Indian flag is missing from the stadiums of Pakistan, and this has raised questions on whether Pakistan is taking revenge for India not traveling to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, instead, the Rohit Sharma-led side will play all their matches in Dubai, and Pakistan will travel to Dubai for their encounter with India on 23 February 2025. As seen in the video, the flags of all the participating nations are hoisted at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi, except for the Indian flag. Responding to the speculations, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official has revealed the actual reason why India's flag has not been hoisted at the stadium in Pakistan along with the other teams' flags. No Indian flag in Karachi: As only the Indian team faced security issues in Pakistan and refused to play Champions Trophy matches in Pakistan, the PCB removed the Indian flag from the Karachi stadium while keeping the flags of the other guest playing nations.- Absolute Cinema,… pic.twitter.com/2zmcATn7iQ — Nawaz 🇵🇰 (@Rnawaz31888) February 16, 2025 A PCB source was quoted by IANS saying: “As you know, India is not coming to Pakistan to play its matches during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025; the National Stadium in Karachi, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium and the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore have hoisted flags of countries that are going to play at the said venues." Also Read | Pakistan Omits India's Flag at Karachi Stadium Before Champions Trophy In some of the videos circulating on the internet, it can be seen that the flag of Bangladesh is also missing and addressing it, the source said: “The Indian team is going to play its matches in Dubai. Secondly, the Bangladesh team has not yet arrived in Pakistan and will be playing its first match against India in Dubai. Therefore, their flags have not been hoisted and the other nations, who have arrived here and will be playing in Pakistan… their flags are there at the stadium." He added: “I don’t think PCB needs to even give an official statement on this. It’s clear that the controversy is made without facts and aims to damage host Pakistan’s image with fake news," the source said. Different stadiums in Pakistan are going to host different teams during the Champions Trophy matches. And they’re hoisting their flags to welcome them." Further, the report claimed that the streets of citiesw in Pakistan that will host the Champions Trophy 2025 matches have banners posted with the captains of all the countries, including a picture of the Indian captain Rohit Sharma. Pakistan will kickstart its ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign by facing New Zealand on 19 February 2025 in Karachi. They will next face India on 23 February 2025 in Dubai, followed by Bangladesh on 27 February 2025 at Rawalpindi.