ICC’s BIG announcement after Pakistan’s disappointing move, Champions Trophy will come to India, SCHEDULE released
New Delhi: People are eagerly waiting for the schedule of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. This tournament is to be played in Pakistan, and for this, the Pakistan Cricket Board is preparing vigorously. Amidst all this, the Pakistan Cricket Board recently did such an act that caused a lot of uproar. Actually, the PCB had announced the tour of the tournament trophy. That is, this trophy will be taken among the fans at different places. According to the PCB schedule, the trophy was to go to places like Skardu, Murree, Hunza and Muzaffarabad. Out of these, Skardu, Hunza and Muzaffarabad come in PoK (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir). In such a situation, now the ICC has taken a big decision.
ICC’s big announcement on the Champions Trophy:
According to reports, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah had strongly objected to the move to tour the trophy of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir cities and condemned it. After this incident, the ICC refused to take the Champions Trophy tour to any disputed PoK. In such a situation, now the ICC has not made a big announcement. Now the Champions Trophy tour will not go to PoK. The ICC has announced the names of the new cities, no city of PoK is included this time in the new cities selected by the ICC.
According to the new schedule of the ICC, the Champions Trophy will tour Islamabad on November 16, Taxila and Khanpur on November 17, Abbottabad on November 18, Murree on November 19, Nathia Gali on November 20, and Karachi from November 22 to 25. After this, the trophy will be sent to the remaining 7 countries, which will play in this tournament. India’s name is also included in this. The Champions Trophy tour will run in India from January 15, 2025, to January 26, 2025, after which the trophy will go back to Pakistan, as it is the host of the tournament.
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Tour Schedule:
16 November Islamabad, Pakistan
17 November – Taxila and Khanpur, Pakistan
18 November Abbottabad, Pakistan
19 November – Murree, Pakistan
20 November- Nathia Gali, Pakistan
22 – 25 November – Karachi, Pakistan
26 – 28 November – Afghanistan
10 – 13 December – Bangladesh
15 – 22 December – South Africa
25 December – 5 January – Australia
6 – 11 January – New Zealand
12 – 14 January – England
15 – 26 January – India
27 January onwards – Pakistan