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The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) is three choices concerning internet hosting of the subsequent yr’s ICC Champions Trophy, which is meant to be held in Pakistan, as per sources. As per sources, the internet hosting rights for now stick with Pakistan. However ICC remains to be exploring some choices for the match scheduled to begin from February 2025. As per sources, ICC is both seeking to have the match go forward in Pakistan as deliberate, or happen in each Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of the hybrid mannequin. As per this hybrid mannequin, matches for India and knockout stage video games will happen in Dubai.
The third possibility is the whole match happening exterior Pakistan, with Dubai, Sri Lanka or South Africa as potential hosts, added sources.
Pakistan has not hosted any main Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) occasion for the reason that 1996 ODI World Cup, which it co-hosted with India and Sri Lanka. It was presupposed to co-host the 2011 version of the match, however its rights have been stripped after a terror assault on a touring Sri Lanka aspect’s bus again in 2009. The match was then performed in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
India has not travelled to Pakistan for the reason that 2008 Asia Cup, however Pakistan has been to India on three events, for a white-ball sequence in late December 2012 to January 2013, the 2016 ICC T20 World Cup and the 2023 ODI World Cup, which was fully hosted by India.
Throughout the 2023 WC, Pakistan performed two matches every in Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, and Kolkata and the high-voltage match with arch-rivals India was performed at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi stadium on October 14.
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