No Champions Trophy final deals one last blow to hosts Pakistan
Updated On: 05 March, 2025 03:54 PM IST | Lahore | mid-day online correspondent
The arrangement, which saw other teams shuttle in and out of the UAE while India stayed put, underlined India's outsized influence over cricket
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Pakistan cricket fans and former players seethed Wednesday after the host country's already disappointing Champions Trophy suffered one last blow: no final.
"It's totally unfair," said Moeed Ali Khan, a private car driver outside Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium to watch the second semi-final between South Africa and New Zealand. "I am disgusted, neither our team is in the final nor is the final in Pakistan."
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