Cricket ICC Champions Trophy, 2025 Matches Schedule

The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will take place in Pakistan, marking the return of this prestigious tournament after an 8-year gap. The tournament is scheduled for February 2025, featuring the top eight ODI teams based on ICC rankings.

Participating Teams

1. India
2. Pakistan (Host)
3. Australia
4. England
5. New Zealand
6. South Africa
7. Afghanistan
8. Bangladesh

Tournament Format

• The tournament will follow a round-robin and knockout format.
• Teams will be divided into two groups of four, with each team playing three group-stage matches.
• The top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals.

Tentative Schedule

Group Stage Matches

• February 2025 (Exact dates to be confirmed)
• Matches will take place in major cities like Karachi, Lahore, Multan, and Rawalpindi.

Semi-Finals

• February 2025 (Mid-month)
• Hosted at prominent venues such as the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore or National Stadium in Karachi.

Final

• Late February 2025
• Likely to be held at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

Key Highlights

• The Champions Trophy 2025 will be Pakistan's first ICC-hosted tournament since the 1996 World Cup.
• Matches are expected to be played on spinning and batting-friendly tracks, making it a highly competitive event.

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Check out when and where Bangladesh will play in the Champions Trophy

Bangladesh's campaign in the ICC Champions Trophy will begin with a match against India in Dubai. After playing the first match in Dubai on February 20, the Bangladesh team will travel to Pakistan. Bangladesh's next two matches in the group will be in Rawalpindi. The opponent will be New Zealand in the second match on February 24. Bangladesh will face host Pakistan three days later.

Today, the ICC announced the official schedule of the 2025 Champions Trophy. According to the schedule, all of India's matches will be in Dubai. The venue for the final on March 9 is Lahore. However, if India reaches the final, the match will be played in Dubai instead of Lahore.

The ICC said that India will be in the first semi-final and if they can reach the semi-finals, the match will be played in Dubai. Similarly, the host Pakistan will be in the second semi-final and if they can reach the semi-finals, the match will be played in Lahore. Since India and Pakistan will face each other once in the group stage, there is no possibility of them meeting before the final.

Matches Schedule

Although Pakistan is the host of the Champions Trophy, the decision to host India's matches outside Pakistan was finalized after PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi met Sheikh Nahyan Al Mubarak. They met in Pakistan. Sheikh Nahyan is a senior minister of the United Arab Emirates and the head of the Emirates Cricket Board.

The decision to host the Champions Trophy in a hybrid model was already finalized. This time, in exchange for hosting India's matches in the Champions Trophy at neutral venues, the ICC, BCCI and PCB have agreed on the condition that Pakistan will play its matches at neutral venues in the ICC events that India will host until 2027.

The term of the condition begins with this year's Champions Trophy. Then, the condition will also be effective for the Women's ODI World Cup in India next year and the Men's T20 World Cup in 2026. Sri Lanka and India are joint hosts of the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup. The condition will also be effective for the 2028 Women's T20 World Cup. This will be the first tournament in the next ICC event cycle to be hosted by Pakistan.