ICC officially excludes PoK cities from Champions Trophy tour; check full itinerary with dates, venues
Pakistan are the hosts of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The tournament is expeted to start in February.
A day after the International Cricket Council (ICC) directed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to cancel its Champions Trophy tour in the Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK), the world cricket body officially announced the global trophy tour on Saturday. On Friday, the PCB announced the Champions Trophy will travel to the cities of Skardu, Hunza, and Muzaffarabad which fall under the PoK.
ICC's itinerary doesn't include any of the the PoK cities. Instead the Champions Trophy tour will start on November 16 in Islamabad where the silverware will be displayed at Daman-e-Koh, Faisal Mosque, and the Pakistan Monument, accompanied by former pacer Shoaib Akhtar.
After Islamabad, the Champions Trophy will head to Karachi, Abbottabad, and Taxila before leaving Pakistan for a global tour. The PTI reported on Friday that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah had raised strong objections with the ICC to PCB's Trophy Tour plans in the PoK region.
However, the global body took swift action to eliminate those cities from the tour as revealed on Saturday. "A series of physical and digital engagements traversing iconic destinations, sporting events and key battles in the international cricket calendar form the Trophy Tour schedule, during which fans will also be treated to a content series titled ‘Champion on Tour’ that will document the Trophy Tour’s journey around the world through the lens of food, music and cricket," ICC said.
Pakistan are the defending champion of ICC Champions Trophy, having won the title at The Oval in London in 2017, defeating India in the final. For this edition, India has reportedly denied travelling to Pakistan for the tournament, and the ICC is working with PCB to find a possible solution to it, including hosting it in a hybrid model or shifting the competition out of Pakistan, possibly the United Arab Emirates (UAE) or South Africa.
ICC Champions Trophy tour itinerary
November 16, 2024 – Islamabad, Pakistan
November 17, 2024 - Taxila and Khanpur, Pakistan
November 18, 2024 – Abbottabad, Pakistan
November 19, 2024 - Murree, Pakistan
November 20, 2024 - Nathia Gali, Pakistan
November 22 - 25, 2024 – Karachi, Pakistan
November 26 – 28, 2024 – Afghanistan
December 10 – 13, 2024 – Bangladesh
December 15 – 22, 2024 – South Africa
December 25, 2024 – January 5, 2025 – Australia
January 6 – 11, 2025 – New Zealand
January 12 – 14, 2025 – England
January 15 – 26, 2025 – India
January 27, 2025 – event start – Pakistan
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First Published:16 Nov 2024, 03:33 PM IST
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