New Delhi: In the first semi-final of the Champions Trophy 2025, the Indian team performed brilliantly and defeated Australia by 4 wickets. With this win, India entered the final, while Australia was eliminated from the tournament. Apart from this, the venue of the final match has also changed. Now this match will be played in Dubai instead of Lahore.

refused to go to Pakistan

The Indian team had refused to play in Pakistan due to security reasons, due to which it was already decided that Team India would play all its matches in Dubai. Under this decision, arrangements were also made for the semi-final matches. If India had not reached the final, this match would have been played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan, but since India reached the final, this match will be played in Dubai.

The tournament is coming back after 8 years

The Champions Trophy 2025 has been organized after eight years. Earlier this tournament was played in 2017. This time a total of 15 matches were to be played in the tournament, for which a budget of Rs 586 crore was set.According to this, about Rs 39 crore was to be spent for each match. The Indian team has so far played its four matches of the tournament in Dubai, due to which the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has suffered a loss of about Rs 156 crore. Now, due to India reaching the final, another match will be played in Dubai, which will cause an additional loss of Rs 39 crore to the PCB. In this way, the Pakistan Board has suffered a total loss of Rs 195 crore.

Huge money spent on stadium renovation

When Pakistan was awarded the hosting rights of Champions Trophy 2025, PCB spent crores of rupees to renovate the stadiums in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi. The board was hoping that hosting a major ICC event in Pakistan after 29 years would attract a huge crowd of spectators. However, the stadiums were empty in many matches, while some matches were canceled due to rain. Due to this, the PCB also had to refund the price of the tickets, which further increased the financial loss. Now it will be interesting to see how the Indian team performs in the final match to be played in Dubai and whether it is able to win the trophy.