ICC Champions Trophy 2025 - Teams, Player Squads, Fixtures, Schedule and All you need to know

The highly awaited latest edition of the ICC Champions Trophy is commencing on the 19th of February with the hosts Pakistan squaring off against New Zealand in the Inaugural Match in Karachi.

The Final Match of the tournament will take place on the 9th of March. Pakistan are hosting the tournament but India will play all of its matches in Dubai. Hence, the venue for the Final isn't fixed yet. It depends if India make it to Finals, the venue will be Dubai and if they don't, the venue will be Lahore.

The top 7 teams from the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 (50 overs) have qualified for the Champions Trophy including the hosts. The teams that are taking part are, Pakistan, India, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Australia, England, South Africa and Afghanistan.

The teams have been divided into two groups of 4 sides each.

Group A - New Zealand, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan

Group B - England, Afghanistan, Australia and South Africa

All of the teams will play against other 3 teams in their group in 3 games. The 2 teams that top a certain group will proceed for the Semi Finals. The winner of the Semi Finals will go on to play the Final on the 9th of March, 2025.

A few big names are missing out on the ICC Champions Trophy including Jasprit Bumrah, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Anrich Nortje and Jacob Bethell. However, most of the sides have picked out a strong squad for the competition.

A few of the players like MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, David Warner and Aaron Finch who took part in last edition have retired out.

Here is a list of the winners of all Champions Trophy Editions since it's inception:

1998 Edition - South Africa

2000 Edition - New Zealand

2002 Edition - Sri Lanka and India shared the Trophy due to rain affected Final Match.

2004 Edition - West Indies

2006 Edition - Australia

2009 Edition - Australia

2013 Edition - India

2017 Edition - Pakistan

The previous edition of the Champions Trophy was won by Pakistan as they defeated India in the Finals by a huge margin of 180 runs. Fakhar Zaman was adjudged man of the match (the match that made him a hero).

Looking at the strength of all the teams, ICC Champions Trophy promises to be a highly entertaining and a fiercely fought mega event.

Last Edition's Stats (2017):

Winners - Pakistan

Runners up - India

Top Run Scorer - Shikhar Dhawan, 338 Runs (India)

Top Wicket Taker - Hasan Ali, 13 Wickets (Pakistan)

Best Strike Rate - Hardik Pandya, 194.44 (India)

Impact Players in Each Team:

Pakistan - Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Afridi

New Zealand - Mitchell Santner, Glenn Phillips, Kane Williamson, Matt Henry

South Africa - Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Kagiso Rabada, Tristan Stubbs

Australia - Glenn Maxwell, Travis Head, Nathan Ellis, Ben Dwarshuis

England - Harry Brook, Adil Rashid, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett

Afghanistan - Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Gulbadin Naib

India - Rohit Sharma, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Hardik Pandya

Bangladesh - Towhid Hridoy, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzid Hasan

Let's have a look at the squads:

Bangladesh

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

Pakistan

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

New Zealand

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

Afghanistan

Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharoti, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Farid Malik, Naveed Zadran

England

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

South Africa

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

India

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

Australia

Steve Smith (captain), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa

Fixtures:

19 February 2025

Match 1 - Pakistan vs New Zealand

Karachi

20 February 2025

Match 2 - India vs Bangladesh

Dubai

21 February 2025

Match 3 - Afghanistan vs South Africa

Karachi

22 February 2025

Match 4 - Australia vs England

Lahore

23 February 2025

Match 5 - Pakistan vs India

Dubai

24 February 2025

Match 6 - Bangladesh vs New Zealand

Rawalpindi

25 February 2025

Match 7 - Australia vs South Africa

Rawalpindi

26 February, 2025

Match 8 - Afghanistan vs England

Lahore

27 February 2025

Match 9 - Pakistan vs Bangladesh

Rawalpindi

28 February 2025

Match 10 - Afghanistan vs Australia

Lahore

1 March 2025

Match 11 - South Africa vs England

Karachi

2 March 2025

Match 12 - India vs New Zealand

Dubai

4 March 2025

1st Semi Final - TBA vs TBA

Dubai

5 March 2025

2nd Semi Final - TBA vs TBA

Lahore

9 March 2025

Final Match - TBA vs TBA

Lahore/Dubai (depending on whether India makes it to the Final)

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