Champions Trophy 2025 Sport News

PCB Asks For Compensation From ICC If India Refuse To Play Champions Trophy 2025: Report

The Pakistan Cricket Board urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to sign the Champions Trophy 2025 hosting rights agreements with it, stressing that the PCB should be compensated if India refuse to travel to the country citing political and security reasons. A highly reliable source in the PCB told PTI on Sunday that while the ICC has marked Pakistan as the host of the tournament, the global body is yet to sign the important hosting agreement with it. The source disclosed that PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf and COO Salman Naseer had met the ICC executive board in Ahmedabad to discuss the hosting of the Champions Trophy in Pakistan in February-March, 2025.

Lower-Placed Teams In World Cup Under Pressure With New Rules In Place For Champions Trophy 2025 Qualification: Report

Following the end of the league stage of the ongoing ODI World Cup, the top seven sides will directly qualify for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy along with hosts Pakistan to compete in the eight-team event. According to ESPNcricinfo, the ICC Board approved the qualification system for the 2025 Champions Trophy in 2021, when the tournament was brought back. For the 2013 and 2017 editions of the Champions Trophy, the top eight teams in the ODI rankings qualified for the event.