The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will mark the ninth edition of this showpiece tournament, with the top eight nations fighting to win the elusive title. The ninth edition of the Champions Trophy will follow a round-robin format in the group. All eight nations will be divided into two groups (A and B) of four each. The top two ranked teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals, followed by the grand finals. The Pakistan national cricket team are the defending champion of the ICC Champions Trophy. The Green Shirts defeated arch-rivals India in the high-voltage grand finale of the 2017 edition in England. England Announce Squad For ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and White-Ball Tour to India: Jos Buttler to Lead; Joe Root, Jofra Archer and Gus Atkinson Included; Ben Stokes Misses Out.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the official schedule of the upcoming ninth edition of the Champions Trophy on December 24. Pakistan and Dubai will host the high-voltage 15 matches of the tournament. The tournament opener will be played in Karachi on February 19 with the grand finale on March 9. In Pakistan, Rawalpindi, Lahore, and Karachi will host three group games each, with Lahore hosting the second semi-final and the grand finale of the showpiece event. The India national cricket team group stage matches will be played in Dubai. If team India qualifies for the semi-final and the final, then matches will be hosted in Dubai. ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Schedule Announcement Soon As Hybrid Model Finalised, Pakistan and UAE to Host the Cricket Tournament.

List of Squads of Participating Teams in ICC Champions Trophy 2025

India Cricket Team: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Non-Travelling substitutes: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammed Siraj and Shivam Dube.

South Africa Cricket Team: Temba Bavuma (c), Tony de Zorzi, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, Corbin Bosch

Travelling reserve: Kwena Maphaka

Australia Cricket Team: Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matthew Short, and Adam Zampa.

Travelling reserve: Cooper Connolly.

New Zealand Cricket Team: Mitchell Santner (c), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Jacob Duffy, Nathan Smith, Kane Williamson, Will Young.

Pakistan Cricket Team: Mohammad Rizwan (c), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi.

Afghanistan Cricket Team: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharote, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Farid Malik, Naveed Zadran

Reserves: Darwish Rasooli, Bilal Sami

England Cricket Team: Jos Buttler (c), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood

Bangladesh Cricket Team: Nazmul Hossain Shanto (c), Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, MD Mahmud Ullah, Jaker Ali Anik, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Parvez Hossai Emon, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nahid Rana.

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