ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Rohit Sharma’s Pakistan visit BLOCKED
Published - 15 Jan 2025, 02:00 PM | Updated - 15 Jan 2025, 02:02 PM
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India National Cricket Team skipper Rohit Sharma won't be traveling to Pakistan for the opening ceremony of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. As per the reports in ANI, BCCI hasn't decided anything on this and the call will be taken soon.
The wait for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is slowly ending as the tournament is less than 40 days away from now. The eight-nation tournament will be played in Pakistan and UAE and is all set to begin on 19th February, and the final is slated to take place on 9th March.
PCB is planning to host the opening ceremony for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on February 16 or 17
Ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, PCB is planning to host the opening ceremony for the tournament. The ceremony is tentatively scheduled to be held on February 16 or 17 and according to the ICC norms, all the captains participating teams need to be present there.
The reports claimed that India National Cricket Team skipper Rohit Sharma will be traveling to Pakistan as well for the opening ceremony of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. This became trending news in the cricketing world, with many reactions coming to it.
Rohit Sharma will not travel to Pakistan, first let the team be announced - Source close to BCCI
But a BCCI source claimed that Rohit Sharma won't be travelling to Pakistan for the opening ceremony of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. He said that they are waiting for the squad to be announced and only after that decision will be taken. Speaking to ANI, he said:
"Rohit Sharma will not travel to Pakistan, first let the team be announced, and then we will look into this. No decision as yet."
Breaking: Rohit sharma will not travel to Pakistan , First let the team be announced, then we will look into this. No decision as yet.: BCCI source
— vipul kashyap (@kashyapvipul) January 15, 2025
India National Cricket Team will be playing their games in UAE in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Rohit Sharma traveling to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 opening ceremony became the news because India National Cricket Team won't be traveling to Pakistan for the tournament. The event recently got the green signal to be played in the Hybrid model.
India National Cricket Team will be playing their games in UAE, while the rest of the matches will be played in Pakistan. One semifinal and the final will be played in Dubai as well if India reach there, but if that doesn't happen, then the final will be played in Pakistan.
India National Cricket Team will be opening their campaign in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 against Bangladesh National Cricket Team. The match between the teams will be played on 20th February, and after that will be taking on Pakistan on 23rd February.
Then, they will be locking horns with New Zealand on 2nd March in their last league fixture. The Rohit Sharma-led side would be hoping to go one step ahead of the last time, where they finished as runners-ups.
