India vs Pakistan: Pakistan’s schedule released, will also compete with India! Will play 32 matches in 8 months

New Delhi. The Pakistan cricket team will play 32 matches in the next 8 months. This includes the proposed match between India and Pakistan. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has released the schedule for the 2024-25 season. Pakistan will play at least 9 Tests, 9 T20s and 14 ODIs between August 2024 and March 2025. During this time, teams from Bangladesh, England and West Indies will tour Pakistan to play seven Tests.

PCB released the 8-month schedule of its men’s cricket team on Monday. Pakistan’s schedule also includes the matches of the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in February-March next year. However, the final seal on the schedule of the Champions Trophy will be put by the ICC. It will be considered final only after the approval of the ICC. Apart from the ICC Champions Trophy, Pakistan will also host the ODI triangular series with New Zealand and South Africa.

The Pakistan team will tour Australia, Zimbabwe and South Africa to play 9 T20 matches apart from 9 ODIs and 2 Tests. These Test matches of Pakistan will be part of the ICC World Test Championship cycle (WTC 2023-25). Pakistan is currently at the 5th position in WTC 2023-25.

Champions Trophy from February 19 to March 9
Pakistan is to host the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The PCB has proposed a schedule from February 19 to March 9 for this. The ICC’s approval is pending. The match between India and Pakistan in the tournament is proposed on March 1. The Indian team has not visited Pakistan for a long time due to security reasons. In such a situation, it is not yet decided whether the Indian cricket team will visit Pakistan for the Champions Trophy or not.

India may demand hybrid model
India can demand to organize the Champions Trophy on a hybrid model. According to this, India will play its matches in some other country, while the rest of the countries will play their matches in the host country. Recently, the Asia Cup was hosted on this model. In this, India played its matches in Sri Lanka instead of Pakistan.

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