ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is set to start on February 19, with Pakistan as the official host. However, due to the hybrid model, Team India will play all its matches in Dubai instead of traveling to Pakistan.

Industry experts predict that as fans from India, Pakistan and other cricket-loving nations finalise travel plans in the coming weeks, a steep rise in bookings and airfare spikes between 20 and 50 per cent will follow, with last-minute fares potentially doubling.

In what could be labelled as a major setback for Pakistan, reports suggest that there will be no Opening Ceremony or Captain's Photoshoot ahead of CT 2025.

Veteran Fakhar Zaman is in the mix, having played a monumental role in the 2017 Champions Trophy final. He scored a maiden ODI ton (114 off 106 deliveries) at The Oval, London, as Pakistan beat India by 180 runs to claim the silverware. Also recalled are Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, and Saud Shakeel.

ICC and Pakistan Cricket Board have finalised the plan for the opening ceremony of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 which begins in Pakistan next month.

BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia has confirmed that Team India will sport the logo of Pakistan on their national jersey for ICC Champions Trophy 2025 matches.

Former England speedster Ryan Sidebottom reckons that Pakistan has a strong chance to win the Champions Trophy 2025.