The Pakistan Cricket Board has chosen the United Arab Emirates as a neutral venue to host India’s games at next year’s Champions Trophy following a standoff between the two rivals.

"The PCB has picked the UAE as a neutral venue for the Champions Trophy," PCB spokesperson Amir Mir said. The Pakistan vs India first-round game in Champions Trophy 2025 will be p

The International Cricket Council has reportedly confirmed that India will play all its matches of the 2025 Champions Trophy in Dubai.

The International Cricket Council has confirmed India will not play in Pakistan during the Champions Trophy next year.

Their perfunctory statement on the resolution is, by one count, six paragraphs long. By another, less generous, count, it is actually six sentences long, two of which spell out the decision and two being space fillers about a schedule that will come soon and about how many teams will take part.

Now that there is some clarity over the future of the Champions Trophy , the speculations are now rife on when is the India- Pakistan clash. The long-standing deadlock over the ‘hybrid’ model has come to an end after Pakistan Cricket Board accepted the model that would allow India to play it's matches in another country.

India will play their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 matches in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as Pakistan, the hosts, have chosen the country as the neutral venue for all of India’s matches in the tournament.

PCB's statement did not confirm where India's games would take place in the UAE, with Dubai considered the likeliest venue.