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The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is just about to start and its craze is already skyrocketing, the buzz among fans, experts, and the whole cricketing circle is on the rise. Teams preparations are in full swing and fans across the globe are booking the seats for their favourite encounters. More Information for the Top encounters is available here.
Key Encounters to unfold in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025
This time around The ICC Champions Trophy is to be played in Pakistan across 3 venues Rawalpindi, Karachi, and Lahore whereas due to political reasons Team India will play its matches in Dubai.
The hosts Pakistan are entering into the mega event as defending champions as they won the all-important final against their arch-rivals India in 2017 at Lords.
This time around there are 8 teams who will fight for the ultimate glory. All the teams are placed in two groups.
Group A | Group B |
Pakistan | Afghanistan |
India | Australia |
Bangladesh | England |
New Zealand | South Africa |
In this article, we will discuss the Top contenders of The ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
India (Group A)
Team India is one the strongest teams in the cricketing world across the formats. They have been playing top-level cricket for the last couple of years. They were one of the finalists in the ODI World Cup 2023. They are also the T20 Champions in the world right now.
Like ever this time also they have one of the strongest teams and they are the strong contenders to win The ICC Champions Trophy 2025. India has a good mix of youngsters along with experienced players.
They have quality players like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shubman Gill, Muhammad Shami, and Kuldeep Yadav who are experienced and well-known names in white ball cricket. Virat Kohli is worldwide known as the greatest player of modern-day cricket and probably one of the best in the history of cricket. Rohit Sharma is also a great white ball player. They have good youngsters also like Varun Chakaravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi etc.
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Photo: Kuldeep Yadav & Babar Azam credits-ICCIndia has one of the strongest batting lines up in this tournament, they have quality all-rounders, Good fast bowlers, and one of the best spin attacks. So they are the team to beat in this tournament.
Their recent form is superb they have whitewashed England in India by 3-0. Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, and Akshar Patel are in great touch, their spinners are in good form. So they are one of the most solid teams in this event.
Recent ODI form: WWW
Australia (Group B)
Australia are the World champions at this time, they won the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 by beating Team India in their own backyard. Australia has won 6 ODI World Cups, Two Champions Trophies, and one T20 World Cup.
No matter what players Australia has they always appear to be a strong force in the ICC events. Australia is the team that has played the most number of knockout games in the ICC events. It is widely regarded as the fact that if Australia reaches the knockout stage of any event it would require one hell of an effort from any team to beat them.
Although this team around the Australian team is missing some of their key white ball players due to injuries and personal reasons, More Information is available here:
Top Players to miss ICC Champions Trophy 2025
If we look at their history in The ICC events it's hard to write them off in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy. They still have good enough players to win the mega-events. Their key players are Steve Smith, Travis Head, Marnus Labuscghane, Adam Zampa, Glenn Maxwell, and Josh Inglis.
Australia is the current World Champion and they will be one of the strong contenders to win the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
Recent form: LWL
New Zealand (Group A)
New Zealand is the team that has always produced epic encounters in the mega-events. New Zealand has a rich history of producing high-quality cricketers over the years. They are always a strong team in any ICC event. They have played the final of the 2019 ODI World Cup and 2021 T20 World.
The 2019 ICC ODI World Cup final produced one of the best games in ODI history. This time around again New Zealand has one of the strong squads involving top-level players like Kane Williamson, Darayl Mitchel, Mitchel Santner, Rachin Ravindra, Matt Henry, Micheal Bracewell etc.
They are in top form, they have quality spinners, quality pacers, batting depth, and good all-rounders. So they have a strong chance in this ICC Champions Trophy and They are also the Strong Contenders in the ICC ODI Champions Trophy 2025.
Recent Form: LWW
England (Group B)
England is the ODI World Cup 2019 winner, Under the command of Joss Buttler they have already won The T20 Worldcup 2022 after beating Pakistan. They have destructive white balls players like Joss Buttler, Phil Salt, Liam Livingstone, and Harry Brook and Sold middle order batters like Joe Root, they have a quality pace attack led by Jofra Archer who is well known for his deadly bouncer over they have Mark Wood and Gus Atkinson also for his assistance in pace battery, they have world-class spinner Adil Rashid in their ranks. They have also quality rounders like Liam Livingstone.
So, all these things make England a very very dangerous side in white ball format. So, they are also one of the strong contenders in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
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Pakistan (Group A)
Pakistan is entering the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 as the defending Champions. They always have an unpredictable nature that makes them a very exciting and very dangerous side for the team. On their day they can beat any team, like they did in ICC Champions Trophy 2017, when everyone was thinking that they were not among the contenders but they ended the tournament by beating one of the strongest contenders India.
This time around they are playing at their home so they would have a better idea of their conditions, they have very passionate fans like anywhere else so would get a lot of support from the home crowd. They have quality players like Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Harris Rauf, and Fakhar Zaman. Their batters are in good form, their fast bowling is like ever lethal and they have quality all-rounders like Salman Ali Agha and Khushdil Shah. Their only concern is their spin department where they are lacking. If their all-rounders make up for that they would have certainly a good chance of winning another trophy.
Recent form: WLW
South Africa (Group B)
South Africa is a top-level team, it has a vast history of producing mouth-watering content. This time around once again we are expecting some high-quality cricket from Proteas as they are entering this ICC Champions Trophy 2025 as one of the strong contenders. They have quality batters, all-rounders, fast bowlers, and spinners. Their players to watch out for are Tristian Stubbs, Henrich Klassen, David Miller, Kagiso Rabada, and Keshav Maharaj.
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So, what do you think which team is the favorite to win the ICC Champions Trophy 2023? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
Now we will answer some frequently asked questions.
Who will host the ICC Champions Trophy in 2025?
This time around Pakistan is hosting the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. but it is worth mentioning here that due to political tensions between India and Pakistan India is set to play its matches in UAE. More Information is available here:
The ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Previews, schedule, contenders & Teams
Where can I watch the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Pakistan?
Broadcaster Licensee
Licensee | Territories | Websites |
Amazon | Australia | |
Disney Star | India+(linear feed goes into Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives) | |
E& | MENA | |
ESPN | Caribbean Islands, LATAM & Brazil | |
ICC | ROW | |
Maharaja TV | Sri Lanka | |
PNG Digicel | Papua New Guinea | N/A |
PTV, Ten Sports | Pakistan | |
Sky Sports | UK & Northern Ireland | www.skysports.com |
SuperSport | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
TSM | Bangladesh | |
Willow | USA & Canada | |
Ariana TV | Afghanistan | N/A |
Sky TV NZ | New Zealand | www.sky.co.nz |
Is the Champions Trophy 2025 in Pakistan?
Yes, The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is going to be played in Pakistan across four venues Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Dubai (Team India is set to play its games at Dubai International Cricket Stadium).
What is the Prize money for the ICC Champions Trophy?
The Total Prize money is 4.5 million dollars. Here is the breakdown of this total prize.
- 1st position: 2.2 Million
- 2nd position: 1.1 million$
- Semifinalists: 450,000$ (each)
- 3rd position: 90,000$
- 4th position: 60,000$
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