Lahore
The ICC Champions Trophy has won 2025 India. In the final held in Dubai on Sunday, India defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets and won the trophy. This time Pakistan was the organizer of this tournament. Pakistan had shed money like water for the successful organization of this tournament. An ICC tournament was held in Pakistan after 29 years. But India refused to play in Pakistan. After this, all matches in India were played in Dubai. This caused a major loss to Pakistan.
Burning salt
At the beginning of this tournament, India refused to play in Pakistan. Since the fans of the Indian cricket team are spread worldwide. In such a situation, the country where the Indian cricket team matches, most of the fans reach there to watch the match. This also increases the economy of that country.
Due to the absence of India, Pakistan’s economic condition had started deteriorating even before. The rest of the cancer was done by the Pakistan cricket team itself. Pakistan’s cricket team lost out of the tournament after losing in league matches. In such a situation, very few audiences reached the field to see whatever matches of other teams took place in Pakistan. Due to this, the tickets could not be completely sold and Pakistan suffered damage.
Thousands of crores spent
Cricket on the grounds is very low due to the shadow of terror in Pakistan. The last time IIC tournament was held in 1996. Since then, Pakistan was the first global event. For this, stadiums of Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi were upgraded. Security system was tightened. According to media reports, Pakistan spent $ 64 million (about Rs 558 crore) on this. Apart from this, he spent about $ 9 million on hospitality and transport.
How much damage was done?
Pakistan got a total of two matches in their country itself. In the first match, he lost to New Zealand and India in the second match. Only after this, the routes to reach Pakistan’s semi -finals were closed. The final league match was to be held with Bangladesh which was canceled due to rain. The first match was held in Karachi, in which a large number of Pakistani audience reached Karachi. After this, the stadiums of Pakistan were seen empty.
Pakistan will get $ 6 million (about Rs 52 crore) from ICC as hosting fees. Pakistan has not earned too much from the sale of tickets. Also, foreign viewers who reached Pakistan were also very low. In such a situation, Pakistan did not earn as much from this tournament as it spent.