Champions Trophy

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BASIC INFORMATION                                              

Scheduled from 19 February to 9 March 2025, the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy marks the ninth installment of the prestigious cricket tournament. Organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC), it will be hosted by Pakistan and feature the top eight One Day International (ODI) men’s national teams. Pakistan, the defending champions from the 2017 edition, will aim to retain their title in this revived competition, which had been paused since 2017.

HISTORY OF CHAMPIONS TROPHY

1998 = SOUTH AFRICA

2000 = NEW ZEALAND

2002 = INDIA AND SRILANKA

2004 = WEST INDIES

2006 = AUSTRALIA

2009 = AUSTRALIA

2013 = INDIA

2017 = PAKISTAN

RECORDS OF CHAMPIONS TROPHY

1. MOST RUNS = Chris Gayle

2. MOAT WICKETS = Kyle Mills

3. MOST SUCCESSSFUL TEAM = INDIA AND AUSTRALIA [ 2 TITLES EACH]

QUALIFICATION

As hosts, Pakistan secured automatic qualification for the competition. They were accompanied by the seven highest-ranked teams from the group stage of the 2023 Cricket World Cup. Notably, this tournament marks Afghanistan’s inaugural appearance, while former champions Sri Lanka missed out on qualification for the first time.

FORMAT

Each team will play 3 matches in the league stage in their respective group and the team which will be in top2 will get qualified for knockout semifinals from both groups. [ GROUP STAGE FOLLEWD BY ROUND ROBIN AND KNOCKOUT]

VENUE

The venue is not selected or approved completely there is a chance of host making a hybrid model for India as India does not play in Pakistan due to security and geopolitical reasons, as if they don’t agree for a hybrid model the chances of event being successful becomes very less as India and Indians are the main stakeholders of cricket around the world, it is most likely that there will be two host one will be Pakistan and one will be most likely Dubai or SriLanka, and the matches for semifinal and final will also be held in Dubai or Srilanka.

FIXTURES

GROUP 1

INDIA

BANGLADESH

NEW ZEALND

PAKISTAN

GROUP 2 

AFGHANISTAN 

AUSTRALIA

SOUTH AFRICA

ENGLAND

IND VS BANGLADESH = 19TH FEB

IND VS NEW ZEALAND = 23RD FEB

IND VS PAKISTAN = 1ST MARCH

IND VS TBC = 5TH OR 5TH MARCH 1ST SEMIFINAL

IND VS TBC = 9TH MARCH FINAL

PROBABLE SQUAD FOR INDIA

ROHIT SHARMA, SHUBHMAN GILL, VIRAT KOHLI, SHREYAS IYER, RISHABH PANT, HARDIK PANDYA, RAVINDRA JADEJA, AXAR PATEL, KULDEEP YADAV, JASPRIT BUMRAH, MOHAMMMED SHAMI, KL RAHUL, SHIVAM DUBE, WASHINTON SUNDAR, MOHAMMED SIRAJ.

PROBABLE LINE UP

ROHIT SHARMA

SHUBHMAN GILL

VIRAT KOHLI

RISHABH PANT

SHREYAS IYER

HARDIK PANDYA

RAVINDRA JADEJA

AXAR PATEL

KULDEEP YADAY

JASPRIT BUMARAH

MOHAMMED SHAMI

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