This year ICC’s biggest tournament named Champions Trophy will be played from 19 February to 9 March, 2025 in Pakistan and UAE. Here’s full schedule, list of fixtures with date and time that are announced by the ICC officials for Men’s CT25 – check complete details below!
Pakistan and UAE are the host country (co-host) for Champions Trophy 2025, and all matches will be played either in Pakistan or UAE. Regarding Indian team matches, BCCI has confirmed that India will play in UAE only. As reported by Espncricinfo, even India qualifies for Knockout, Dubai to host all India matches.
Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 is scheduled to take place from 19 February to 9 March. The opening match will be played between Pakistan and New Zealand on 19 February at National Stadium, Karachi at 2 PM as per Pakistan time and the final will be played on 9 March either at Dubai or Lahore. As mentioned in a media release on official icc-cricket.com, the 15-match, eight-team event to be played over 19 days.
Top 2 teams of Group A and Group B will qualify for semifinals. 1st semi-final is scheduled to play in Dubai on 4 March and 2nd semifinal is scheduled in Lahore on 5 March. The winners of semifinals will play the final, at Dubai or Lahore on 9 March, 2025. If India qualifies for final then Final will be played at Dubai!
Here’s the list of 8 teams which will participate in 2025 Champions Trophy:
- India
- Pakistan
- Australia
- England
- New Zealand
- South Africa
- Bangladesh
- Afghanistan
The 8 teams are divided in 2 groups having 4 teams in each group. There would be group stage matches, and later knockout stage matches will be played which includes Semi-Finals and Finals.
- Group A has India, Pakistan (Host), New Zealand, and Bangladesh.
- Group B has Australia, England, Afghanistan, and South Africa.
Here’s the venues where the Champions Trophy 2025 will be played:
- National Stadium, Karachi
- Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
- Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
- Dubai International Stadium, Dubai
2025 Champions Trophy Group A Match Schedule (Group Stage)
- Pakistan vs New Zealand – February 19, 2025, 14:00 (UTC+5) – Day/Night Match at National Stadium, Karachi
- Bangladesh vs India – February 20, 2025, 13:00 (UTC+4) – Day/Night Match at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
- Pakistan vs India – February 23, 2025, 13:00 (UTC+4) – Day/Night Match at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
- Bangladesh vs New Zealand – February 24, 2025, 14:00 (UTC+5) – Day/Night Match at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
- Pakistan vs Bangladesh – February 27, 2025, 14:00 (UTC+5) – Day/Night Match at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
- India vs New Zealand – March 2, 2025, 13:00 (UTC+4) – Day/Night Match at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
2025 Champions Trophy Group B Match Schedule (Group Stage)
- Afghanistan vs South Africa – February 21, 2025, 14:00 (UTC+5) – Day/Night Match at National Stadium, Karachi
- Australia vs England – February 22, 2025, 14:00 (UTC+5) – Day/Night Match at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
- Australia vs South Africa – February 25, 2025, 14:00 (UTC+5) – Day/Night Match at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
- Afghanistan vs England – February 26, 2025, 14:00 (UTC+5) – Day/Night Match at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
- Afghanistan vs Australia – February 28, 2025, 14:00 (UTC+5) – Day/Night Match at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
- England vs South Africa – March 1, 2025, 14:00 (UTC+5) – Day/Night Match at National Stadium, Karachi
2025 Champions Trophy Knockout Stage Match Schedule
Knockout stage of Champions Trophy 2025 started on March 4, includes 2 Semi-Finals and 1 Final match. Top 2 teams of Group A ( India, and New Zealand) and Group B (South Africa and Australia) qualified for Semi-Finals and the winner of SF1 and SF2 will play the Final on March 9. Here’s complete breakdown on when and where Champions Trophy 2025 SemiFinals and Final will be played – Check full list with date and time below:
Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final 1
- Winner of Group A (India) vs Runner-up of Group B (Australia) : IND vs AUS – 4 March 2025 13:00 (UTC+4) – Day/Night Match at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final 2
- Winner of Group B (South Africa) vs Runner-up of Group A (New Zealand) : SA vs NZ – 5 March 2025 14:00 (UTC+5) – Day/Night Match at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
2025 ICC Champions Trophy final
- Winner of Semi-Final 1 (India) vs Winner of Semi-Final 2 (New Zealand) – 9 March 2025 14:00 (UTC+5) – Day/Night Match at Dubai.
Note: The final match of Champions Trophy 2025 played between India and New Zealand in Dubai at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. India won the match by 4 wickets and lift the Champions Trophy for 3rd time.
Apart from that, if final match of Champions Trophy 2025 gets delayed for any reason, then ICC has allocated a reserve day for this tournament and in that case final match will be played on March 10, 2025.
Final Words
As per Indian standard time, all matches of Champions Trophy 2025 will be aired from Feb 19 to March 9 at 2:30 PM. You can watch the live streaming of CT 2025 in India on Star Sports and Diseny+Hotstar.
Apart from that, Pakistan fans can watch the live telecast of Champions Trophy 2025 on PTV, PTV Sports, and Ten Sports. While in Bangladesh, the tournament will be aired on Nagorik satellite and cable television channel.
In the UK (England, Ireland), Sky Sports is the official broadcaster of CT 2025. While in Australia and New Zealand, you can watch Champions Trophy 2025 Live on Amazon Prime and Sky TV NZ respectively.
If you live in Africa (Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa), you can watch 2025 Champions Trophy live on E& and Super Sport around 11:00 AM from Feb 19 to March 9, 2025.
