ICC Shames Pakistan Globally, Gives A Massive Setback To PCB Ahead Of Champions Trophy 2025

The Pakistan Cricket Board has received another major setback ahead of hosting their first major ICC event in 29 years - The ICC Champions Trophy in 2025.  Amidst uncertainty over whether India will travel to Pakistan or not to participate in the Champions Trophy, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has once again embarrassed Pakistan by cancelling the event. 

The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is tentatively scheduled to start from February 19th, 2025 with the final slated for Match 19th. Pakistan will enter into the tournament as the host nation and the defending champions but the tournament could be in jeopardy. 

PCB receive another setback ahead of Champions Trophy

Ahead of hosting the Champions Trophy, the PCB received another setback after it was reported that ICC has cancelled a key event leading up the Champions Trophy. The event in question was supposed to kickstart the 100-day countdown till the first game of the Champions Trophy. 

The ICC was supposed to hold the 100-day countdown event in Lahore on November, 11th but that event now stands cancelled as reported by Cricbuzz. As per the report, the event's cancellation comes due to scheduling conflicts surrounding the tournament. 

The Champions Trophy is scheduled to start on Feb 19th but as per the report, there's disagreement with the hosts and participating nations over the schedule and venues. 

This cancellation has further troubled Pakistan, and has put the future of the Champions Trophy in further doubt. 

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Will India play the Champions Trophy in Pakistan? 

The biggest scheduling conflict which the PCB and ICC faces is whether India will travel to Pakistan or not. As per reports, a hybrid model is the most likely scenario where the tournament will be held in Pakistan but India will play their games in a different country. 

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The PCB however, have confirmed that as of yet there's no request from BCCI to host the Champions Trophy in hybrid mode.