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Former Pakistan Cricketer Warns India Amid Uncertainty Over Champions Trophy Participation

Champions Trophy 2025: Former Pakistan cricketer Rashid Latif has said that the Indian cricket team will need to come up with a logical answer to the ICC if they choose against travelling to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy next year.

Pakistan are the dedicated host for the tournament which was last played in 2017 but it still remains doubtful whether the Indian team will be travelling there to play.

While India haven’t played in Pakistan for a long while now, Latif believes that refusing to feature in an ICC tournament can have negative impacts and the team might face consequences as well.

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Earlier, it was reported that India might not participate in the Champions Trophy…


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Lahore, Rawalpindi among three venues PCB proposes for 2025 Champions Trophy at home

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has proposed three venues – Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi, in the initial draft shared with the ICC for hosting the 2025 Champions Trophy. The tournament, scheduled for the mid-February-March window next year, will see the return of an ICC tournament to Pakistan after a gap of nearly 30 years.

The Men in Green are defending champions, having last won against arch-rivals India in 2017. Although the ICC had then decided to scrap this tournament, they brought it back in 2022, including it in the new rights cycle (2023-27), with Pakistan getting the hosting rights.

The 2025 Champions Trophy will be an eight-team tournament played across two weeks, the exact dates of which are not revealed yet. The hosts – the PCB, had finalised the venues and the…


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