Champions Trophy 2025: All You Need To Know

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The much-anticipated Champions Trophy tournament will begin as hosts Pakistan and New Zealand face each other in the opening match of the tournament at National Stadium, Karachi on 19th February 2025.

It promises to be an exciting tournament as 8 top teams will participate in the prestigious event. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh & New Zealand has been clubbed in Group A while South Africa, Australia, Afghanistan & England would feature during Group B.

Here we look at the squads of all 8 teams in Champions Trophy 2025

Group A

India

Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakvarthy.

3 Players To Watch Out For- Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, Varun Chakvarthy.

Non-Travelling Reserves- Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shivam Dube, Mohammed Siraj.

New Zealand

Rachin Ravindra, Will Young, Kane Williamson, Devon Conway (WK), Tom Lathem (WK), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillps, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santer (C), Nathan Smith, William O Rourke, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy, Kyle Jamieson (Replacement for Lockie Ferguson).

3 Players To Watch Out For- Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, William O Rourke.

Pakistan

Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (C, WK), Saud Shakeel, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Rizwan (C, WK), Khushdil Shah, Tayyab Tahir, Usman Khan (WK), Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed.

3 Players To Watch Out For- Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Shaheen Shah Afridi.

Bangladesh

Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hasan Shanto (C), Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim (WK), Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Parvez Hossain Emon, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzid Hasan Shakib

3 Players To Watch Out For- Mushfiqur Rahim, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed.

Group B

South Africa

Temba Bavuma ©, Ryan Rickleton, Tony de Zorzi, Rassie Van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Tristian Stubbs, Heinrich Klassen (WK), David Miller, Marco Jansen, Wiaan Mulder, Corbin Bosch (Replacement for Coetzee), Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Shamsi, Keshav Maharaj.

3 Players To Watch Out For- Van der Dussen, Klassen, Rabada.

Australia

Travis Head, Matthew Short, Jake Fraser McGurk, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (C) (Replacing Pat Cummins), Aaron Hardie, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey (WK), Josh Inglis (WK), Sean Abbott, Ben Dwharusis, Nathan Ellis, Spencer Johnson, Tanveer Sangha, Adam Zampa.

Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Marsh & Mitchell Starc have been ruled out while Stoinis has taken retirement from ODI cricket.

3 Players To Watch Out For- Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Adam Zampa.

Afghanistan

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Akhil (WK), Gulbaidn Naib, Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Azamatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangeyalia Kharote (Replacement For Allah Ghazanfar), Fazallahq Farooqi, Noor Ahmed, Fareed Ahmed Malik, Naveed Zadran.

3 Players To Watch Out For- Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, Fazallahq Farooqi.

England

Phil Salt, Ben Duckett, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Buttler (C), Liam Livingstone, Jamie Smith (WK), Tom Banton (Replacement For Jacob Bethell), Brydon Carse, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood, Mark Wood.

3 Players To Watch Out For- Phil Salt, Buttler, Adil Rashid.

Here we look at the schedule of CT 2025

1.      Pakistan vs NZ (National Bank Stadium, Karachi)- 19th February 2025

2.      Ind vs Bang (Dubai International Stadium, Dubai)- 20th February 2025

3.      Afg vs SA (National Bank Stadium, Karachi)- 21st February 2025

4.      Aus vs Eng (Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore)- 22nd February 2025

5.      Ind vs Pak (Dubai International Stadium, Dubai)- 23rd February 2025

6.      Bang vs NZ (Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi)- 24th February 2025

7.      Aus vs SA (Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi)- 25th February 2025

8.      Afg vs Eng (Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore)- 26th February 2025

9.      Pak vs Bang (Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi)- 27th February 2025

10Afg vs Aus (Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore)- 28th February 2025

11 Eng vs SA (National Bank Stadium, Karachi)- 1st March 2025

12 Ind vs NZ (Dubai International Stadium, Dubai)- 2nd March 2025


TIIf India qualifies for the semi-finals then one will be played in Dubai on 4th and the other one at  Lahore on 5th March 2025. 

Prize Money For The Tournament

Champions- 20 Crore

Runners-Up- 4.86 Crore

Fifth Or Sixth- 3 Crore

Seventh Or Eighth- 1.2 Crore

Group Stage- 30 Lakh

Umpires For The Tournament

Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), Chris Gaffney (New Zealand), Paul Riffel (Australia), Michael Gough (England), Sharfuddola (Bangladesh), Adrian Holdstock (South Africa), Rodney Tucker (Australia), Richard Illingworth (England), Alex Wharf (England), Richard Kettleborough (England), Joel Wilson (West Indies).

Match Referees

David Boon (Australia), Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka), Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe).

 


    

 






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