India Unlikely to Visit Pakistan for 2025 Champions Trophy, BCCI Requests Neutral Venue

- The Indian cricket team's participation in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan is uncertain, with BCCI likely to request a neutral venue. - Sources indicate that BCCI will ask ICC to host India's matches in Dubai or Sri Lanka instead of Pakistan. - The tournament is scheduled from 19 February to 9 March 2025, with India initially set to play Pakistan in Lahore on 1 March. - PCB has allocated seven matches to Lahore, five to Rawalpindi, and three to Karachi, with the final in Lahore. - India has not played a bilateral series in Pakistan since 2008, while Pakistan has traveled to India for cricket in the same period.