On this day, March 9, 2025: India beat New Zealand to win the Champions Trophy 2025. It was a memorable…
Iyer has been in great form in recent times and has been a crucial performer for India in the major ICC events.
Notably, both Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill played with MRF bats in the Champions Trophy.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is delighted to announce a cash reward of INR 58 Crore for Team India following their triumph at the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
It has been reported that the PCB spent almost INR 869 crore to prepare and host the tournament. but earned only INR 52 crore in return.
Pandya said that he is still not done yet and still needs to add 5 to 6 more ICC trophies in his trophy cabinet.
Sunil Gavaskar, the former Indian captain, danced like a child to celebrate the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 title triumph of Team India at the expense of the Black Caps.
Nasser Hussain said that Indian spinner Varun Chakravarthy is going to be a “challenge” for New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final.
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India will be playing in their third Champions Trophy against New Zealand at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday, March 9, in the 2025 edition of the tournament.
Ravichandran Ashwin hailed Shreyas Iyer for adding strength and character to India’s batting lineup in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 ahead of the big final.
The shoulder injury was suffered by Matt Henry while completing the catch to dismiss the dangerous Heinrich Klaasen of South Africa in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final.
Varun Chakravarthy, who picked up a fifer against New Zealand in their group stage encounter, has been a menace in the Indian bowling unit.
The Indian cricket team will be taking on New Zealand in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday, March 9.
The BCCI source has stated that Rohit Sharma still believes there is some cricket left in him.
India will take on New Zealand in the title clash at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on March 9.
Indian bowler Mohammed Shami has given a rather conflicting statement about playing in Dubai when compared to what Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir had said earlier.
Glenn Phillips smashed four consecutive fours on the bowling of South African pacer Marco Jansen at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
At the start of the second semi-final of the Champions Trophy between South Africa and New Zealand, the fans on social platform X highlighted the empty stands at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Virat Kohli, the former Indian captain, played his 300th ODI of his illustrious career versus New Zealand at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday, March 2.
Virat Kohli was spotted on camera, playfully touching the feet of his teammate Axar Patel after the latter dismissed the well-set Kane Williamson.
Matthew Short picked up the quad injury during Australia’s Group B game against Afghanistan in the Champions Trophy, which ended in a no-result due to persistent rain.
Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel shared a vital 98-run stand for the fourth wicket, to resurrect the Indian innings after they lost three quick wickets against New Zealand.
South Africa and Australia are the top two teams from group B who have qualified for the semi–finals of the Champions Trophy 2025. However, the Indian fans are interested to know which team will face Men in Blue in the semi-final in Dubai on March 4.
India are set to take on New Zealand in their third and final Group A match in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the Dubai International Stadium in the UAE.
India, who are playing all of their matches of the Champions Trophy in Dubai, due to security concerns and diplomacy issues with Pakistan, will also play their semi-final match at the Dubai International Stadium.
Marco Jansen pulled off an exceptional running catch to dismiss Harry Brook for 19 runs in 29 balls in South Africa’s Champions Trophy clash versus England.
Sunil Gavaskar criticised English analysts telling them to look into their backyard for losing matches, and failing to qualify through to the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
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KL Rahul, the Indian wicket-keeper batter, admitted to having competition with compatriot Rishabh Pant for a place in the playing XI for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
Australia have been dealt a big blow as their opening batter and all-rounder Matthew Short could miss out on playing the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 semi-finals after picking up a quad injury.
Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Omarazai put up a show with his bat in the death overs of Afghanistan’s encounter against Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, going past his fifty.
Shubman Gill, who is the designated vice-captain of the Indian cricket team, has been in exceptional form in ODI cricket in recent times.
During the first over of the must-win ICC Champions Trophy 2025 clash, Rahmanullah Gurbaz was left speechless after Spencer Johnson snuck in a yorker under his bat, to clean him up.
Sourav Ganguly, the former Indian captain and BCCI President, is widely regarded as one of the best cricketers produced in India over the past 30 years or so.
Afghanistan have played Australia four times in ODI matches and have ended up losing all of them, including the highly famous World Cup game in 2023 in Mumbai.
The South African batter, Rassie van der Dussen, discussed how the Indian cricket team got only one venue in Dubai for their matches in the tournament
Although India are the official hosts of the Asia Cup 2025, the matches are likely to take place in Sri Lanka and UAE.
Irfan Pathan, the former Indian cricketer, danced to the tunes of famous Bollywood song “Afghan Jalebi” after Afghanistan cricket team defeated England by eight runs in a historic turn of events.
Following a tough defeat by eight runs against Afghanistan in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Group B clash, England were eliminated from the race of making it through to the semi-final of the tournament.
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India have a dominant record in the ODI format against Pakistan from the last few years.
The right-arm fast bowler now has 200 wickets to his name from 216 matches in all three formats combined since his international debut in 2016.
Yuvraj Singh’s diving catch against Jonty Rhodes in 2002 is regarded as one of the best fielding performances by an Indian in CT.
Although, India’s chances to progress further in the competition are more or less clear, but they also stand a chance to confirm the qualification without even playing against New Zealand in their final group stage match.
Ajay Jadeja stated that Pakistan didn’t even win a moment in the match against India in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 clash.
Shaheen Afridi, the Pakistan fast bowler, was reportedly called a “loser” after he bowled a few wide balls when India’s Virat Kohli was nearing his hundred in a ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Group A clash.
Virat Kohli scored his 82nd international hundred, to help India beat Pakistan convincingly in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Group A match in Dubai.
Mohammad Rizwan, the Pakistan captain, gave up hope on defending their Champions Trophy title after losing to the arch-rivals India in a one-sided contest by six wickets.
The incident unfolded in the 20th over of the Pakistan innings.
After 10 overs, Pakistan scoreboard read 52 at the loss of two wickets with skipper Mohammad Rizwan (4 off 3) and Saud Shakeel (3 off 5) in the middle.
Australia overhauled the 352-run target set by England with 15 balls to spare at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
With the help of Ben Duckett’s highest individual score of 165 runs in the tournament history, England posted 351/6 on the board, surpassing the previous best score of 347/4 from New Zealand.
Yuvraj Singh also remarked that neither India or Pakistan would want to lose against each other because it sets the tone for the tournament, and it applies on Champions Trophy.
Pat Cummins also remarked that physically IPL can be quite a nice build-up for the World Test Championship (WTC) final.
Shane Watson has backed all-rounder Glenn Maxwell to dominate the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 and lead Australia to yet another ODI title.
Anil Kumble has stated that the current head coach Gautam Gambhir must take “tough calls” of transitioning from senior to younger players ahead of the ICC ODI World Cup 2027.
England will open their Champions Trophy 2025 clash against Australia on Saturday, February 22 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Let’s have a look at today’s cricket match prediction, pitch report, head-to-head and key players ahead of the 3rd match of the Champions Trophy 2025 between Afghanistan and South Africa.
In the third match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, the Indian bowlers Mohammed Shami and Harshit Rana gave a wonderful start to the team, dismissing two batters early.
In the opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, Will Young scored his fourth ODI hundred of his New Zealand career.
India batter Shubman Gill goes into the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 as the top-ranked ODI batter after overtaking Pakistan’s Babar Azam in the latest weekly rankings update.
Suresh Raina, Aakash Chopra, and Sanjay Manjreker reflect on India’s Champions Trophy 2017 final loss and share thoughts on their path to redemption in the 2025 edition.
When the airplanes flew over the stadium in a mindblowing formation, the New Zealand players, including Devon Conway, standing past the boundary rope hilariously ducked for cover.
In the build-up to the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, the Indian cricket team suffered a big blow when fast bowling ace Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the tournament due to a back injury.
Ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, the officials conducted a special drill at the newly renovated Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, to catch the pitch invaders for ensuring player security and welfare.
In a light-hearted video, skipper Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja were discussing in their car the number of ICC events they had attended.
India is set to take on Bangladesh in their tournament opener on February 20 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
After the 2009 terror attacks against Team Sri Lanka, most international cricket teams refused to travel to the country due to security concerns, but in the last few years, things have changed.
Pakistan are the hosts of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, but since the Indian cricket team aren’t travelling to the neighbouring country due to political issues.
It is to be noted that the Indian trio announced retirement from T20Is after India’s title at the T20 World Cup 2024.
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will take place from February 19 to March 9.
In the following listicle, we will have a look at the top 10 players to look out for in Champions Trophy 2025.
It is to be noted that Rohit Sharma went onto scored his 32nd hundred in ODIs, which is most by an Indian after Virat Kohli (50) and Sachin Tendulkar (49).
After Jacob Bethell went down due to the hamstring injury, the England team management called up Tom Banton as his cover for the third and final ODI of the series.
South Africa have been placed in Group B alongside Afghanistan, Australia and England.
With the much-awaited India-Pakistan Champions Trophy 2025 clash in Dubai 15 days away, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has intensified the rivalry between both countries.
Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood’s absence adds to Australia’s already difficult situation, which includes the ailing Mitchell Marsh, ahead of the Champions Trophy.
The Proteas have called Gerald Coetzee back to the team after the fast bowler recovered from the hamstring injury that restricted that restircted to participate in the ongoing South Africa T20 League (SA20) 2025.
This video gives a perfect example of Cummins’ playful side despite his on-field persona of a fierce competitor.
Gill said that both Abhishek and Jaiswal are his good friends and there is not any competition between them.
ICC Men’s Champions Trophy Final tickets – to be played on Sunday 9 March – will be available for purchase following the conclusion of the first semi-final in Dubai.
Babar Azam is likely to open the innings for Pakistan along with Fakhar Zaman in the 2025 Champions Trophy. However, Basit Ali came up with a strange prediction about what excuse will Babar give if he fails to score big in the tournament.
The thrilling two-week competition will see the world’s top eight teams put it all on the line in 15 intense matches across 19 days.
Gautam Gabmhir heaped praise on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli and stated that both the players add ‘so much value’ in the dressing room.
Mohammad Rizwan will be leading the team, with Salman Ali Agha serving as the vice-captain of Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
It is to be noted that Marsh was dropped Australia’s XI before Sydney Test of the BGT 2024-25 against India and featured in only one Big Bash League (BBL) game this month.
Additionally, the source confirmed that PCB Chairman has approved of a scheduled list of events prior to the tournament opener at the National Stadium in Karachi.
With that, the expectation of Rohit Sharma potentially making his way to Pakistan to be a part of the captains photo-op for the ICC Champions 2025, is now off the table.
The tri-nation series will serve as a preparatory tournament for the venues in Lahore and Karachi, which have been revamped and refurbished ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
It is to be noted in 72 ODI matches Chahal has played so far, the 34-year-old has picked 121 wickets at an average of 27.13 and an economy of 5.26.
Devajit Saikia also denied all the rumours that BCCI will not wear Pakistani imprint beneath the 2025 Champions Trophy for the upcoming tournament.
Notably, India and Pakistan have been placed in Group A alongside New Zealand and Bangladesh.
Furthermore, the 54-year-old also picked his openers for Pakistan’s Champions Trophy 2025 squad.
Although the Indian batter hasn’t found his name in the Champions Trophy 2025 squad, he will also miss the three-match ODI series, which will be played after the conclusion of the five T20Is from February 6 onwards.
Sanju Samson’s father, Samson Vishwanath has blamed the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) for his son’s exclusion from India’s Champions Trophy squad.
Ahead of the Champions Trophy squad announcement, Yograj Singh was quite apprehensive about the exclusion of big players like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from the Indian cricket team.
It is to be noted that India has two ICC Champions Trophy titles to their name. In 2022, India under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly shared the title with Sri Lanka. However, 11 years later, MS Dhoni-led Team India lifted the title in 2013.