ICC Champions Trophy 2025: ICC accepts hybrid model, India games to be played in his venue

In what has been the latest development as per the reports in Sports Tak, it is learned that the International Cricket Council (ICC) has accepted the Hybrid model for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The global body has accepted the demands of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to play the tournament in the two-nation formula. 

It is learned that India games will be played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Along with this, one semi-final and final will be played in a Gulf country, while the rest of the games are all set to take place in Pakistan, which is the host of the tournament. 

To accept the hybrid model for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has kept a few demands, with the major one being they wanted all the ICC tournaments to be played in a Hybrid model till the next cycle as they claimed that they won't travel to India if they cannot visit Pakistan. 

India vs Pakistan game in T20 World Cup 2027 will be played in Colombo

However, to end the feud between BCCI and PCB, ICC has accepted the demand and it is learned that Pakistan won't be travelling to India for the T20 World Cup 2026. The two arch-rivals will be playing each other in the tournament in Colombo as the tournament will be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka. 

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) also demanded an extra share in the revenue. However, the ICC won't be giving them compensation, but they will be given to host the ICC Women's tournament after 2027, as per the reports by the Journalist Vikrant Gupta. 

BCCI and PCB were involved in a massive tussle over the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The Indian team didn't agree to visit Pakistan for the tournament, but the PCB, too, didn't agree to host the event outside Pakistan and were pretty strong on their stance. 

However, ICC acted as a mediator and proposed PCB as the hybrid model. The governing body kept some demands. Although BCCI took some time to accept, they finally agreed, and now the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is all set to be played in a Hybrid model. 

With the decision related to the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 reaching a conclusion, it is expected that the schedule of the tournament will be announced soon.

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