Pakistan

The ICC Champions Trophy is a quadrennial ODI cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Team	Pakistan
Season	2025
Tournament	Champions Trophy 2025
Tournament Date	19 February to 9 March 2025
Host	Pakistan Cricket Board
Venue List	National Stadium, Gaddafi Stadium, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Organiser	International Cricket Council (ICC)
Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Group Stage and Knockout stage
Total Matches	15
Number of Teams	8 Teams
Defending Champion	Pakistan
Location / Venue	Pakistan and Dubai

The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy will be the ninth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy. It will be hosted by Pakistan and United Arab Emirates from 19 February to 9 March 2025 and will be contested by the top eight ranked men’s national teams qualified from the 2023 Cricket World Cup. Pakistan are the defending champions, having won the previous edition in 2017.

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Format and Groups

Eight qualified teams divided into two groups of four, will play against the three teams in their respective group – for a total of twelve matches – and the top two teams in each group will advance to the knockout stage. The knockout stage will consist of 2 semi-finals and a final. A total of 15 matches will be played over 19 days.

Venues

The stadiums for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy are: National Stadium (Karachi), with a capacity of 34,238 and 3 matches; Gaddafi Stadium (Lahore), with a capacity of 27,000 and 5 matches (including 2 semi-finals and the final); Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium (Rawalpindi), with a capacity of 15,000 and 3 matches; and in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai International Cricket Stadium (Dubai), with a capacity of 25,000.

Team Details

A team built on solid batting with Babar and Rizwan, complemented by a lethal bowling attack led by Shaheen Afridi, Rauf, and Naseem Shah.

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Squads

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.