Champions Trophy 2025 Host Nation, Venue, Qualifying Teams

As told earlier, ICC Champions Trophy 2025 host nation is Pakistan this time. Pakistan has attained the position to host this tournament as declared by the ICC. Being the winner of Champions Trophy 2017, Pakistan will again try to become the winner of Champions Trophy 2025. The Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi will host all the 15 matches to be played in 2025 ICC Champions Trophy at the National Stadium, Gaddafi Stadium and Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium respectively. West Indies and Sri Lanka – the two great Cricket teams, unfortunately, missed out this tournament as Bangladesh was on higher rating than Sri Lanka and West Indies. Here is the list of teams qualified for Champions Trophy 2025.

• Bangladesh
• India
• New Zealand
• Pakistan
• Afghanistan
• Australia
• England
• South Africa

The first match of this league will be played between Pakistan and New Zealand at the National Stadium, Karachi on 19^th February, 2025. The teams have been divided into two groups and each group appears to be competitive. It will be really hard for the teams to fix a spot in semi-finals. The two best teams will play the ICC Champions Trophy Finals 2025 on 9 March, 2025, at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. 10 March, 2025 is the reserve day for the ICC Champions trophy 2025 finals.

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Tickets – How to Book Champions Trophy 2025 Tickets?

So, it’s going to be fun. Just after IPL 18, you must prepare yourself to watch Champions Trophy 2025 live streaming on respected broadcasting channels. If you are looking forward to the ways to book ICC Champions Trophy tickets 2025, here we have provided you the steps to book Champions Trophy 2025 match tickets online and offline.

• The match tickets for ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be made available on ICC official Website.
• Log in to the official website of ICC and go to the ticket window.
• Select the match with your seats in the stadium.
• Once the selection is made, you need to check out and pay the amount due online.
• You can print your tickets and be there for the match in the stadium on the respective date.
• To book ticket offline, you need to wait for the stadium ticket window to open. Once they are open, you can go there and buy the tickets for the match.

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Ticket Price

In the last Champions Trophy for Cricket, the tickets were priced at £20 – £60. So, the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 ticket price would be somewhat around £25 – £80. The price will totally depend on the selection of seats you have made. Rest, the match ticket price of 2025 Champions Trophy Pakistan will be announced once the tickets are made available in the month of November, this year. Each and every match is going to be exciting. Now, it’s totally up to you for which match you buy the tickets and which match you are going to watch on TV screens.

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Start Date, Match Venue

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is going to be held in Pakistan from 19 February to 9 March. ICC Champions trophy 2025 match venue of all 15 Cricket matches in the tournament will be held at Gaddafi Stadium, National Stadium, and Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Lahore, Karachi, and Rawalpindi respectively. But Indian Cricket team will play all their matches only in Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

The first match of this prestigious tournament will be played between New Zealand and host nation (Pakistan) at National Stadium, Karachi. The tournament will start with a blistering opening ceremony and will commence on 18 February, 2025. The two best performing teams will qualify for ICC Champions Trophy 2025 finals that will be held at The Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi.

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Teams & Groups

A total of eight teams will be playing in 2025 Champions Trophy. The teams have been finalized on the basis of their ODI rankings in February 2024. West Indies, unfortunately, missed out this tournament as it was on 9^th rank in ICC ODI Cricket Rankings. Bangladesh, fortunately, made it in the group of ICC Champions Trophy 2025 teams. The teams are divided into two groups which are as follows:

• Group A: India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Bangladesh
• Group B: Australia, South Africa, England, Afghanistan

ICC Champions Trophy History & Winners So Far

Earlier, in 1998 and 2000, the Champions trophy was based on the knockout system. But after that, this tournament was played with round robin technique. ICC 2025 Champions Trophy will be played with round robin technique and the semi-finals and final are going to be a straight knock-out. The very first Champions Trophy 1998 tournament was won by South Africa defeating West Indies in the finals. In the year 2000, New Zealand won the trophy by defeating India. In 2002, Sri Lanka and India were the joint winners as the final match was washed out twice. In 2004, West Indies won this trophy thrashing England in the finals. In 2006, Australia thrashed West Indies in finals.

In 2008, the Champions Trophy was going to be held in Pakistan, but due to major security concerns, it was postponed to 2009. Australia again won this tournament defeating New Zealand. In 2013, the winner was India, who defeated England in the rain-affected the final match. After that ICC decided to scrap this tournament and start a Test Championship. But this idea was dropped out and the Champions Trophy Cricket Tournament was scheduled to 2025.

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Schedule & Fixtures

ICC announces the 2025 Champions Trophy schedule on 1^st February, 2023, a year before that start of Champions Trophy in 2025. ICC Champions Trophy 2025 fixtures are really interesting as the groups are distributed evenly. Some of the matches will be played as Day matches while some will be played as Day/Night matches, according to the schedule. The Day matches will start at 10.30 Pakistan time while the Day/Night matches will start at 13.30 Pakistan time. Here is the ICC Champions Trophy Schedule 2025:

2017 ICC Champions Trophy TV Broadcasters {Official}

Stars Sports has been named as the official TV Broadcaster of ICC Champions Trophy 2017. Apart from this, each country has their own ICC Champions Trophy 2017 broadcasting channels, where the local countrymen can enjoy streaming of CL2017 matches. There is no doubt that Star Sports has thrown big money to ICC for receiving ICC Champions Trophy 2017 TV broadcasting rights. Not only this, Star Sports is also partnering major events of ICC in coming years as well.

ICC Champions Trophy Start Date, Host, Matches

The ICC Champions Trophy 2017 is jointly hosted by England and Wales. England has already hosted the Champions Trophy event in 2013. The ICC Champions Trophy start date is 1 June 2017 and the Champions Trophy 2017 Finals will be played on 18^th June 2017. The event will have a total of 15 matches with 3 knockout matches. The interesting news from the centre is that India will be competing with its strong competitor Pakistan on June 5 in group stage matches. India Vs Pakistan Champions Trophy 2017 Match will surely attract the number of eyes. You must reserve your seats now by booking ICC Champions Trophy India vs Pakistan match tickets in advance.

The ICC Champions Trophy 2017 teams include – India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, England, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. While Bangladesh makes through the event after 11 years, West Indies failed to make to the event for the first time in their cricketing history. The top eight teams in ICC ODI Rankings on 30 September 2015 had made into the 2017’s Champions Trophy. We are definitely going to miss the pinch hitting from the fierce batsmen of West Indies team.

ICC CL17 TV Broadcasters List

The ICC Champions Trophy 2017 Official TV Broadcaster is Start Sports, but still each country reserves right to broadcast the matches on local TV channels with the concern of ICC. The ICC 2017 Champions Trophy TV broadcasting Channels in respected countries are as follows:

There is still time for the event to start but the fans are already going crazy for it. So if you are amongst those, then you have come to the right place as you will be provided with all the information related to the event right here. So read along to know details of the event such as IPL 10 Schedule, start date, opening ceremony and much more.

IPL 2017 Schedule

The Indian Premier League is played in the months of April and May every year and for the 10th edition, the schedule will be same. The list of fixtures will be announced later to determine which team will play each other on which day. The Vivo IPL 10 Start Date is 10th of April in the year 2017. We expect the official announcement to come from the organizers by the end of the year and we will make sure that you find the info here as soon as it is announced.

IPL 10 Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony of IPL has always been a glittery affair with big names from Bollywood and famous international performers coming to perform at the mega event. This time too, the IPL 2016 Opening Ceremony is going to be a fabulous event with many big names expected to perform. The rumor mills say that there will be a performance from Hrithik Roshan in this edition. But nothing is concrete as of now and you can be rest assured that you can find all info related to it right here.

IPL 10 Teams, Venue

8 teams will participate in the 10th edition of the Indian Premier League. Teams playing in IPL 10 will be Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai Indians, Rising Pune Supergiants, Gujarat Lions, Kings XI Punjab, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders, and Sunrisers Hyderabad. IPL 10 Venue are yet to be announced but we think that there will not be any change in the venues and the same 12 venues as the last season will be used this time as well. But there can be an addition to the venues and we will update you about it as soon as any information arrives.

IPL 10 Prize Money & Trophy

The IPL 10 Prize Money for the winners of the 10th season is expected to be 15 crore rupees. So let us be ready and put the waiting hat on for the next season of the IPL and let’s see who will become the IPL 10 Winner and lifts the IPL 2017 trophy.

Top 5 Stunning Catches in Cricket History

There have many of these magical moments in cricket history. So let us take a look at the best moments, i.e the best catches ever in World Cricket history.

Adam Dale

Dale’s catch is referred to as the ‘Catch of the 19th century’ by many cricketing pundits. Dale took this catch in a match against New South Wales while he was playing for Queensland. The former Australian medium pacer Dale took this catch in the 1997-98 Australian Club season. Dale was fielding at the long on position when the batsman chipped the ball straight down the ground. Dale ran like a bullet, dived across, caught the ball with his right hand and in the next moment stood up celebrating what turned out to be an awesome catch.

Paul Collingwood

Paul was one of the greatest fielders of his era. He took some fabulous catches in his career. But this catch, which he took against bitter rivals Australia in an international match in 2005, just stands out. He was fielding at the point when Steve Harmison bowled a straight delivery to Matthew Hayden who smashed it above the point region. But Collingwood jumped, and snatched the ball out of the air. Every viewer was left awestruck. Even the other fielders could not believe what they saw. It was an amazing catch which will be etched in the minds of all cricket lovers.

David Hussey

Playing for KKR against the Daredevils from Delhi, Hussey pulled off this amazing catch on the boundary line to dismiss Paul Collingwood. Paul had smashed the ball as hard as he could and the ball appeared to be sailing over the boundary rope for a six. But Hussey jumped, threw the ball back on the play, ran back and grabbed it to claim the catch. It stunned the home crowd and turned the match in KKR’s favor. Surely it was one of the best catches ever seen.

Jonty Rhodes

Jonty is considered as the best fielder in the sport of cricket. And catches like the one he took in an international match against Australia are the proof of it. Jonty was fielding at backward point as he was considered an expert of that position. Jacques Kallis bowled a half tracker wide of the off stump and Matthew Hayden latched at it and smashed it in the backward point region. Jonty jumped to his right and caught that bullet in one go. Stunning catch that was and we will never be able to forget it.

Shane Watson David Wiese (Relay Catch)

This catch tops our list for the best catch in cricket history. In an IPL match played between Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2016 at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, Shane and David combined to pull off a stunner. Shreyas Iyer had top-edged the ball when Watson was fielding at the mid-on position. The ball sailed high in the air and was about to land just in front of the boundary rope. But Watson, along with Wiese who was fielding at mid-off, started running back to chase it. Watson merely got there, caught the ball, and threw it back as the momentum took him over the rope. In came Wiese, who snatched the ball before it hit the ground and together, they pulled off what we can surely state to be the best catch we have ever seen in the history of cricket.

The Moments that will Prove Cricket a Gentleman’s Game

Cricket is the game of gentlemen, but it has been polluted by sledging and callous attitude of players. Despite this, there had been most exotic moments on the cricket ground as well.

Joe Root Warnings to his Teammates

Root had told his teammates that they must not depend on their achievement as their priority is to win the series against New Zealand and they have to focus on their second one-day International game. Root and his teammates were successful in building up a huge score of more than 400 for the first time. Root was one of the biggest reasons for the win and made a 1-0 lead in the series.

Williamson Threat to England

New Zealand batsman wants to come up together giving an answer to the England’s terrific win. After the second one-day international cricket, Williamson was expecting another throwback from the players of England. He wanted his team to get along and give revert to them. Both the total and the margin created a history. Apart from everything, he wanted his players to come up with an answer and show them their spirit.

Wesley Hall Inducted into Hall of Fame

The well-known former bowler of West Indies was inducted into ‘Hall of Fame’ while a lunch interval on the opening day of West Indies and Australia second test match. He has presented a cap by Courtney Walsh. He got into this prestigious club and felt too honored to receive that. He was the fourth cricketer to be given this honor. He is been remembered for his hat trick in 1959 against Pakistan.

Facilities got Improved in Mirpur

The India’s tour to Bangladesh was the 50^th that was going to happen in Bangladesh. With the busy schedule of cricket, the month of June was the time available for India’s tour for three test matches and 3 ODI matches. The entire second season was also drained. The Mirpur stadium, Sher-e-Bangla, probably had better facilities for the matches as the ground could be made ready in 2 hours after the heavy rains.