ICC Champions Trophy 2025 schedule: The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is just three days away as the mini World Cup returns after a hiatus of eight years. Pakistan, who won the Champions Trophy last time beating India in the final in 2017, is the hosts of this year's event. However, India will be playing all their games in Dubai as the BCCI refused to send the team in Pakistan due to security concerns.
Afghanistan are making their debut in Champions Trophy 2025 while Sri Lanka and West Indies are the notable absentees among big names. Baring Pakistan and Bangladesh, the rest of six teams were hit by injuries with Australia suffering the most.
Notably, Pakistan is hosting an ICC event for the first time in 30 years. For the unknown, unlike all other ICC events, Champions Trophy 2025 won't be having an pre-tournament captain's press-conference due to tight schedules of few of the teams.
South Africa and New Zealand were the first teams to reach Pakistan, since they played a Tri-Nation series with the hosts. India and Bangladesh have already reached Dubai while Afghanistan have also set their camp in Pakistan. Australia and England are yet to travel to Pakistan for Champions Trophy 2025.
National Stadium in Karachi, Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore and Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium are the three venues in Pakistan that will host the Champions Trophy 2025. Dubai will host all the India matches, including the knockouts, provided Rohit Sharma's men qualify.
Date | Matches | Group | Time | Venue |
February 19 | Pakistan vs New Zealand | Group A | 2:30 PM IST | National Stadium, Karachi |
February 20 | India vs Bangladesh | Group A | 2:30 PM IST | Dubai International Stadium |
February 21 | Afghanistan vs South Africa | Group B | 2:30 PM IST | National Stadium, Karachi |
February 22 | Australia vs England | Group B | 2:30 PM IST | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
February 23 | India vs Pakistan | Group A | 2:30 PM IST | Dubai International Stadium |
February 24 | Bangladesh vs New Zealand | Group A | 2:30 PM IST | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium |
February 25 | Australia vs South Africa | Group B | 2:30 PM IST | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium |
February 26 | Afghanistan vs England | Group B | 2:30 PM IST | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
February 27 | Pakistan vs Bangladesh | Group A | 2:30 PM IST | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium |
February 28 | Australia vs Afghanistan | Group B | 2:30 PM IST | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
March 1 | England vs South Africa | Group B | 2:30 PM IST | National Stadium, Karachi |
March 2 | India vs New Zealand | Group A | 2:30 PM IST | Dubai International Stadium |
March 4 | TBD | Semifinal 1 | 2:30 PM IST | Dubai International Stadium |
March 5 | TBD | Semifinal 2 | 2:30 PM IST | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
March 9 | TBD | Final | 2:30 PM IST | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore/Dubai International Stadium |
Star Sports has the broadcast rights for the ICC Champions Trophy in India. All the Champions Trophy 2025 matches will be live telecast on Star Sports channels while live streaming will be available on Disney+ Hotstar in India.
Eight teams have been divided into two groups of four teams each. In the group, all the teams will play against each other once. The top two teams from each group will qualify for the semifinal. The winners of the semifinal advance to the summit clash.
Eight teams will be gunning for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 with a prize money of a whopping $2.24 million (USD) for the winners. The runners-up will get half ($1.12 million) the winners while each losing semifinalist will take home $560,000. Compared to the prize money in 2017, the 2025 edition saw an increase of 53 per cent, reaching $6.9 million.
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