The dates for the Champions Trophy 2025 have been finalised. The UAE has been chosen as the neutral venue for all the matches of India which are not to be held in Pakistan. The match between India and Pakistan will be held on the last Sunday of February.
In the Champions Trophy (ICC Champions Trophy 2025) tournament, the Indian team will play all its matches in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). At the same time, India and Pakistan have been placed in the same pool and these two arch rival countries will face each other on the last Sunday of February 23. The last time this tournament was played was in 2017, when Pakistan won the title by defeating India.
This time Team India would also like to settle the account of its last defeat from Pakistan. For the schedule of India vs Pakistan and the rest of the matches, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi held a meeting with UAE Cricket Board President Sheikh Nahyan Al Mubarak and decided this schedule. Sheikh Nahyan is also a senior minister in the UAE government.
Apart from Pakistan, the other two teams in India's pool are Bangladesh and New Zealand. India's match with Bangladesh will be on February 20 and with New Zealand on March 2. All these matches can be held at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. The tournament will start in Karachi, Pakistan, where it will face New Zealand on February 19. Pakistan's last group match will be played against Bangladesh on February 27 in Rawalpindi.
The second group of the tournament has teams from Afghanistan, England, Australia and South Africa. In both groups, except for India's matches, all other matches will be played in Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi. The tournament schedule has not been officially announced yet. But these dates that have come in the media can be final.
The two semi-finals of the tournament will be held on 4th and 5th, while the title match will be played on 9th March. There is no reserve day for the first semi-final, while reserve days have been kept for the second semi-final and the final of the tournament. If India qualifies for the semi-finals, then one semi-final of the tournament will be played in UAE and if it fails to reach the last 4, then the rest of the tournament will shift to Pakistan. The final of the tournament will be played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, while if India qualifies for the final, then the final of the tournament will also shift to UAE.
