Since the Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 is over, attention is turning to the Champions Trophy 2025, which is the largest cricket event of the year. This competition, which is played between the top eight ODI nations, will now be co-hosted in Pakistan and Dubai after previously being granted exclusive rights to the former.
India has refused to travel to Pakistan because of political issues with the country, therefore the ICC has ultimately settled on a hybrid plan for the 2025 Champions Trophy, with matches to be held in Dubai. The strange claim made by former Pakistani cricketer Ahmed Shehzad, however, that the bitter rivals might still play each other on their home fields—which would be neutral locations at the same time—came just before the final decision was reached.
There was much discussion over this event, and the ICC ultimately decided to use the hybrid model because the BCCI was unwilling to send its players to Pakistan. Experts did provide some recommendations, though, about how Pakistan and India can both perform on their home fields.
During his appearance on the Nadir Ali podcast, Ahmed Shehzad offered an odd idea regarding the same subject: the cricket organisation ought to construct a stadium on the Indo-Pak border.
During a podcast, I proposed the construction of a stadium near the border. India and Pakistan will be the destinations of the two gates. The Lahore native claimed that the players will enter through their own gates and begin playing.
However, there would still be problems for their government and the BCCI. They would require visas to accompany us on the pitch, but they would not be granted them’, he continued.
Sarfaraz Ahmed led the Men in Green to victory in the 2017 Champions Trophy, and they will enter the competition as the current champions. This was Pakistan’s maiden Champions Trophy victory and their third overall ICC event victory. In the forthcoming 2025 season, they will compete with the intention of holding onto their crown, particularly domestically.
Home