ICC Champions Trophy 2025

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...

February 12, 2025 9:53 AM

Starc pulls out of Champions Trophy, Smith to lead Australia

Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc has withdrawn from the Champions Trophy for personal reasons, leaving the squad without its three frontline quicks for the ODI tournament in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. Starc's withdrawal comes after pace stalwarts Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood were ruled out due to injuries. World champions Australia will now lean on a quartet of fringe fast bowlers - Sean Abbott, Spencer Johnson, Ben Dwarshuis and Nathan Ellis - in their bid for more ODI silve...

February 8, 2025 7:10 PM

Virat Kohli is fit and available for selection in second ODI, confirms Sitanshu Kotak

India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak has said that talismanic batter Virat Kohli is fit and available for selection for Sunday’s second ODI against England at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday. Kohli had missed the first ODI which India won by four wickets in Nagpur due to a slight soreness in his right knee. “Virat Kohli is fit and available for selection. He will be practising with us today. He is good to go,” said Kotak in his pre-match press conference on Saturday. With Kohli av...

February 5, 2025 1:43 PM

Australia captain Cummins ‘heavily unlikely’ for Champions Trophy: coach

Australia captain Pat Cummins is all but ruled out of the Champions Trophy while fellow paceman Josh Hazlewood is also a doubt for the ODI tournament, coach Andrew McDonald said on Wednesday. Cummins missed the test tour of Sri Lanka due to the birth of his second child but has been troubled by an ankle injury that flared up after the test series win over India at the beginning of last month. "Pat Cummins hasn't been able to resume any type of bowling so he's heavily unlikely," McDonald told...

January 31, 2025 11:08 AM

No captains’ meet, photoshoot for ICC Champions Trophy 2025

The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will not feature the traditional captains' meet and official photoshoot, a practice typically held in the host country ahead of major ICC tournaments. This decision marks a departure from past editions and is attributed to logistical challenges, according to ESPNcricinfo. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed that neither the ICC nor the board had announced an official opening ceremony. However, an event supported by the ICC will take place in Lahore on Februa...