Pak Gazette has seen a resolution with details of the deal, and which is expected to be put to a vote by the ICC board, in which during the 2024-2027 event cycle, all matches involving India in an organized event in Pakistan they will be played at a neutral venue. and in return all matches involving Pakistan in an Indian-hosted event will be played at a neutral venue. This agreement applies to the 2025 Men’s Champions Trophy in Pakistan, the 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup in India and the 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.
It could also apply to the 2028 Women’s T20 World Cup, the first tournament of the next cycle of events and which has now been awarded to Pakistan.
The neutral venue will be proposed by the tournament host board and must be approved by the ICC.
The ICC has also said that it is not opposed to also organizing a triangular T20I tournament involving India, Pakistan and another full member Asian nation (or including an associate Asian nation to make it a quadrangular), subject for these tournaments to be played in a neutral location. The idea of such a tri-nation series came as compensation for the loss of Pakistan as the venue for India’s matches in next year’s Champions Trophy.
The Champions Trophy 2025 will begin on February 19, but the tournament schedule has not yet been published due to uncertainty over venues.
