The start of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy is little over two weeks away and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is in a race against time to have venues ready for the multi-nation tournament. Renovation work is still underway in Lahore and Karachi but the hosts are optimistic of being ready for the tri-series, involving South Africa and New Zealand, from February 8.
The tri-series was originally scheduled to be played in Multan but the PCB moved them to Lahore and Karachi to test the two facilities before the Champions Trophy.