Pakistan defeated India by 180 runs in the 2017 Champions Trophy final.
India and Pakistan teams will not play cricket in each other’s country. All of India’s Champions Trophy 2025 matches will be played at neutral venues. The Pakistan team will also not come to India for any tournament before 2027. Their matches will also be held at neutral venues.
Information on this ICC decision was made public on Thursday. This decision was made earlier in the meeting. The 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup will be held in India, the 2026 T-20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.
Earlier, when ICC had informed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) about holding the Champions Trophy 2025 in a hybrid model. Then PCB had requested ICC not to send the team to India, which has now been accepted by ICC.
Women’s World Cup 2028 in Pakistan The ICC Board of Directors has confirmed that the Women’s World Cup 2028 will be played in Pakistan. In this tournament also, the matches of the Indian and Pakistani women’s teams will be played at neutral venues.
All 15 members accepted the hybrid model. A meeting of all board members was held on December 5 in the presence of new ICC chairman Jai Shah. Shah had also arrived at the headquarters in Dubai this month. At the meeting, all 15 board members agreed to the hybrid model. Pakistan also did not oppose the decision during the meeting.
Jay Shah joined ICC’s headquarters in Dubai after becoming president on December 5.
PCB requirements
PCB demanded to hold a tri-series with India in future, but BCCI and ICC did not agree. There has been no series between India and Pakistan since 2012, the two teams have faced each other only in the ICC and ACC tournaments. If there is a tournament in India, its matches should also be played at neutral venues. The ICC accepted Pakistan’s request. Now, if there is a tournament in India, the Pakistan team’s matches will also be played at neutral venues. However, the BCCI had earlier said that there were no security concerns in India and hence Pakistan’s matches should not be played at neutral venues. 5 Champions Trophy matches were snatched from Pakistan, PCB also demanded compensation for this, ICC had already agreed to this demand. Pakistan does not want to be part of the Indian group. The PCB also demanded that if India plays only at a neutral venue, if Pakistan so wishes. play then he must be separated from his group. So Pakistan should play all their group matches at home only but ICC and BCCI along with broadcasters also opposed this demand as India-Pakistan match in any tournament is like a successful event. During the Champions Trophy, the two teams can face each other in Dubai on March 1. The turnover for the financial year should be increased. PCB wants its annual turnover to be increased by 5.75 percent. Additionally, by 2031, all major events held in India are expected to take place only under a hybrid model.
Why was the decision delayed? Initially, India had refused to send its team to Pakistan for this tournament. Initially, Pakistan remained adamant that India should come to Pakistan, but after India’s strong stance, the Pakistan Cricket Board finally agreed to the hybrid model.
Ever since Pakistan got the opportunity to host the Champions Trophy, there have been speculations that the Indian team might refuse to travel to Pakistan. India had earlier refused to travel to Pakistan to play the Asia Cup in 2023. Then, India’s Asia Cup matches were held in Sri Lanka.
After this, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had first proposed to hold all Indian matches in Lahore and send the players to India after the match. When India did not accept this, PCB also refused the hybrid model.
The last international match between India and Pakistan took place during the T20 World Cup 2024. Then India won by 6 runs.
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 was played between India and Pakistan on October 14 in Ahmedabad. 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 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.