The cricket chief of Pakistan hopes that next week's Champions Trophy will become the first major multi-country cricket event in nearly three decades to pave the way for more similar tournaments. The 2009 Lahore attack on a Sri Lankan cricket team bus resulted in top cricket teams avoiding Pakistan which led them to shift their home games predominantly to the UAE. The Pakistan Cricket Board spent several years persuading international cricket organizations about the security of visiting the country. The cricket board managed
Mohammad Nabi, the cricketer from the Afghanistan team has confirmed to retire from One Day Internationals after the ICC Champions trophy 2025 scheduled to take place in Pakistan. Such reports have also been confirmed by the Chairman of Afghanistan Cricket Board’s CEO Naseeb Khan adding that Nabi communicated in articulating his plan to retire some time in April this year. The 39-year-old Nabi who had previously announced his retirement from Test matches in 2019 has become an attractive prospect since his ODI debut