Find out when and where Bangladesh will play the Champions Trophy
The Indian men’s cricket team will play Pakistan in the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 on February 23. The final is on March 9. Know schedule, fixtures, match times and venues
Find out when and where Bangladesh will play 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. They will face New Zealand in the second match on February 24. Bangladesh will face hosts Pakistan three days later.
Today, the ICC announced the official schedule for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy As per the schedule, all of India's matches will be held in Dubai. The venue for the final on March 9 is Lahore. However, if India reaches the final, the match will be held in Dubai instead of Lahore.
The ICC has said that India will be in the first semi-final (if they can qualify) and the match will be held in Dubai. Similarly, the second semi-final will be played against hosts Pakistan (if they can qualify) and the match will be held in Lahore. Since India and Pakistan will face each other once in the group stage, there is no possibility of them facing each other before the final.
| Matches Schedule | |||
| February 19 | Pakistan-New Zealand | Karachi | |
| February 20 | Bangladesh-India | Dubai | |
| February 21 | South Africa-Afghanistan | Karachi | |
| February 22 | Australia-England | Lahore | |
| February 23 | Pakistan-India | Dubai | |
| February 24 | Bangladesh-New Zealand | Rawalpindi | |
| February 25 | Australia-South Africa | Rawalpindi | |
| February 26 | England-Afghanistan | Lahore | |
| February 27 | Bangladesh-Pakistan | Rawalpindi | |
| February 28 | Australia-Afghanistan | Lahore | |
| March 1 | England-South Africa | Karachi | |
| March 2 | India-New Zealand | Dubai | |
| March 4 | 1st semi-final | Dubai | |
| March 5 | 2nd semi-final | Lahore | |
| March 9 | Final | Lahore | |
Although Pakistan is the host of the ICC Champions Trophy, the decision to host India's matches outside Pakistan was finalised after PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi met Sheikh Nahyan Al Mubarak. They met in Pakistan. Sheikh Nahyan is a senior minister in the UAE and the head of the Emirates Cricket Board.
The decision to host the Champions Trophy in a hybrid model had already been finalised. This time, in exchange for hosting India's matches in the ICC Champions Trophy at neutral venues, the ICC, BCCI and PCB have agreed to a condition that Pakistan will play their matches at neutral venues in ICC events hosted by India until 2027.
The term of the condition begins with this year's ICC Champions Trophy. Then, the condition will also be in force 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 Men's T20 World Cup in 2026. The condition will also be in force for the Women's T20 World Cup in 2028. This is the first tournament in the next ICC event cycle to be hosted in Pakistan
