Eight teams, Pakistan, India, Australia, England, Bangladesh, New Zealand, South Africa and Afghanistan, will be participating in the tournament. The tournament will see 15 matches being held.
The eight participating teams have been split into two groups. India, Pakistan, New Zealand and Bangladesh are in Group A and England, Australia, Afghanistan and South Africa are part of Group B.
Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi will be the three cities that will be holding the matches in Pakistan and Dubai will be have the matches in the UAE.
The highly anticipated India vs Pakistan match will be played in Dubai on February 23.
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UAE was picked as the second country to hold the matches alongside Pakistan after the Pakistan Cricket Board agreed to hold the tournament on “Hybrid Model”. The “Hybrid Model” had to be agreed upon as India has refused to travel to Pakistan citing security conditions prevailing in the country. The model was accepted on the condition that it would apply to the ICC tournaments that India will be hosting in the coming years. According to a PTIr report the hybrid arrangement will apply to the Champions Trophy 2025 (Pakistan), the ICC s women’s ODI World Cup in India and the T20 World Cup in 2026 in India and Sri Lanka.
India will play its matches in Dubai.
Every team will play every other team of its group once during the group-stage matches. The top teams of each group will qualify for the semi-finals.
The two semi-finals have been scheduled for March 4 and March 5. The first semi-final will be played in Dubai with Lahore hosting the second semi-final on the next day. Lahore has also been picked to hold the final with a caveat that should India qualify for the final the final will be moved to Dubai.
The Champions Trophy is seeing will see its revival after eight years. The previous edition of the tournament was played in England in 2017. Pakistan beat India in the final of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy.
Complete schedule of ICC Champions Trophy is below:
19 February – Pakistan v New Zealand, National Stadium, Karachi
20 February – Bangladesh v India, Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
21 February – Afghanistan v South Africa, National Stadium, Karachi
22 February – Australia v England, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
23 February – Pakistan v India, Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
24 February – Bangladesh v New Zealand, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
25 February – Australia v South Africa, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
26 February – Afghanistan v England, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
27 February – Pakistan v Bangladesh, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
28 February – Afghanistan v Australia, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
1 March – South Africa v England, National Stadium, Karachi
2 March – New Zealand v India, Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
4 March – Semi-final 1, Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai*
5 March – Semi-final 2, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore**
9 March – Final – Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore***
All matches start at 14h00 Pakistan Standard Time
* Semi-final 1 will involve India if they qualify
**Semi-final 2 will involve Pakistan if they qualify
*** If India qualify for the final it will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
