The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 formally commenced on February 19 with hosts Pakistan defeated by 60 runs by New Zealand in the tournament curtain-raiser at the National Stadium in Karachi.
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and New Zealand have been grouped in Group A while Afghanistan, Australia, England, and South Africa are in Group B.
The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy is the ninth one in the tournament's history and it is jointly being hosted by the UAE and Pakistan.

Champions Trophy 2025 Points Table:

Group A Standings

Rank	Team	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	No Result	Points	Net Run Rate
1	New Zealand	2	2	0	0	4	+0.863
2	India	2	2	0	0	4	+0.647
3	Bangladesh	3	0	2	1	1	-0.443
4	Pakistan	3	0	2	1	1	-1.087

Group B Standings

Rank	Team	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	No Result	Points	Net Run Rate
1	South Africa	2	1	0	1	3	+2.140
2	Australia	2	1	0	1	3	+0.475
3	Afghanistan	2	1	1	0	2	-0.990
4	England	2	0	2	0	0	-0.305

 Key Highlights:

• New Zealand and India have secured semi-final spots from Group A.
• England and Pakistan have been eliminated from the tournament.
• Australia and South Africa are battling for a semi-final spot in Group B.

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Most Runs

Rank	Player (Team)	Matches	Runs	Highest Score	Strike Rate
1	Ben Duckett (England)	2	203	165	107.98
2	Ibrahim Zadran (Afghanistan)	2	194	177	110.86
3	Joe Root (England)	2	188	120	99.47
4	Tom Latham (New Zealand)	2	173	112	96.11
5	Shubman Gill (India)	2	147	147	81.22

Most Wickets

Rank	Player (Team)	Matches	Wickets
1	Azmatullah Omarzai (AFG)	2	6
2	Michael Bracewell (NZ)	2	5
3	William O'Rourke (NZ)	2	5
4	Mohammed Shami (IND)	2	5

Most Sixes

Rank	Player (Team)	Matches	Innings	Sixes
1	Ibrahim Zadran (AFG)	2	2	7
2	Josh Inglis (AUS)	1	1	6
3	Glenn Phillips (NZ)	2	2	5
4	Haris Rauf (PAK)	2	2	4

Highest Individual Score

Rank	Player (Team)	Runs	Against
1	Ibrahim Zadran (AFG)	177	England
2	Ben Duckett (ENG)	165	Australia
3	Josh Inglis (AUS)	120	England
4	Joe Root (ENG)	120	Afghanistan
5	Tom Latham (NZ)	118	Pakistan

Best Bowling Figures

Rank	Player (Team)	Bowling Figures	Overs	Venue
1	Mohammed Shami (IND)	5/53	10	Dubai
2	Azmatullah Omarzai (AFG)	5/58	9.5	Lahore
3	Michael Bracewell (NZ)	4/26	10	Rawalpindi

The 2017 edition was claimed by Pakistan after it beat traditional rivals India by 180 runs in the final.

India and Australia are the most successful two sides in the Champions Trophy's history, each having lifted the highly prized trophy twice. New Zealand and South Africa have each won the trophy once.
Meanwhile, West Indies and Sri Lanka, which both did not make it to the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, have lifted the trophy just once.