The India-Pakistan Champions Trophy match will be played on February 23. This big match will be played at the Dubai International Stadium in the United Arab Emirates.
A source from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said that the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been chosen as the neutral venue to host India’s matches in the Champions Trophy 2025. A meeting took place on Saturday evening between the Chairman of the PCB, Mohsin Naqvi, and the Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Nahyan Al Mubarak.
The first match of the tournament will be played on February 19 between hosts Pakistan and New Zealand in Karachi. The final will take place on March 9 in Lahore. The Indian team’s first match will be against Bangladesh on February 20. If the Indian team qualifies for the knockout stages, the semi-finals and the final will also take place in Dubai.
India’s first match will take place on February 20. The Indian team’s first match will be against Bangladesh on February 20, while the last match will be against New Zealand on March 2. A reserve day has also been reserved for the semi-finals (March 4 and 5) and the final.
5 out of 15 matches will take place in the United Arab Emirates. The 15-match tournament between 8 teams will begin on February 19 and continue until March 9. India will play their three group stage matches in the UAE. If India qualifies, a semi-final and a final will also be played here, while the remaining 10 matches of the tournament can be played in Pakistan.
At the ICC meeting on Thursday, December 19, it was decided that India will play the Champions Trophy matches at a neutral venue instead of Pakistan. Moreover, the Pakistani team will not come to India for all the tournaments that will be held in India before 2027. Their matches will also be held at neutral venues. The 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup will be held in India, the 2026 T-20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.
Pakistan team came to India for the 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 October 14. 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.
Indian team last visited Pakistan in 2008: Indian team last visited Pakistan in 2008. This 3 test match series was won by the Indian team 1- 0. 2 matches in this series were drawn. Pakistan came to India to play a bilateral series in 2013: Pakistan last toured India in 2012-13. During this tour, a bilateral series of 3 ODIs and 2 T20 matches was played. Pakistan won the ODI series 2-1, while the T-20 series was tied 1-1.
The last bilateral series between India and Pakistan took place in January 2013. Since then, the two teams have only faced each other in the ICC and ACC tournaments.
India will not visit Pakistan after Mumbai terror attack. The Indian team has not visited Pakistan since 2007-08. After the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, the Indian government refused to play cricket in Pakistan. Since then, both teams have only played in the ICC and ACC tournaments. Since 2013, the two teams have played 13 ODIs and 8 T20 matches at neutral venues. There was also a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team in Pakistan in 2009.
The 2025 Champions Trophy is in fashion as the venue has been decided The neutral venue for the Champions Trophy was finalized on Saturday evening. Along with this, the date of the India-Pakistan match has also arrived. In such a situation, Champions Trophy 2025 has become Google’s top trend. See the Google trend below…
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England squad announced for Champions Trophy and India tour
The England Cricket Board (ECB) on Sunday announced the squad for the Champions Trophy and tour of India. All-rounder Ben Stokes’ name is not in the squad. After almost a year, batsman Joe Root is back in the ODI team.