Indian cricket team celebrates after winning Champions Trophy 2025© AFP
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has thanked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for successfully hosting the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 and to the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) for the staging of 5 matches, in response to a release from ICC. India won the Champions Trophy title for the third time after defeating Recent Zealand by 4 wickets on the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. The event, which took place from February 19 to March 9, saw Pakistan host their first global cricket tournament since 1996. The tournament was hosted across 4 venues, Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi in Pakistan and Dubai within the United Arab Emirates.
ICC Chief Executive, Geoff Allardice said, “We would really like to thank and congratulate the Pakistan Cricket Board for successfully hosting the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025,” as quoted from a release by ICC.
“As this was the primary global multi-team cricket event played within the country since 1996, this event was of giant significance for the PCB, and all those involved in renovating the stadiums, preparing the playing surfaces, delivering the matches and hosting the teams and visitors must be very happy with their efforts,” he added.
“The ICC would also wish to thank the Emirates Cricket Board for staging five of the matches in Dubai and continuing to offer great support to the ICC in staging its major men’s and ladies’s events,” he noted.
“The tournament once more showed the importance of ICC events as fans all around the world watched and followed it with great enthusiasm either on the venues or on satellite and digital channels,” he said.
“Due to the eight participating teams for making it such a compelling event, and congratulations to India for winning a 3rd Champions Trophy title in a memorable final,” he added.
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