{"id":60217,"date":"2024-12-24T17:54:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T12:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=60217"},"modified":"2024-12-24T17:54:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T12:54:44","slug":"icc-unveils-official-schedule-for-champions-trophy-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/icc-unveils-official-schedule-for-champions-trophy-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC unveils official schedule for Champions Trophy 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday finally unveiled the official fixtures and groupings for the much-anticipated, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pcb-selects-uae-as-neutral-venue-for-icc-champions-trophy-2025\/\">ICC Champions Trophy<\/a> 2025, set to begin on February 19 in Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming eight-team tournament will feature 15 day-night matches\u00a0and will be played across Pakistan and a natural venue in Dubai for Indian matches, the ICC said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Each Pakistan venue \u2014 Rawalpindi, Lahore, and Karachi \u2014 will feature three group games apiece, with Lahore hosting the second semi-final and final on March 9.<\/p>\n<p>In case India qualifies for the final, the match will be played in Dubai and both the semi-finals and the final will have reserve days, the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The opening match will be played in Karachi between Pakistan and New Zealand on February 19. The Dubai leg will commence the following day with India taking on Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>The much-awaited rival clash between Pakistan and India will be played on February 23 in Dubai. &#8220;The three group matches involving India, as well as the first semi-final, will be played in Dubai,&#8221; it read.<\/p>\n<p>As per the top cricketing body, Group A will consist of defending champions and hosts Pakistan, along with India, New Zealand, and Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>Australia, alongside Afghanistan, England, and South Africa will feature in Group B to win the famous white winners\u2019 jackets.<\/p>\n<h2>Champions Trophy schedule<\/h2>\n<p>February 19, Pakistan v New Zealand, Karachi<\/p>\n<p>February 20, Bangladesh v India, Dubai, UAE<\/p>\n<p>February 21, Afghanistan v South Africa, Karachi<\/p>\n<p>February 22, Australia v England, Lahore<\/p>\n<p>February 23, Pakistan v India, Dubai<\/p>\n<p>February 24, Bangladesh v New Zealand, Rawalpindi<\/p>\n<p>February 25, Australia v South Africa, Rawalpindi<\/p>\n<p>February 26, Afghanistan v England, Lahore<\/p>\n<p>February 27, Pakistan v Bangladesh, Rawalpindi<\/p>\n<p>February 28, Afghanistan v Australia, Lahore<\/p>\n<p>March 1, South Africa v England, Karachi<\/p>\n<p>March 2, New Zealand v India, Dubai, UAE<\/p>\n<p>March 4, Semi-final 1, Dubai, UAE<\/p>\n<p>March 5, Semi-final 2, Lahore<\/p>\n<p>March 9, Final, Lahore (unless India qualifies, when it will be played in Dubai)<\/p>\n<p>March 10, Reserve day<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday finally unveiled the official fixtures and groupings for the much-anticipated, ICC Champions Trophy 2025, set to begin on February 19 in Karachi. The upcoming eight-team tournament will feature 15 day-night matches\u00a0and will be played across Pakistan and a natural venue in Dubai for Indian matches, the ICC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":60222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13446,6],"tags":[461,15707],"class_list":["post-60217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-sports","tag-international-cricket-council","tag-champions-trophy-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60217"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60223,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60217\/revisions\/60223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}