ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Indian government will take call on team’s travel to Pakistan, says BCCI vice-president Rajiv Shukla

Kanpur: Vice-President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Rajeev Shukla, on Monday stated that the call still lies in the hands of the Indian government who would take a final decision next year, as per the mounting speculations surrounding the likely visit of the Indian Cricket Team to Pakistan for the 2025 Champions Trophy.

Pakistan are scheduled to host the prestigious ICC ODI tournament from February 19 to March 9.

“No decision has been taken (yet). But our policy is that for international tours, we always seek the permission of the government. It’s up to the government to decide whether our team should go to any country or our team should not go to any country,” Shukla told reporters here.

“In this case (also), whatever the government will decide, we will abide by that,” he added.

Shukla was talking to the media on the sidelines of the ongoing second Test between India and Bangladesh here.

India and Pakistan only play each other in ICC events. India have not travelled to Pakistan for bilateral cricket since 2008 due to the Mumbai terror attacks in which over 150 people were killed.

Pakistan were in India for the ODI World Cup last year after a gap of seven years.