Team India unlikely to travel to Pakistan for ICC Champions Trophy

The Champions Trophy in 2025 could well be held in either Sri Lanka or the UAE as India have expressed its unwillingness to travel to Pakistan for the tournament.India are likely to request the ICC to hold the Champions Trophy in either Sri Lanka or Dubai. “India will not travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy 2025. Will tell ICC to hold its matches in Dubai or Sri Lanka,” a BCCI source was quoted as saying by ANI.
Pakistan have the hosting rights for the Champions Trophy, which will make its return to the cricket calendar for the first time since 2017. However, a couple of matches in the tournament are likely to be held in either the UAE or Sri Lanka.Pakistan Cricket Board submitted a draft schedule to the International Cricket Council last month. In the draft schedule, India's matches were scheduled in Lahore, including the big-ticket game between the arch-rivals for March 1. However, there is no official confirmation from the BCCI as far as travel is concerned at the moment. The development comes days after PCB chair Mohsin Naqvi told the governing body's board of governors that efforts will be made to host the entire Champions Trophy Pakistan. Naqvi said that the issue would be brought up during an ICC Board Meeting in Colombo later in July.
India have not played bilateral cricket with Pakistan since the 2012-13 season. India have not traveled to Pakistan since 2008. The ICC Champions Trophy is scheduled from February to March 2025 in Pakistan. Since 2008's Asia Cup, India have not played any cricket tournaments in Pakistan due to tense relationships between both nations.If the Champions Trophy goes to Sri Lanka or the UAE, it will be the second multi-nation tournament in the last two years to move out of Pakistan due to India's unwillingness to travel there. The Asia Cup 2023 was played in a hybrid model where all of India's matches were played in Sri Lanka while the others played in Sri Lanka.