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PCB finalises 3 cities to host 2025 Champions Trophy

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Apr 29, 2024 20:04

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The Pakistan Cricket Board has earmarked Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi as the three host venues for 2025 Champions Trophy, in the initial draft schedule of the tournament, sent recently to the ICC.

The Champions Trophy, which was last held in England in 2017, is expected to be held tentatively in February-March next year, even as the PCB hastens plans to upgrade venues that will host the first ICC event in the country in nearly 30 years.

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