Champions Trophy 2025
Champions Trophy 2025: Fans Queue Up For Tickets As Excitement Reaches Fever Pitch
By CricShots - Feb 4, 2025 11:14 am
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The Champions Trophy 2025, set to take place on February 19 in Pakistan and Dubai, is heating up the expectation level as no one wants to miss this historical edition of the tournament. The excitement is that it will be the first ICC event to be held in Pakistan after 29 years. While India will play all its matches in Dubai owing to security reasons, the majority of the tournament will take place in Pakistan.

Champions Trophy
Champions Trophy 2025

Venues have been roped in from Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi. Initial apprehensions over these ready stadiums have gradually been overshadowed by rising excitement around the event. This enthusiasm can be seen through the demand for match tickets.

The lengthy queues at the Lahore ticket counters, filled with eager fans hoping to secure their match seats, illustrate this enthusiasm. On Monday, February 3, journalist Qadir Khawaja from Samaatv posted pictures on social media showcasing the overwhelming response from supporters eager to buy their tickets.

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“The physical sale of tickets for the Champions Trophy matches in Lahore has started, and cricket fans have been waiting for over two hours to get their tickets. Wow wow just wow—what a craze,” Usman Khawaja wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

 

The Pakistan team, for their part, arrive as the defending champions, having notoriously beaten India by 180 runs in the 2017 final. This time around, the squad will be led by Mohammad Rizwan, who will be their first to captain Pakistan in an ICC event.

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Pakistan is set to be the first team drawn into Group A, competing against arch-rivals India, New Zealand, and Bangladesh. The team’s campaign begins with a crucial match against New Zealand in Karachi, which also serves as the tournament’s opening match. As the countdown progresses, cricket fans eagerly anticipate this exhilarating event.