
The Indian team will not travel to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and will ask the International Cricket Council to hold its matches in Sri Lanka or Dubai, a BCCI source told ANI.
On Indian cricket team unlikely to go to Pakistan for ICC Champions Trophy, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference leader Omar Abdullah says,
I have always said that it is not only our country's responsibility to establish better relations between these two countries, if better relations are to be made then it is Pakistan's responsibility too. The kind of attacks that are happening should not happen, the kind of atmosphere that is there should not be there, Pakistan will also have to play its role in this so that the relations between the two countries improve.
Omar directly held Pakistan responsible for the ongoing terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, stating that for Pakistan to establish good relations, it must desist from its actions. He emphasized that the responsibility for fostering better relations does not lie solely with India.
The ICC Champions Trophy will be held next year from February to March 2025 in Pakistan. Since 2008's Asia Cup, India has not played any cricket tournaments in Pakistan due to tense relationships between both nations.