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Pakistan has issued visas to all Indian journalists who had applied for accreditation to cover the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 scheduled to take place from February 19.
Seven journalists from India had requested visas to cover the tournament and according to sources, all of them have been approved, with none of their applications being rejected.
The Champions Trophy, hosted by Pakistan, is scheduled to begin on February 19, 2025. Eight teams, including Pakistan, India, Australia and Afghanistan, will participate in the prestigious event.
The first match of the tournament will be played between Pakistan and New Zealand, while one of the most eagerly awaited clashes will see Pakistan take on India in Dubai on February 23.
Earlier, he Australian cricket team has arrived in Pakistan after suffering a 2-0 away ODI series defeat against Sri Lanka. Smith’s squad lost the first ODI to Sri Lanka by 49 runs on Feb. 12 before losing the second one as well on Feb. 14 by a huge 174 runs.
Squad: Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa. Traveling reserve: Cooper Connolly.