ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Schedule: There are less than 100 days left for the Champions Trophy 2025 event. The tournament is to be held in Pakistan, but the Indian government has refused to send its team to Pakistan. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is not ready to adopt the hybrid model, hence there is a tussle between India and Pakistan. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to bring back the Champions Trophy after 2017 and before the tournament starts, it is very important for you to have complete information about it.
How and how many teams qualified?
A total of eight teams will participate in the Champions Trophy 2025. These eight teams had qualified directly for the Champions Trophy on the basis of the 2023 ODI World Cup points table. However, earlier the format of this tournament was not like this because in the last eight editions, teams used to qualify for the Champions Trophy on the basis of ranking.
Champions Trophy schedule
PCB has prepared the schedule of Champions Trophy long ago, but till now ICC has not approved it. The tournament matches will be played from 19 February to 9 March and two groups of four teams each have been formed. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and New Zealand are present in Group A. Talking about Group B, Australia, England, South Africa and Afghanistan are present in it.
The league stage matches will end by March 2, while the knockout matches will start from March 5 and the final will be played on March 9. Let us tell you that the total number of matches in the tournament will be 15, which will be played in the grounds of Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi. The title clash will take place in Lahore on March 9.
Will India play or not?
BCCI has made it clear that it has received orders from the Government of India that Team India will not be sent to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy. In this regard, an update has also come out that BCCI has given an update to ICC in this regard, on the other hand, if Pakistani media is to be believed, PCB has prepared to take legal action against BCCI.
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