India's clear refusal to go to Pakistan for Champions Trophy: BCCI expresses security concerns, team wants to play its match in Dubai

The Indian team will not travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy cricket tournament next year. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recently sent a letter to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) expressing security concerns behind its decision. The board has expressed its desire to play all its matches in Dubai. According to a report in The Indian Express, a source close to the matter said, "It is our decision. We have written a letter to the PCB asking them to hold our match in Dubai. The Champions Trophy will be played from February 19 to March 9 next year as per the draft schedule. The matches of this event can be held in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi. India has not visited Pakistan for 16 years due to the terrorist attack in Mumbai. The Indian team has not toured Pakistan since 2007-08. After the terrorist attack on Mumbai in 2008, the Indian government refused to play cricket in Pakistan. Since then, both teams have only played in ICC and ACC tournaments. Since 2013, both teams have played 13 ODI and 8 T20 matches at neutral venues. Last year Pakistan came to India to play the ODI World Cup The Pakistan team came to India to play the ODI World Cup last year. After this, the match between India and Pakistan was played in Ahmedabad on October 14. The Indian team won the match by 7 wickets. Captain Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer scored half-centuries. Jaspreet Bumrah was named player of the match. He took 2 wickets for 19 runs. The last bilateral series between India and Pakistan... Pakistan to host Champions Trophy 2025 The Champions Trophy 2025 has been given to Pakistan. The PCB has submitted a draft of the venue and schedule of the tournament to the ICC. The tournament is scheduled to be played in February-March next year. According to the draft, India has been placed in Group-A along with Pakistan, Bangladesh and New Zealand. Group B includes Australia, South Africa, England and Afghanistan. According to the schedule, India's three matches are scheduled to be held on February 20 (against Bangladesh), February 23 (against Pakistan) and March 2 (against New Zealand). All of India's matches can be played in Lahore. Asia Cup 2019: Pakistan gets india's match in Sri Lanka Last year, Pakistan got the right to host the Asia Cup. Even then, India refused to play in Pakistan. After this, the tournament was held on a 'hybrid model'. The match against India was held in Sri Lanka. In the final match played in Colombo, the Indian team won the championship by defeating Sri Lanka by 10 wickets.