ICC Champions Trophy 2025

The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy will be the 9th edition of the Champions Trophy, a cricket tournament that will be contested by top eight ranked ODI men's national teams. It will be hosted by Pakistan & UAE from 19th February to 9th March 2025. Read below.

Pakistan was announced as the host by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It will be first global tournament that Pakistan will host since the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan. The last major tournament to take place in the country was the 1996 Cricket World Cup which it co-hosted with India and Sri Lanka.

CT 2025 Venues

ICC has announced the full schedule, the CT 2025 is set to be held from February 19 to March 9. Three venues were reported to be proposed for the event by Pakistan - Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi. India was scheduled to play the entire tournament in Lahore, but due to India's reluctance to travel to Pakistan due to security reasons, now the tournament will be held in Hybrid model, with India playing their matches in Dubai.

Standoff b/w India & Pak

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CT 2025 Groups

Group A : Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, and Pakistan
Group B : Afghanistan, Australia, England, and South Africa

CT 2025 Full Schedule

The tournament starts on 19th February, with Pakistan facing New Zealand in Karachi. If India progress, they will play in one of the semi-finals: the first semi-final is on March 4 in Dubai, followed by the second semi-final in Lahore on March 5. The final is scheduled for March 9, 2024, in Lahore, with a reserve day on March 10.

* Semi-final 1 will involve India if they qualify
**Semi-final 2 will involve Pakistan if they qualify

India's Fixtures @CT 2025

Date	Matches	Stadium	Timings
20 Feb	Bangladesh v India	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	2:30 PM IST
23 Feb	Pakistan v India	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	2:30 PM IST
2 Mar	New Zealand v India	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	2:30 PM IST

CT 2025 Full Squads

India's Champions Trophy 2025 squad

Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Note: Harshit replaces Bumrah, Varun replaces Jaiswal.

Pakistan's Champions Trophy 2025 squad

Mohammad Rizwan (captain & WK), Salman Ali Agha (vice-captain), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Saud Shakeel, Kamran Ghulam, Khushdil Shah, Tayyab Tahir, Usman Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Muhammad Hasnain, Abrar Ahmed.

New Zealand's Champions Trophy 2025 squad

Mitchell Santner (captain), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Ben Sears, Nathan Smith, Kane Williamson, Will Young.

Australia's Champions Trophy 2025 squad

Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Matthew Short, Steven Smith, Aaron Hardie, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins (captain), Nathan Ellis, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa.

England's Champions Trophy 2025 squad

Jos Buttler (captain), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.

South Africa's Champions Trophy 2025 squad

Temba Bavuma (captain), Tony de Zorzi, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen.

Afghanistan's Champions Trophy 2025 squad

Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Ibrahim Zadran, Ikram Ali Khil (wicketkeeper), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Fareed Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, AM Ghazanfar, Naveed Zadran, Noor Ahmad.

Bangladesh's Champions Trophy 2025 squad

Nazmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, MD Mahmud Ullah, Jaker Ali Anik, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Parvez Hossai Emon, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nahid Rana.

Sources: Wikipedia, ICC.

Image credits: PCB.