ICC champions trophy 2025, INDIAN SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR champions trophy 2025.

ICC champions trophy 2025, INDIAN SQUAD ANNOUNCED FOR champions trophy 2025.

ICC champions trophy is a major tournament Champions trophy was started in 1998. Initially it was called ICC Knockout Tournament and from 2002 this league was named as ICC Champions Trophy.

 

ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2025

ICC Champions Trophy 2025

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 starts on February 19 and the final match will be held on March 9. ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is hosted by Pakistan and United Arab Emirates. The league consists of eight teams in total.

Group A.

1. India                         
2.  Bangladesh 
3.  New Zealand 
4.  Pakistan

Group B

1. Afghanistan 
2.  Australia 
3.  England 
4.  South Africa

The first match of this league will be New Zealand vs Pakistan this match will be played at Karachi Stadium, India's first match will be India vs Bangladesh this match will be played on February 20 in Dubai while India vs Pakistan exciting match will be played on February 23 in Dubai.

Venue of matches

As the Champions Trophy will be organized in Pakistan this year, all the matches except India will be played in Pakistan. Karachi National Stadium, Gaddafi Stadium Lahore and Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium will be played in Pakistan.

As the Champions League is being hosted in Pakistan this year, India was initially in a dilemma, but due to the tension between the two countries, all the matches against India will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai.

The first semi-final match of this league will be played in Dubai on 04th March while the second semi-final match will be played in Lahore on 05th March and the final match will be played in Lahore on 9th March if India reaches the final match will be played in Dubai.

Indian team announced for Champions trophy 2025

Indian squad for champions trophy 2025 has been announced this team consists of 15 players Rohit Sharma as the main captain of the team and Shubman Gill as the vice-captain The announced squad for champions trophy 2025 includes the following players

1. Rohit Sharma 
2.  Shubman Gill 
3.  Success Jaiswal 
4.  Virat Kohli 
5.  Shreyas Iyer 
6.  KL Rahul 
7.  Rishabh Pant 
8.  Hardik Pandya 
9.  Akshar Patel 
10.  Ravindra Jadeja 
11.  Washington is beautiful 
12.  Kuldeep Yadav 
13.  Jasprit Bumrah 
14.  Mohammed Shami 
15.  Arshdeep Singh

Schedule

ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2025 starts on 19 February 2025 and the final match is scheduled to be held on 9 March 2025

• February 19 – Pakistan vs New Zealand, National Stadium, Karachi
•   20 February – Bangladesh vs India, Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
•   February 21 – Afghanistan vs South Africa, National Stadium, Karachi
•   February 22 – Australia v England, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
•   February 23 – Pakistan vs India, Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
•   February 24 - Bangladesh vs New Zealand, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
•   25 February – Australia vs South Africa, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
•   26 February – Afghanistan v England, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
•   February 27 – Pakistan vs Bangladesh, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
•   28 February – Afghanistan v Australia, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
•   March 1 – South Africa vs England, National Stadium, Karachi
•   March 2 – New Zealand vs India, Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
•   4 March – Semi Final 1, Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
•   March 5 – Semi Final 2, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
•   March 9 - Final - Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

All matches start at 14:00 Pakistan time India will join in semi-final 1 if qualified Pakistan will join in semi-final 2 if qualified

If India qualify for the final, it will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai