ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Teams, Format, Venues, Schedule, Results, Man Of The Match, Streaming Details: The Champions Trophy 2025 started on February 19 with the clash between Pakistan and New Zealand. Co-hosted by Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), this edition is meant to bring action alive between eight of the most exciting One Day International (ODI) teams in the world.
Participating Teams and Groups
There are going to be two groups comprising eight teams for the tournament:
Group A: Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, Pakistan
Group B: Afghanistan, Australia, England, South Africa
Champions Trophy 2025 Format
Every team will meet with the other teams in its group once, and then the best two teams from each group will come forward to the semi-final round. The final match is scheduled for March 9. However, owing to security threats, all the matches for India will take place in Dubai irrespective of the teams they play against.
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Venues
The same four stadiums will host matches within them:
Pakistan: National Stadium, Karachi; Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
UAE: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
The finals are at Gaddafi Stadium but will be elsewhere if India makes it to the finals.
| Match No. | Date | Time | Match | Venues | Results | Man of the Match |
| 01 | 19/02/2025 | 2.30 PM IST | PAK vs NZ | Karachi | NZ won by 60 runs | Tom Latham |
| 02 | 20/02/2025 | 2.30 PM IST | BAN vs IND | Dubai | IND won by 6 wckts | Shubman Gill |
| 03 | 21/02/2025 | 2.30 PM IST | AFG vs SA | Karachi | SA won by 107 runs | Ryan Rickelton |
| 04 | 22/02/2025 | 2.30 PM IST | AUS vs ENG | Lahore | AUS won by 5 wckts | Josh Inglis |
| 05 | 23/02/2025 | 2.30 PM IST | PAK vs IND | Dubai | IND won by 6 wckts | Virat Kohli |
| 06 | 24/02/2025 | 2.30 PM IST | BAN vs NZ | Rawalpindi | NZ won by 5 wckts | Michael Bracewell |
| 07 | 25/02/2025 | 2.30 PM IST | AUS vs SA | Rawalpindi | Match Abandoned | – |
| 08 | 26/02/2025 | 2.30 PM IST | AFG vs ENG | Lahore | AFG won by 8 runs | Azmatullah Omarzai |
| 09 | 27/02/2025 | 2.30 PM IST | PAK vs BAN | Rawalpindi | Match Abandoned | – |
| 10 | 28/02/2025 | 2.30 PM IST | AFG vs AUS | Lahore | Match Abandoned | – |
| 11 | 01/03/2025 | 2.30 PM IST | SA vs ENG | Karachi | SA won by 7 wckts | Marco Jansen |
| 12 | 02/03/2025 | 2.30 PM IST | NZ vs IND | Dubai | IND won by 44 runs | Varun Chakravarthy |
| 13 | 04/03/2025 | 2.30 PM IST | IND vs AUS | Dubai | IND won by 4 wckts | Virat Kohli |
| 14 | 05/03/2025 | 2.30 PM IST | NZ vs SA | Lahore | NZ won by 50 runs | R Ravindra |
| 15 | 09/03/2025 | 2.30 PM IST | Final | Lahore | Ind won by 4 wckts | Rohit Sharma |
Prize Money of ICC Champions Trophy 2025
There is a total prize pool of $6.9 million for the tournament, which is distributed as follows:
Winners: $2.24 million
Runners-up: $1.12 million
Losing semi-finalists: $560,000 each
Group Stage Wins: More than $34,000 earned for each victory.
Past Winners of Champions Trophy
The last competitions were held with the following winners of the ICC Champions Trophy since its inception:
South Africa: 1998
New Zealand: 2000
India and Sri Lanka: 2002
West Indies: 2004
Australia: 2006 and 2009
India: 2013
Pakistan: 2017
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Streaming and Broadcast Details
Cricket lovers across the world can watch the game live through various broadcasters as follows:
India: JioStar for live streaming on Jio Hotstar; television broadcasts on Star and the Network 18 channels.
Pakistan: PTV and Ten Sports and streaming on the Myco and Tamasha apps.
UAE & MENA: CricLife Max and CricLife Max2; streaming on STARZPLAY.
UK: Sky Sports Cricket, Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Action; digital coverage via SkyGO, NOW, and Sky Sports App.
United States and Canada: WillowTV; also streaming on the Willow by Cricbuzz app (Hindi coverage available).
Australia: PrimeVideo (coverage available in Hindi also).
New Zealand: Sky Sport NZ; digital coverage via the Now and SkyGo apps.
Every cricketing fan around the world should make some plans to be there as the cricketing world gears up for one of its most prestigious events. There should be really some intense rivalry, especially the one between India and Pakistan, and really top cricketing talent will strive hard to win the Champions Trophy.
