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ICC Champions Trophy is to start in Pakistan from 19th February next month. Due to security, Team India will play this tournament in Dubai under the hybrid model. Whereas the other 7 teams will play all their matches in Pakistan only. Now many news are coming out regarding security preparations in this tournament. Recently, Pakistan has been facing criticism due to incomplete preparations for this tournament. Many such pictures and videos have been coming to the fore in which even the seating arrangements for spectators in the grounds of Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi have not been maintained properly. Now the Pakistan Cricket Board is busy in improving the security arrangements.

According to a report, it is being said that Pakistan is going to deploy 15 thousand security personnel for the security of this tournament. According to a Pakistani channel, the police of Pakistan’s Punjab province has planned to deploy 12,564 police personnel for the security of Lahore and Rawalpindi plains. A total of 7,618 police personnel will be deployed in Lahore and 4,535 in Rawalpindi. Apart from this, 411 officers of Special Branch will handle all security operations. The Army will take special care of the security arrangements not only for the plains but also in the sky. Police personnel are fitting cameras on the roads from the hotel to the grounds. Every kind of arrangement is being made for the security of the players.

Let us tell you that Pakistan is going to host an ICC tournament after 29 years. After the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team in 2009, questions have been continuously raised on Pakistan due to security reasons. The number of security personnel has been revealed for Lahore and Rawalpindi but the update regarding Karachi has not come out yet. Let us tell you that, despite such tight security arrangements, the Indian cricket team will not come to Pakistan to play the Champions Trophy. BCCI had demanded a hybrid model, under which all the matches of Team India will be played in Dubai.