Team India's Stardom Leaves PCB Red-Faced, Rapid Ticket Sales For Champions Trophy 2025 Final Rubs Salt Into PAK's Wounds

The 2025 edition of the Champions Trophy has gone from bad to worse for Pakistan. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) who have miserably failed in fixing their cricketing culture has now lost the chance to host the ICC Champions Trophy Finals. The PCB endorsed the entire Champions Trophy around the prospect of the 'Men in Green' defending their Champions Trophy crown in front of their home crowd, but Mohammad Rizwan and his team got knocked out of the tournament in the group stage itself.

The ongoing Champions Trophy is being played in the 'Hybrid Model' and India were always scheduled to play all their Champions Trophy matches in Dubai. The first semi-final between India and Australia was also played in Dubai. According to the International Cricket Council's mandate, the summit clash will now move out of Pakistan and will be played in Dubai since India have become the first team to qualify for the summit clash. The PCB made huge claims about providing top quality infrastructure for the Champions Trophy, but few rain-hit games in the Pakistan leg exposed the PCB's lies in broad daylight.

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Champions Trophy Final Ticket Sold Out In Two Hours

India players are the biggest superstars of the cricketing world and there is no doubt about it. Irrespective of wherever India play, it becomes a home game for them and something similar is happening in Dubai also. As soon as the 'men in blue' qualified for the finals of the ICC Champions Trophy, more than 1,00,000 people patiently waited in queue to buy the tickets for the summit clash of CT 2025. The tickets that went on sale were sold out within two hours.

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A total of 12 categories of tickets reportedly went on sale. The most expensive ticket which costed around Rs. 3,00,000 was sold out within no time. Pakistan were desperate to host the Champions Trophy final in their own backyard. Shoaib Akhtar also termed the IND vs AUS semi-final as India vs 'Final in Pakistan'. India have showcased their dominance on the field and they have earned their well-deserved place in the summit clash which will now be played in Dubai.

Team India Still Undefeated In Champions Trophy 2025

Rohit Sharma's Team India has been undefeated in the Champions Trophy so far. India defeated New Zealand, Pakistan and Bangladesh in the group stage games and they went on to defeat Australia and knocked them out of the Champions Trophy. India are now eyeing their second Champions Trophy win in Dubai. Rohit Sharma too is on the cusp of becoming the second Indian captain to win a Champions Trophy for India.

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