Champions Trophy 2025: ICC to hold emergency meeting on Nov 26 to decide on schedule, venues

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is likely to hold an emergency meeting on November 26 to decide upon the dates and the venues for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy. The tournament is scheduled to take place in February and March next year.

According an ANI report citing ESPNcricinfo, the meeting will decide on whether the marquee event will solely take place in Pakistan or in a Hybrid model (where Pakistan will host the tournament with one more country which is not yet decided).

The meeting has been scheduled after the ICC conveyed to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in writing that India would not travel to Pakistan to participate in the Champions Trophy. PCB consulted with the Pakistan government on the issue and is looking to present its stance.



However, the PCB has said that they want India to travel to Pakistan as their team also travelled to India for the ODI World Cup last year. Last year, Pakistan hosted the Asia Cup, but it was held in a hybrid model, with India playing its matches in Sri Lanka. India and Pakistan played their last bilateral series in 2012-13 in India. Now, the two teams mostly play in ICC tournaments and Asia Cup.

Due to tense political ties between both nations, India has not travelled to Pakistan since 2008, when they played the Asia Cup over there. The arch-rivals played their last bilateral series in 2012-13 in India, a white-ball series and now mostly play in ICC tournaments and Asia Cups.


India has firmly held the stance of not travelling to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy, citing security concerns. Earlier this year, BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla stated that India would travel to Pakistan only if the Government of India permitted it.

Notably, last year, Pakistan hosted the Asia Cup, but the tournament was hosted in a hybrid model. India played its matches in Sri Lanka, while the rest of the matches were hosted in Pakistan.