The ongoing controversy regarding Champions Trophy 2025 is now over. ICC has announced the schedule of this tournament. This tournament will be played on hybrid model. That means Team India will play all its matches in Dubai and the remaining matches will be played in Pakistan only. The tournament will start on 19 February in Karachi, which will be played till 9 March. But where the final will be held will depend on the matches of Team India. That means, if Team India reaches the final then the match will be held in Dubai, otherwise Pakistan will host the final.

Team India's schedule for Champions Trophy

A total of 8 teams will play in the Champions Trophy, which are divided into 2 groups. Team India is in Group A with Pakistan, New Zealand and Bangladesh. It will play one match each against these three teams in the group stage. After this the semi-finals and then the final will be played. Team India will make its debut in this tournament from 20th February, in this match it will face Bangladesh. Then Team India will play its second match against Pakistan. This match will be played on 20th February. After this, in its last match of the group, it will face New Zealand on March 2.

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India has become champion twice

Champions Trophy was started in the year 1998. At the same time, this tournament is going to return after eight years. Last time this tournament was held in the year 2017. Then Pakistan had defeated Team India in the final. In the year 2002, Team India and Sri Lanka were the joint winners of this tournament. Then the final match was lost to rain. At the same time, in the year 2013, Team India won the Champions Trophy title by defeating England in the final.

At the same time, Team India is the most successful team in the history of this tournament. India has played 29 matches so far in the Champions Trophy and has won 18 matches. Whereas had to face defeat in 8. His three matches have also been inconclusive. The Indian team has lost the title in this tournament even after reaching the finals twice. In 2000, the Indian team was defeated by New Zealand. Whereas, last time Pakistan had defeated. That means Team India is dominating this tournament somewhere.