakistanis, however, took issue with the hybrid concept at that discussion.

According to the report, the PCB is now prepared for the hybrid model, but it has presented the ICC with some requirements that it may or may not approve. We’ll have to wait and see. The PCB wants Lahore to host the tournament’s final match. It ought to be retained as a contingency. The tournament’s final ought to take place in Lahore itself if the Indian squad is eliminated.

Additionally, the PCB stated that any future ICC tournaments held in India must to follow the hybrid format. India will not host any of Pakistan’s matches. The PCB has said unequivocally that the Pakistani squad would not travel to India to play if they are unable to do so.

It is anticipated that this tournament would take place between February 19 and March 9. Since the horrific events in Mumbai in 2008, India has not played cricket in Pakistan. For the first time since 2017, the Champions Trophy will be back on the ICC schedule. In 2017, Pakistan emerged victorious in the ICC Champions Trophy. However, since 2013, the Indian squad has failed to win the Champions Trophy.

The PCB disagreed at the meeting, despite the ICC’s convincing. Members of the ICC are attempting to persuade the PCB that an India-Pakistan encounter is essential to the Champions Trophy. The main issue is that it could have to suffer significant losses if the two nations are unable to equal. But based on today’s announcement, it appears that a hybrid format will be used for the event.