Pakistan to host Champions Trophy 2025, 3 ICC tournaments in India until 2031

The International Cricket Council on Tuesday confirmed the hosts of main males’s tournaments in white-ball cricket for the 2024-2031 cycle. 11 Full Members and three Associate Members have been chosen to host two ICC Men’s Cricket World Cups, 4 ICC Men’s T20 World Cups and two ICC Men’s Champions Trophy occasions.

Pakistan, who’re making an attempt to get again to normalcy with regards to internet hosting bilateral cricket, have been awarded the 2025 Champions Trophy. Meanwhile, India will host the 2026 T20 World Cup together with Sri Lanka, the 2029 Champions Trophy and the 2031 50-over World Cup together with Bangladesh within the upcoming cycle. Notably, India are set to host the 2023 males’s Cricket World Cup.Host nations for ICC males’s event from 2024 to 20312024 T20 World Cup – USA and West Indies in June2025 Champions Trophy – Pakistan in February 2026 T20 World Cup – India and Sri Lanka in February 2027 World Cup – South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia in October/November2028 T20 World Cup – Australia and New Zealand – October2029 Champions Trophy – India – October2030 T20 World Cup – England, Ireland and Scotland – June2031 World Cup – India and Bangladesh – October/November Photo Courtesy: ICCUSA and West Indies will co-host the Men’s T20 World Cup in 2024 whereas Pakistan will host the Champions Trophy in 2025 because the ICC introduced 8 new tournaments and 12 totally different host nations for the subsequent decade.Meanwhile, the 2027 Cricket World Cup can be co-hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. Australia and New Zealand, the latest finalists of the 2021 T20 World Cup will host the event in 2028.Two years later in 2030, England, Ireland and Scotland will co-host the T20 World Cup.ICC occasion to return to Pakistan after greater than 20 yearsPakistan, who had received the final Champions Trophy in 2017, haven’t hosted many worldwide matches within the nation after the Sri Lankan crew bus was attacked by terrorists in Lahore again in 2009. New Zealand, who had been in Pakistan for an ODI and T20I sequence lately, deserted their tour minutes earlier than the toss for the primary ODI in Rawalpindi citing safety issues.England, who had been scheduled to tour quickly after, additionally cancelled their tour over safety points.Meanwhile, PCB chairman Ramiz Raja was elated after Pakistan had been awarded the internet hosting rights for the 2025 Champions Trophy.”I am pleased no-end with the ICC’s decision to select Pakistan as a host nation for one of their elite tournaments. By allocating a major global event to Pakistan, the ICC has expressed complete confidence and faith in our management and operational capabilities and skills,” PCB chief Ramiz Raja stated on Tuesday.”We have continued to demonstrate how a great host we are and through the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, we will again showcase our passion and love for the sport as this event will be a boon to the millions of home fans, who will see world-class teams and their favourite international players from close quarters,” he added.Pakistan had final seen ICC matches on its shores when it co-hosted the 1996 World Cup together with India and Sri Lanka.