Champions Trophy 2025: Chaos erupts over not hoisting Indian flag in Pakistan stadium, fans angry

Posted on 17th Feb 2025 by rohit kumar

A controversy has surfaced even before the start of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. In the video going viral on social media, it is seen that flags of all countries are hoisted in Pakistan's Karachi Stadium, but only the flag of India has not been hoisted.

 

According to the rules of the ICC, if any country is hosting a multinational tournament, then it has to hoist the flags of all the participating countries, but out of 8 countries, only the flags of 7 countries are seen. This has started a new controversy.

 

ICC Champions Trophy 2025: New controversy arises over not hoisting India's flag in Karachi

 

A video of this shameful act of Pakistan has surfaced, which has once again given a new topic of debate. No official information has been revealed on this matter at the moment, but due to the viral video, fans have become furious on social media.

 

Let us tell you that the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is to start on February 19. The first match will be played between Pakistan and New Zealand. In this tournament, the Indian team will play all its matches in Dubai due to security reasons. Karachi Stadium will host the matches of New Zealand, South Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and England teams.

 

Before the start of this tournament, a controversy arose due to not hoisting the Indian flag in Karachi Stadium. The Indian team will not play its matches on this ground, so people say that perhaps the Indian flag was not hoisted, but Australia and Bangladesh also do not have matches on the ground, but their flags have been hoisted. Fans are angry with this and are criticizing the PCB a lot.

 

Champions Trophy 2025 is being organized on a hybrid model

Pakistan is the hosting of the Champions Trophy 2025, but due to security reasons, it was decided to play the tournament hybrid. The Indian team will play all its matches in Dubai. Under this model, if India qualifies for the knockout round, then it will have to play all its matches including semi-finals and finals in Dubai.

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