By Kaif - Mar 17, 2025 02:14 PM
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Did Pakistan lose Rs 740 crore by hosting the Champions Trophy?: Pakistan had organized the Champions Trophy-2025 a few days ago. With the hope that this will strengthen its position in world cricket and also improve its financial condition. But the opposite happened. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), which is facing a cash crunch, has suffered a loss of crores of rupees due to the Champions Trophy and with this the saying is fitting perfectly on it - flour is like adding insult to injury.
The Pakistan Cricket Board had to work hard to organize the Champions Trophy. Despite this, the country could not host the final because the BCCI refused to go to Pakistan for the tournament. For this reason, India played all its matches in Dubai, including the final.
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Yes, Pakistan suffered a loss in hosting the Champions Trophy. the Pakistan team was eliminated from the group stage in this tournament. It played only one match at home. It played this match against New Zealand. The team played against India in Dubai while the match against Bangladesh could not be played due to rain. Pakistan has suffered a loss of 85 million US dollars i.e. approximately 740 crore Indian rupees in the Champions Trophy.
According to the Telegraph report, Pakistan spent approximately 18 billion Pakistani rupees for the Champions Trophy and it spent this amount for the renovation of three stadiums in Rawalpindi, Lahore (Gaddafi Stadium), and Karachi. This cost turned out to be 50 percent more than what the PCB had estimated.
After this, Pakistan spent 40 million dollars on the preparations of the event, but its earnings turned out to be like salt in the flour. PCB earned only 6 million dollars. It earned this from ticket sales and sponsorship.
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is facing huge financial losses after hosting the Champions Trophy 2025. The performance of the Pakistan team in the tournament was also disappointing. Despite spending about Rs 869 crore, the PCB earned only Rs 52 crore, causing a loss of Rs 739 crore. To compensate for this loss, the PCB has drastically reduced the match fees of domestic players.
The Champions Trophy 2025 proved to be a double whammy for Pakistan. Firstly, despite being the host, the Pakistani team was eliminated from the group stage itself. Second, despite spending heavily in organizing the tournament, PCB did not make the expected profit but suffered huge losses. This has worsened the financial condition of PCB. PCB spent a total of Rs 869 crore on renovation of stadiums, events and other preparations for the tournament.How much money did Pakistan spend on hosting the Champions Trophy
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About Rs 560 crore was spent on the renovation of the stadiums, which was more than half of their original budget. The remaining Rs 347 crore was spent on other preparations for the tournament. However, PCB earned only Rs 52 crore from hosting fees and ticket sales. Thus, PCB suffered a loss of approximately Rs 739-740 crore.. A major international cricket tournament was organized in Pakistan after 29 years. PCB was hoping that it would earn a good income from this tournament. But, the result turned out to be the opposite. The loss from the tournament has further weakened the financial condition of PCB. This has forced PCB to take the decision to drastically cut the match fees of domestic players.
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