A view of Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium where workers give final touches of arrangements in in preparation for upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Champions Trophy 2025: Three-decade Wait About To End For PAK Fans
A three-decade wait finally ends for Pakistan on Wednesday when it stages its first major International Cricket Council tournament since co-hosting the 1996 World Cup with Sri Lanka and India. A 2009 terror attack on the Sri Lanka playing squad at Lahore resulted in international teams avoiding tours to Pakistan for almost a decade because of security concerns. The Sri Lankan test team returned in 2019 as international cricket made slow inroads back. The group game on Feb. 23 in Dubai will certainly fit into that category. Pakistan will host 10 games, including one semifinal. The final will be played at Lahore on March 9 if India doesn’t qualify. Dubai is scheduled to host all three of India라이브 바카라 group matches and a semifinal.
Champions Trophy 2025: Billboard depicting portraits of the various cricketers
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Cars and motorcyclists drive past a billboard depicting portraits of the various cricketers in preparation for ICC Champions Trophy 2025, installed on a pedestrian bridge on a road in Karachi, Pakistan.
Champions Trophy 2025: Billboards are located at an entry point to Gaddafi Stadium
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Workers install billboards on a structure of an entry point to Gaddafi Stadium, in preparation for upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025, in Lahore, Pakistan.
Champions Trophy 2025: Workers give final touches to an enclosure in Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
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Workers give final touches to an enclosure in Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in preparation for upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Champions Trophy 2025: A billboard that displays various famous cricketers
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A billboard depicting portraits of the various famous cricketers installed at a building in preparation of upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025, in Lahore, Pakistan.
Champions Trophy 2025: A view of newly renovated National Bank Stadium
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A view of newly renovated National Bank Stadium, where fans watch the tri-series ODI cricket final match between Pakistan and New Zealand, in Karachi, Pakistan.
Champions Trophy 2025: A billboard depicting portraits of the captains
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An auto-rickshaw drives past a billboard depicting portraits of the captains of participating cricket teams in ICC Champions Trophy 2025, installed at a roadside, in Lahore, Pakistan.
Champions Trophy 2025: Police officers stand guard outside the National Bank Stadium
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Police officers stand guard to ensure security outside the National Bank Stadium, where final preparations are going on for upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025, in Karachi, Pakistan.
Champions Trophy 2025: Workers give final touches of arrangements at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
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Workers give final touches to an enclosure in Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in preparation for upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Champions Trophy 2025: Fans hold Pakistani and Indian flags
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Fans hold Pakistani and Indian flags with a massaging banner as they watch the play of the tri-series ODI cricket match between Pakistan and New Zealand at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan.
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