BCCI to Send Indian Cricket Team to Pakistan For ICC Champions Trophy? PCB's Mohsin Naqvi 'Hopeful'

There is much speculation already over will the Indian board send the cricket team to Pakistan or not for the Champions Trophy . Amid the speculations, Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi sounded ‘hopeful’ about the Indian team eventually travelling across the border. Speaking to the press, Naqvi said, “Indian team mujhe puri umeed hai… Abhi tak koi aisi cheej nahi hai jiski wajeh se vo postpone karey ya cancel karey. Toh sari teams aayengi (Team India will come to play the Champions Trophy , all the teams will come).”

Meanwhile, there has been no confirmation or statement from India regarding this issue. 

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India haven’t traveled to Pakistan in the 16 years since 2008, whereas Pakistan have visited India three times in that period including the 2023 ODI World Cup last year. In addition to this, no major ICC tournaments have been hosted entirely in Pakistan since the 1996 ODI World Cup .

During the 2023 World Cup, Babar Azam -led Pakistan played two matches each in Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, and Kolkata and the high-voltage match with arch-rivals India was played at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi stadium on October 14.

There is speculation that the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 could be played in a ‘hybrid’ model as well if Team India don’t get permission from the Indian government to travel to Pakistan . Meanwhile, Pakistan began their three-match Test series against England on Monday.

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Shan Masood-led Pakistan are playing the first two matches of the Test series in Multan as venues in Lahore and Karachi are not available currently as they are undergoing upgradation ahead of ICC Champions Trophy 2025. At the time of filing the copy, Masood was unbeaten on 110*, while Abdullah Shafique was on 75*. Pakistan are in command at the moment as the scoreboard reads 194 for one.