The much-awaited ICC Champions Trophy 2025 complete schedule has been released on Tuesday (December 24). As per previous news, Pakistan has the hosting rights, while Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates will jointly host this tournament. 

The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will run between February 19 and March 9, 2025. Eight teams will participate in this forthcoming competition. The tournament will start with the group stage, as eight teams have been equally divided into two groups, four teams in each group. Each team will face the other teams in their group once. 

At the end of the group stage, the top two teams from each group will advance to the Semi-finals. Meanwhile, the Semi-final winners will face each other in the Final of the tournament on March 9. Both the Semi-finals and Final have the reserve day. 

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ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Venues

Pakistan cities Karachi, Rawalpindi, and Lahore will host the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 along with the United Arab Emirates’ Dubai. India will play all their matches in the tournament in Dubai. If India qualify for the Semi-finals, they will play the first Semi-final, and in the case of Pakistan’s qualification for the knockout stage, the hosts will participate in the second one. 

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has officially named Pakistan city Lahore for the Final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. However, if India advance to the Final of the tournament, the Final will be played in Dubai. All the matches will be day/night fixtures. 

ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Pakistan vs India match

The tournament will start with the Group A match Pakistan vs New Zealand on February 19. India will start on next day with the match against Bangladesh. Group B will start with the match between Afghanistan and South Africa. 

While the Australia vs England match has been scheduled for February 22, the Pakistan vs India match has been scheduled for February 23. 

ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Groups

ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Complete Schedule

February 19: Pakistan v New Zealand (Karachi, Pakistan)

February 20: Bangladesh v India (Dubai, UAE)

February 21: Afghanistan v South Africa, (Karachi, Pakistan)

February 22: Australia v England (Lahore, Pakistan)

February 23: Pakistan v India (Dubai, UAE)

February 24: Bangladesh v New Zealand (Rawalpindi, Pakistan)

February 25: Australia v South Africa (Rawalpindi, Pakistan)

February 26: Afghanistan v England (Lahore, Pakistan)

February 27: Pakistan v Bangladesh (Rawalpindi, Pakistan)

February 28: Afghanistan v Australia (Lahore, Pakistan)

March 1: South Africa v England (Karachi, Pakistan)

March 2: New Zealand v India (Dubai, India)

March 4: Semi-final 1 (Dubai, UAE)

March 5: Semi-final 2 (Lahore, Pakistan)

March 9: Final (Lahore, Pakistan) If India qualify, the Final will be played in Dubai

March 10: Reserve day

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