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Indian national cricket team captain Rohit Sharma will not travel to Pakistan for the opening ceremony of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. According to a report in ANI, the BCCI is yet to take any decision in this regard and a call will be received soon.
With less than 40 days to go until the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, the wait for the ICC Champions Trophy is slowly ending. The eight-nation tournament will be played between Pakistan and the UAE on February 19 and the final will be held on March 9.
PCB plans to host the opening ceremony of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on February 16 or 17
Ahead of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, PCB is scheduled to host the opening ceremony of the tournament. The award ceremony is tentatively scheduled to be held on February 16 or 17. According to ICC regulations, all participating team captains must be present.
According to reports, Indian national cricket team captain Rohit Sharma will also travel to Pakistan to attend the opening ceremony of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. This became a hot news in the cricket world and caused many reactions.
Rohit Sharma won’t travel to Pakistan, first let team roster announced – Sources close to BCCI
However, BCCI sources said that Rohit Sharma will not travel to Pakistan for the opening ceremony of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. He said they are waiting for the lineup to be announced and will make a decision only once it is announced. In an interview with ANI, he said:
“Rohit Sharma will not travel to Pakistan, first let the squad be announced and then we will look into the matter. No decision has been made yet.”
Breaking news: Rohit Sharma will not travel to Pakistan, let the team announce it first and then we will look into the matter. No decision has been made yet. : BCCI Source
— vipul kashyap (@kashyapvipul) January 15, 2025
Indian national cricket team to compete in ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in UAE
Rohit Sharma’s visit to Pakistan for the opening ceremony of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is in the news as the Indian national cricket team will not be traveling to Pakistan to play the tournament. The event was recently given the green signal to proceed in hybrid mode.
The Indian national cricket team will play in the UAE and the rest of the matches will be played in Pakistan. If India gets there, a semi-final and final will also be played in Dubai, but if that doesn’t happen, then the final will be played in Pakistan.
The Indian national cricket team will play against the Bangladesh national cricket team in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The match between the two teams will be played on February 20, followed by the match against Pakistan on February 23.
They will then play their final league match against New Zealand on March 2. The Rohit Sharma-led side will be hoping to go one step further than their runners-up finish last time out.
