LAHORE: The budget for the Champions Trophy 2025 was approved at the International Cricket Council (ICC) annual meeting in Colombo, Geo News reported on Monday.
The approval of the budget for the competition to be hosted by Pakistan was approved on the last day of the ICC meeting.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi also attended the meeting.
Remember, the budget was prepared by ICC CFO Ankur Khanna and PCB CFO Javed Murtaza.
The PCB is firm on its stand to host all Champions Trophy 2025 matches in the country despite rumors of a neutral venue or plan B.
Pakistan will host the Champions Trophy 2025 and recently rumors of a ‘Plan B’ and ‘Neutral Venue’ started appearing in the news where it was announced that the Indian cricket team would not travel to Pakistan and play their matches. in a neutral place.
However, PCB strongly believes that since the event is from Pakistan, it should be completely staged in Pakistan. The International Cricket Council (ICC) annual meeting is scheduled in Colombo from July 19 to 22 and the PCB delegation will go there with a firm stance on hosting all matches in the country.
Three venues – Karachi, Rawalpindi and Lahore – will host eight-match matches and as per the PCB’s proposed ICC plan, all India’s matches will be held in Lahore.
The PCB has also earmarked Rs 12.80 billion for upgrading three stadiums. The Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, the National Bank Cricket Arena in Karachi and the Rawalpindi International Cricket Stadium will be elevated in front of the event’s marquee.
Apart from India, all the eight teams that will be participating in the Champions Trophy have played in Pakistan before and the PCB believes that India has no good reason not to come here.
The proposed dates for the Champions Trophy are from February 19 to March 9.
The event will mark the return of the ICC Champions Trophy after an eight-year hiatus, last won in 2017 by Pakistan defeating India in the final.
