The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy schedule, and the team squad players list are placed here. The Champions Trophy, which was also once called the Mini World Cup, is an ICC tournament that has been played at irregular intervals over the years. Below is all the information you need about the next edition of the Champions Trophy competition.
Having last been played in 2017, the Champions Trophy was canned by the ICC since then. It was only recently that a decision was made to revive this format of the ICC competition and the 2025 edition of the Champions Trophy will be its ninth.
In this piece, we look at all the information for the upcoming edition of the Champions Trophy, which includes its schedule and format, ticketing options, live broadcasters and squads.
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Fixtures
The tournament will begin on February 19 and go on till March 9, 2025, and that could make the Pakistan Cricket Board shift their dates for the PSL. India and Pakistan are placed in the same group along with Bangladesh and New Zealand. The other group will have Australia, England, South Africa and Afghanistan.
The full ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Groups, fixtures, schedule, and venues are placed below.
| Date | Match | Group | Time (IST) | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 19, Wednesday | Pakistan vs New Zealand | Group A | 2:30 PM | National Stadium, Karachi |
| February 20, Thursday | India vs Bangladesh | Group A | 2:30 PM | Dubai International Stadium |
| February 21, Friday | Afghanistan vs South Africa | Group B | 2:30 PM | National Stadium, Karachi |
| February 22, Saturday | Australia vs England | Group B | 2:30 PM | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| February 23, Sunday | India vs Pakistan | Group A | 2:30 PM | Dubai International Stadium |
| February 24, Monday | Bangladesh vs New Zealand | Group A | 2:30 PM | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium |
| February 25, Tuesday | Australia vs South Africa | Group B | 2:30 PM | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium |
| February 26, Wednesday | Afghanistan vs England | Group B | 2:30 PM | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| February 27, Thursday | Pakistan vs Bangladesh | Group A | 2:30 PM | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium |
| February 28, Friday | Australia vs Afghanistan | Group B | 2:30 PM | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| March 1, Saturday | England vs South Africa | Group B | 2:30 PM | National Stadium, Karachi |
| March 2, Sunday | India vs New Zealand | Group A | 2:30 PM | Dubai International Stadium |
| March 4, Tuesday | India vs Australia | Semi-finals | 2:30 PM | Dubai International Stadium |
| March 5, Wednesday | New Zealand vs South Africa | Semi-finals | 2:30 PM | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| March 9, Sunday | India vs New Zealand | Final | 2:30 PM | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore/Dubai International Stadium |
- All matches start at 2 pm Pakistan Standard Time
- * Semi-final 1 will involve India if they qualify
- **Semi-final 2 will involve Pakistan if they qualify
- *** If India qualifies for the final it will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Squads
The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy squads, players list for all teams is updated below.
Group A
Bangladesh: Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Jaker Ali (wk), Parvez Hossain Emon, Tanzid Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mustafizur Rahman, Nahid Rana, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Soumya Sarkar
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wk), Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav
New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (c), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway (wk), Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, William O’Rourke, Ben Sears, Nathan Smith, Kane Williamson, Will Young
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (c, wk), Salman Ali Agha (vc), Shaheen Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Usman Khan, Haris Rauf, Khushdil Shah, Naseem Shah, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, Fakhar Zaman
Group B
Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Fareed Ahmad, Noor Ahmad, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Sediqullah Atal, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahmat Shah, Ibrahim Zadran, Naveed Zadran
Australia: Pat Cummins (c), Alex Carey (wk), Nathan Ellis, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa
England: Jos Buttler (c, wk), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Mahmood, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Phil Salt (wk), Jamie Smith (wk), Mark Wood
South Africa: Temba Bavuma, Tony de Zorzi, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Broadcast TV Channels
| Country | Broadcaster(s) |
|---|---|
| Bangladesh | Nagorik |
| India | Star Sports, Disney Star (Live Streaming on Disney+ Hotstar App) |
| Pakistan | PTV, PTV Sports, Ten Sports |
| Singapore | StarHub |
| Sri Lanka | Maharaja TV |
| Ireland | Sky Sports |
| Netherlands | NOS |
| United Kingdom | Sky Sports |
| Canada | Willow |
| United States | Willow |
| Caribbean | ESPN Caribbean |
| Australia | Amazon Prime |
| New Zealand | Sky TV NZ |
| Pacific Islands | Sky Pacific |
| Middle East and North Africa | E& |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | Super Sport |
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Format
The top seven teams in the world from the 2023 World Cup along with hosts Pakistan qualified for this edition of the Champions Trophy. What this meant was that Sri Lanka and the Netherlands missed out because of net run rate despite finishing on the same points (four) as Bangladesh.
The eight teams that qualified for the 2025 Champions Trophy include hosts and defending champions Pakistan, the 2023 World Cup finalists India and Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, England, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
These eight teams will be divided into two groups of four apiece and each team in a group will face off against the other three in their group. At the end of this group stage of the competition, the top two sides from each group will make the semifinals with the winners of those two matches entering the final.
According to confirmed reports, the two groups are as follows:
- Group A: India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Bangladesh
- Group B: Australia, England, Afghanistan, South Africa
What Happened in the Previous Champions Trophy?
Pakistan won the 2017 edition of the Champions Trophy by beating arch-rivals India in the final. They won a one-sided title decider by 180 runs to lift what was their last ICC trophy to date.
Earlier in the tournament, India had beaten Pakistan in their opening game easily but wins over South Africa and Sri Lanka helped Pakistan clinch their semifinal berth. India lost to Sri Lanka before defeating South Africa in a virtual quarterfinal to make it through.
In the other group, England won all their matches to top the table and aided by an abandoned game against Australia and a stunning win over New Zealand, Bangladesh became the second team to qualify for the semifinals.
Australia were left with a defeat at the hands of England and then saw both their remaining games getting washed out by rain that left them knocked out.
In the semifinal, India eased past Bangladesh in Edgbaston while Pakistan routed England in Cardiff to set up a mouth-watering final.
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