{"id":62419,"date":"2025-01-14T12:35:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T07:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=62419"},"modified":"2025-01-14T12:35:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T07:35:26","slug":"rohit-sharma-likely-to-visit-pakistan-ahead-of-champions-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/rohit-sharma-likely-to-visit-pakistan-ahead-of-champions-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Rohit Sharma &#8216;likely to visit Pakistan&#8217; ahead of Champions Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-area\">\n<p>ISLAMABAD: Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma will likely visit Pakistan ahead of the much-anticipated ICC Men&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pakistan-submits-preliminary-squad-for-icc-champions-trophy-2025\/\">Champions Trophy<\/a>\u00a02025, Indian media claimed on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>During his visit to the host country, he will take part in pre-tournament events including the photo shoot of all team captains with the trophy and press conference.<\/p>\n<p>The host country or International Cricket Council (ICC) has not yet confirmed the photoshoot venue. The event is usually hosted in the host country, which is Pakistan in this case.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has also not officially issued any statement regarding Rohit Sharma&#8217;s visit to Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>It is noteworthy to mention here that the tournament will be co-hosted by Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) under a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/icc-confirms-hybrid-model-for-champions-trophy-2025\/\">hybrid model<\/a>, which was earlier scheduled fully in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As per the revised schedule, India will play all its matches including the semi-final and final, if qualified, at a neutral venue in Dubai, rather than in the host country.<\/p>\n<p>ICC confirmed the development ending a month-long standoff after India decided against sending its team to Pakistan citing security concerns and political tensions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;India and Pakistan matches hosted by either country at ICC Events during the 2024-2027 rights cycle will be played at a neutral venue, the ICC Board confirmed,&#8221; said a statement released by the council.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This will apply to the upcoming ICC Men&#8217;s Champions Trophy 2025 (hosted by Pakistan).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The eight-team tournament, comprised of 15 matches, will run from February 19 to March 9, across three venues \u2013 Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi \u2013 in Pakistan and Dubai.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-area\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma will likely visit Pakistan ahead of the much-anticipated ICC Men&#8217;s Champions Trophy\u00a02025, Indian media claimed on Monday. During his visit to the host country, he will take part in pre-tournament events including the photo shoot of all team captains with the trophy and press conference. The host country [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":62421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[10191,15707,25746],"class_list":["post-62419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-rohit-sharma","tag-champions-trophy-2025","tag-rohit-sharma-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62422,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62419\/revisions\/62422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}