Pcb loss in champions trophy 2025: After 29 years, the ICC tournament was overshadowed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 was played under the host of the Pakistani board facing Kangali. Its final was held on 9 March, in which the Indian team defeated New Zealand and won the title.
Pakistan had dreams that it would benefit from billions of rupees from hosting this Champions Trophy, but the matter was reversed. For the tournament, the Pakistani board spent crores of rupees to improve the stadium, but finally suffered 85 percent loss.
Pakistan cricket lost 799 crores
According to the Telegraph, PCB spent about Rs 851 crore for domestic matches. Despite this, he earned only Rs 52 crore, due to which he had to face a loss of about Rs 799 crore. This has affected the players only. To make up for this loss, PCB has drastically cut the match fees of domestic players.
The 3 venue of Pakistan took place in Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi as compared to the Champions Trophy. While the Indian team played all their matches in Dubai. The final was also held in Dubai. The Pakistani board spent $ 58 million (about 504 crore Indian rupees) to fix the three domestic stadiums.
Pakistani team was out in 5 days without winning matches
This is 50 percent more of the total budget of PCB. I spent 40 million dollars (about 347 crore Indian rupees) in the preparation for the tournament. After spending so much, the PCB has benefited only about Rs 52 crore. In such a situation, he suffered about 85% loss in the tournament.
The Pakistan cricket team performed embarrassed in this Champions Trophy held at their home. This team was out in 5 days without winning any match. The team could not move beyond the group stage. Pakistan was defeated by New Zealand and India, while the match against Bangladesh was washed away by rain.