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Eight teams, split into two groups of four sides each, will compete for the coveted piece of silverware. Each team will play three group stage games each, with the top two teams at the end of the league stage progressing to the subsequent knockout rounds…Read More
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The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is all set to get underway on the 19th of February after a seven-year hiatus as hosts Pakistan open the tournament with their game against New Zealand at Karachi on Wednesday.
Defending champions Pakistan, who were originally supposed to host the tournament on home soil throughout, had to be content with a hybrid format in which they share the hosting rights with the United Arab Emirates after BCCI refused to send Team India across the border to the neighbouring territory citing security reasons.
Eight teams, split into two groups of four sides each, will compete for the coveted piece of silverware. Each team will play three group stage games each, with the top two teams at the end of the league stage progressing to the subsequent knockout rounds of the marquee ICC event.
Group A:
Pakistan, India, New Zealand, Bangladesh
Group B:
South Africa, Australia, England, Afghanistan
The eight competing teams made their way to the ICC CT 2025 by finishing as the top 8 sides at the ICC ODI World Cup in 2023, instead of the traditional method of the top-ranked eight teams being granted entry to the event.
Team India will play all their group stage games at the Dubai International Stadium, including the headline game against Pakistan slated to be held on the 23rd of February. The men in blue will get their bid for the title underway against Bangladesh on the 20th of February and will round out their group assignments with their encounter against New Zealand on the 2nd of March.
Team India Fixtures:
IND vs BAN – 20 Feb 2025
IND vs PAK – 23 Feb 2025
IND vs NZ – 2 March 2025
The venue for the final, slated to be held on the 9th of March, is yet to be confirmed as the dynamics of the tie would be subject to change if India were to make it all the way to the championship clash. BCCI’s decision to not permit the men in blue to play across the border would still hold and the summit clash might be contested in Dubai. However, if India fail to make the final of the tournament, the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore will host the championship bout.
The prize money on offer has spiked up by more than 50 per cent from the last edition of the tournament in 2008 and the winner of the tournament stands to gain $2.24 million while the runners-up will be richer by half that at $1.12 million. The losing semifinalists will take home $560,000 each.
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