An undated picture of the Champions Trophy on tour. — AFP/fileArch-rivals Pakistan, India to face-off on February 23.Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi to be three venues of event.Three group matches involving India to be performed in Dubai.
The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday unveiled official fixtures and teams for the much-awaited occasion, Champions Trophy 2025, which might begin on February 19 in Karachi.
The eight-team event will function 15 matches, and will likely be performed throughout Pakistan and in Dubai, the highest cricketing physique introduced, including that every one matches will likely be day-night encounters.
In Pakistan, Rawalpindi, Lahore, and Karachi would be the three venues to host event. Every Pakistan venue will function three group video games apiece, with Lahore internet hosting the second semi-final.
Lahore can even host the ultimate on March 9, until India qualify, through which case it is going to be performed in Dubai. Each the semi-finals and the ultimate could have reserve days.
The three group matches involving India, in addition to the primary semi-final, will likely be performed in Dubai.
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Pakistan tackle New Zealand within the Group A event opener in Karachi on February 19. The Dubai leg begins the next day with India taking over Bangladesh.
Group B matches will start on 21 February, with Afghanistan squaring up towards the Proteas in Karachi.
An enormous weekend then kicks off with rivals England and Australia set to conflict in Lahore on Saturday (22 February), with the much-anticipated Pakistan-India conflict set for the day later.
The eight sides within the Champions Trophy competing for the well-known white winners’ jackets are the groups that completed within the high eight positions on the factors desk of the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup 2023.
Group A of the event options present Champions Trophy holders and hosts Pakistan, together with India, New Zealand and Bangladesh, whereas Group B options Cricket World Cup 2023 champions Australia, alongside Afghanistan, England and South Africa.
The ultimate of the event, nonetheless, is scheduled to be performed in Lahore but when India qualify then it should even be held in Dubai.
The event encountered an impediment after the Indian authorities refused to permit its gamers to go to Pakistan for the mega occasion, citing safety considerations.
Nevertheless, each side had resolved the matter by agreeing on a hybrid mannequin, with India enjoying their matches at a impartial venue fairly than within the host nation, Pakistan.
Two days earlier, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) picked United Arab Emirates (UAE) because the impartial venue for India’s matches.
Below the settlement, Pakistan can even play at impartial venues within the upcoming ICC tournaments hosted by India.
The settlement will lengthen to the ICC Ladies’s Cricket World Cup 2025 hosted by India, and the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026 hosted by India and Sri Lanka, the assertion added.
Teams
Group A: Pakistan, India, New Zealand, Bangladesh
Group B: South Africa, Australia, Afghanistan, England
Champions Trophy schedule
February 19, Pakistan v New Zealand, Karachi
February 20, Bangladesh v India, Dubai, UAE
February 21, Afghanistan v South Africa, Karachi
February 22, Australia v England, Lahore
February 23, Pakistan v India, Dubai
February 24, Bangladesh v New Zealand, Rawalpindi
February 25, Australia v South Africa, Rawalpindi
February 26, Afghanistan v England, Lahore
February 27, Pakistan v Bangladesh, Rawalpindi
February 28, Afghanistan v Australia, Lahore
March 1, South Africa v England, Karachi
March 2, New Zealand v India, Dubai, UAE
March 4, Semi-final 1, Dubai, UAE
March 5, Semi-final 2, Lahore
March 9, Remaining, Lahore (until India qualify, when it is going to be performed in Dubai)
March 10, Reserve day
