All you need know more about ICC Champions Trophy 2025 schedule: Teams, Matches, Venues, Prize Money, Where to Watch, Past winners.
The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) ODI Champions Trophy festival is back after an eight-year hiatus, Pakistan are playing to host their first ICC event since the 50-over World Cup in 1996.
The Cricket world’s top eight men’s teams will participate in the tournament which is start from February 19 to March 9.
Which teams are participating in the Champions Trophy 2025 and what’s the format?
Pakistan team and the top seven ODI teams from the 2023 Cricket World Cup group has qualified for this Champions Trophy. In this 2025 tournament has been divided into a simple group-stage and knockout-stage format.
Group A: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, New Zealand
Group B: Australia, South Africa, Afghanistan, England
Champions Trophy 2025 full Schedule:
- February 19: Pakistan vs New Zealand, Karachi
- February 20: Bangladesh vs India, Dubai
- February 21: Afghanistan vs South Africa, Karachi
- February 22: Australia vs England, Lahore
- February 23: Pakistan vs India, Dubai
- February 24: Bangladesh vs New Zealand, Rawalpindi
- February 25: Australia vs South Africa, Rawalpindi
- February 26: Afghanistan vs England, Lahore
- February 27: Pakistan vs Bangladesh, Rawalpindi
- February 28: Afghanistan vs Australia, Lahore
- March 1: South Africa vs England, Karachi
- March 2: New Zealand vs India, Dubai
- March 4: Semifinal 1, Dubai
- March 5: Semifinal 2, Lahore
- March 9: Final, Lahore (unless India qualify, when it will be played in Dubai)
Full Squads of ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Here is the full list of updated teams and players confirmed for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The CWC 2025 teams have finalised their squads by the February 11 deadline. Here are the updated team squads for the tournament.
Group A
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Bangladesh: Nazmul Hossain Shanto (c), Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, MD Mahmud Ullah, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Jaker Ali Anik, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Parvez Hossai Emon, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nahid Rana.
New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (c), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Kane Williamson, Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Rachin Ravindra, Jacob Duffy, Nathan Smith, Will Young.
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (c), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Akif Javed, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi.
GROUP B
Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharoti, Farid Malik, Naveed Zadran.
England: Jos Buttler (c), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Phil Salt, Mark Wood, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood,
Australia: Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Josh Inglis, Nathan Ellis, Glenn Maxwell, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Tanveer Sangha, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa.
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Tony de Zorzi, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Corbin Bosch.
What is the prize money for the Champions Trophy 2025:
The ICC has dramatically increased the total prize for this 2025 CWC tournament to $6.9m, a 53 percent increase from the last edition.
Prize money for the CWC 2025:
- Champions: $2.24m
- Runners-up: $1.12m
- Losing semifinalists: $560,000
- Fifth and sixth position: $350,000
- Seventh and eighth position: $140,000
Past winners of CWC 2025?
1998 : South Africa
2000 : New Zealand
2002 : India/Sri Lanka
2004 : West Indies
2006 : Australia
2009 : Australia
2013 : India
2017 : Pakistan
When is the opening match and when is the Champions Trophy 2025 final?
Pakistan will host New Zealand in the tournament opener at Karachi’s National Stadium on February 19, Thursday.
The CWC 2025 final is scheduled for March 9, with the venue subject to India’s qualification for the match. Group stage matches will be held from Feb 19 to March 2 and the semifinals matched will be played on March 4 and 5.
Where to follow and stream the Champions Trophy matches?
In this tournament will be streamed by a number of official TV, digital and radio broadcasters across various regions.
When will the first match of the Champions Trophy 2025 be played?
The first match of Champions Trophy 2025 will be starts on Wednesday, February 19.
Which is the venue of the Champions Trophy 2025 matches be played?
The Champions Trophy 2025 matches will be played in Pakistan and Dubai.
What is the exact time the Champions Trophy 2025 matches start?
The Champions Trophy 2025 matches will start at 2:30 PM IST and the toss for the games will take place at 2:00 PM IST.
Which TV channels will show the live telecast of Champions Trophy 2025?
Champions Trophy 2025 will be televised live on the Star Sports Network.
Where to follow the live streaming of CWC 2025?
Champions Trophy 2025 will be live streamed on the JioHotstar.
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