This time Pakistan is hosting the Champions Trophy. A total of 8 teams will participate in the tournament. The first match of the Champions Trophy will be played on 19 February. The England team also looks ready to play the Champions Trophy. Before the tournament began, a new uproar arose in England when a group of 160 British politicians demanded the England Cricket Board to boycott playing against Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the England Cricket Board has taken its decision on this issue.

The match will be played on this day

The England Cricket Board has rejected the request of a group of British politicians to boycott playing against Afghanistan in the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025. ECB Chief Executive Officer Richard Gold has given this information. England and Afghanistan will face each other on 26 February in the upcoming Champions Trophy. This match will be played in Lahore, Pakistan. Both Afghanistan and England teams are part of the same group.

Why did this demand arise?

England's Westminster on Monday asked the ECB not to play the Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan. They believe that women's rights are being violated by the Taliban government. By opposing the match, they can take a stand against it. Although England Cricket Board Chief Executive Officer Richard Gold was also in support of this, but he cannot take the decisions of the board alone. The England team has also announced its squad for the Champions Trophy.

England Squad for Champions Trophy: Jos Buttler (captain), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood