There will be no official meeting of the CPI captain or a photo shoot before the Champions 2025 trophy. The event has traditionally taken place in the host country of an ICC tournament, but it will not be part of the preparation of the champions trophy in Pakistan, The first ICC tournament in the country since 1996.
There was no opening ceremony in the preparation of the most recent Champions Trophy, in the United Kingdom in 2017, although there was an event of the captain and an official photo shoot. The PCB said that neither the ICC nor the cricket board had announced an opening ceremony this time. However, the PCB will organize an event in Lahore on February 16, three days outside the first game, to score the beginning of the tournament. A PCB official told Espncricinfo that the event would be “backed by the CPI” and that the expected ICC present in LaHore would attend.
The PCB said that the absence of a captain’s press conference and the photo shoot was reduced to logistics concerns. Since the tournament is celebrated in four different places in two countries, and with the programming clashes for several sides in the preparation of the tournament, the PCB said that the teams were scheduled to reach Pakistan for the champions trophy near the beginning of the beginning of the beginning Tournament Australia does not arrive in Pakistan until February 19, on the day of the opening match.
By the way, the CPI did not organize a captains event before the Male 2024 World Cup, which was played throughout the Caribbean and the United States. With the teams playing warming matches in several countries, the ICC chose to make the official launch through a lighting projection program that had the 20 captains transmitted in the Rockefeller Center building in New York City.
Development resolves the question of the possible presence of the captain of India Rohit Sharma in Pakistan. If there had been a press conference of the formal captain or a photo shoot, it would have required Rohit to be present.
Due to the political tension between the two countries, India and Pakistan have not played a bilateral series since 2012, although they continue to meet in the ICC tournaments. While the Pakistan male team has traveled to India for two CPI tournaments in this period, India has not played any international cricket in Pakistan since 2008. That context has meant that the Champions trophy had to implement a hybrid model, with Dubai to organize India games, including the final if they succeed. This model will also be in use for CPI events in India until 2027, allowing Pakistan to play their games outside India.
Meanwhile, the PCB will also organize ceremonies to mark the completion of stadiums restored in Lahore and Karachi. The Gaddafi stadium in Lahore, which is currently experiencing a renewal, is inaugurated by Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif. and New Zealand, from its reconstruction. The National Stadium in Karachi will be inaugurated by the president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari on February 11.