ICC Champions Trophy 2025

February 20, 2025 12:00 PM

Rohit seeks big scores from top order, has high expectations of Gill

India's top order batters must kick on and get big scores if the team are to post competitive totals in the Champions Trophy, captain Rohit Sharma said on Wednesday ahead of their tournament opener against Bangladesh. Having failed to win the one-day international World Cup on home soil in 2023, India are aiming to win a 50-over title for the first time since their last Champions Trophy triumph in 2013. They finished runners-up in the last edition in 2017. India are coming off a resounding 3-...

February 20, 2025 10:09 AM

Champions Trophy: Pakistan’s ‘poor death over execution’ propelled NZ’s ‘unexpected’ 320-run total, says captain Rizwan’

Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan stated that his side did not expect New Zealand to score 320 runs in the first innings, having gotten off to a solid start, and poor execution in the death overs resulted in their 60-run loss in their opening game of the 2025 Champions Trophy being played at the National Bank Stadium. Despite losing two early wickets, New Zealand showed resilience and tactical acumen. Their top order, led by Will Young (107) and Tom Latham (118*), took the fight to the hosts. Fo...

February 19, 2025 2:19 PM

Champions Trophy 2025 kicks off: Pakistan vs New Zealand in exciting opener as 8 teams battle for glory

The ninth edition of the Champions Trophy is all set to kick off on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. with an exciting clash between hosts and reigning champions, Pakistan, and the formidable New Zealand team at National Bank Stadium, Karachi. The prestigious tournament is being jointly hosted by Pakistan and the UAE, marking the revival of the Champions Trophy after eight years. The last edition’s runners-up, two-time champions, and world number one ODI team, India, will begin their campaign on Thursda...

February 18, 2025 12:45 PM

Champions Trophy: NZ pacer Ferguson ruled out with foot injury, Jamieson named replacement

New Zealand suffered another injury blow ahead of their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign as the fast bowler Lockie Ferguson has been ruled out of the tournament with a foot injury. Ferguson felt some pain in his right foot after bowling a spell in the informal warm-up match against Afghanistan in Karachi on Sunday and an initial medical assessment indicated he would not be fit enough to take part in the entire tournament. Given the proximity to the start of the Champions Trophy and the short...

February 17, 2025 5:46 PM

Champions Trophy will rekindle Pakistan’s love of cricket, say former captains

Cricket fans in Pakistan are buzzing ahead of the Champions Trophy and hosting the elite one-day international tournament will rekindle the country's love affair with the sport, three former captains said. The event, which features the sport's top eight sides in the ODI format, begins on Wednesday with the hosts up against New Zealand in Karachi. It will be the first major global tournament hosted by Pakistan in nearly 30 years and former batting great Inzamam Ul Haq told Reuters there was no ...

February 17, 2025 3:12 PM

Champions Trophy 2025: squads, groups and schedule

The Champions Trophy is being revived after eight years with holders and hosts Pakistan playing New Zealand in the opening game of the ninth edition on Wednesday. The one-day international (ODI) competition was initially scrapped by cricket's global governing body, the ICC, who wanted only one major tournament in each of the sport's three international formats, and prioritised the 50-over ODI World Cup. The ICC revived the tournament in November 2021, scheduling the next edition for 2025. With...

February 16, 2025 3:14 PM

Champions Trophy: Batting-sorted India look favourites for title despite no Bumrah (SWOT Analysis)

India, the reigning ICC Men’s T20 World Cup winners, enter the Champions Trophy with a 3-0 series sweep over England. The batters impressed with their scintillating knocks, while the bowlers were at their proficient best to bamboozle the England batters. With all their matches in Dubai, India will be keen to continue the good momentum they have right now into going all the way towards the Champions Trophy. Here’s a SWOT analysis from IANS on the Rohit Sharma-led Indian team taking part in t...

February 14, 2025 12:41 PM

Champions Trophy: ICC announce USD 6.9 mn prize pool, 53 pc hike from last edition

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the prize money for the 2025 Champions Trophy, which will begin on February 19 in Pakistan. The tournament's winners will receive a sum of USD 2.24 million. The total prize pool of this edition of the eight-team marquee event has been increased by an impressive 53 percent from the 2017 edition total prize money of USD 4.5 million. "The return of the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy for the first time since 2017 will see the winners of the eight...

February 14, 2025 10:57 AM

Pakistan hopes hosting major cricket tournament will erase worries of instability

Pakistan is hoping that hosting its first major multi-country cricket tournament in nearly 30 years will help erase worries of instability in the country and restore confidence in it as a tourism and investment destination. The Champions Trophy, which kicks off next week, comes to Pakistan as the country battles two insurgencies and a political crisis that has sent its former prime minister and greatest cricket hero, Imran Khan, to jail. But the government and Pakistan's cricket board believe ...

February 12, 2025 2:12 PM

India vs England 3rd ODI: Rohit Sharma’s Team aims for clean sweep as England play for pride in Ahmedabad

The Rohit Sharma-led Team India is facing England in the 3rd and final ODI of the series at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. India has already secured the 3-match series, which is being seen as a preparatory ground for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, to be hosted by Pakistan. All of India’s fixtures will be played in Dubai. India's key pacer, Jasprit Bumrah, has been ruled out of the match due to injury, making way for all-rounder Harshit Rana. Varun Chakravarthy has also been inclu...