News Update
Tezzbuzz|27-01-2025
Every Team ODI Matches in This Year Ahead of CT 2025: ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is to be organized in Pakistan and Dubai. The schedule of this mega event has already been revealed. The tournament will see a title battle between 8 teams. The first match of Champions Trophy 2025 is to be played between Pakistan and New Zealand on 19 February.
Let us tell you that the squads of 7 out of 8 teams participating in this ICC tournament have also been announced. Pakistan is the only team whose squad is yet to be announced. It is expected that PCB will also announce its team in the coming few days.
The Champions Trophy was last organized in 2017. In such a situation, all the fans are very happy about organizing this mega event after such a long time. At the same time, some teams have also started their preparations. In this article we will tell you how many ODI matches all the 8 teams are going to play this year before the Champions Trophy 2025.
1. India: Rohit Sharma is going to take command of Team India in Champions Trophy 2025. Before participating in this tournament, Team India is going to play 3 ODI matches against England. The organization of this series will start from 6th February.
2. England: The England team, which became the World Champions in 2019, will enter the Champions Trophy with the intention of winning the trophy under the captaincy of Jos Buttler. To prepare for this event, England will play 3 ODIs against Team India in February itself.
3. Afghanistan: The Afghan team is going to participate in the Champions Trophy for the first time. In this event, Afghanistan will play its first match against South Africa on 21 February. Afghanistan will not play a single ODI match before Champions Trophy 2025.
4. Pakistan:
These days Pakistan team is playing a 2-match test series against West Indies. After this, Pakistan team will play Tri Nation series with New Zealand and South Africa. According to its schedule, Pakistan team is scheduled to play 2 ODIs, whereas if the host team reaches the final of the series then it will play one more match.
5. New Zealand:
The Kiwi team played 3 ODIs against Sri Lanka in the beginning of January. Now he may get to play 2 to 3 more ODI matches before the Champions Trophy.
6. South Africa: South Africa will also take part in the Tri Nation series to be held in Pakistan. In this way, he is also certain to play 2 ODIs. In case of reaching the finals, he will get to play one more match.
7. Australia: Pat Cummins-led Australia is considered a strong contender to win the Champions Trophy 2025 title. Before CT 2025, Australia will play two ODI matches this year, which will be against Sri Lanka.
8. Bangladesh: Bangladesh team will not play any ODI match before the upcoming edition of Champions Trophy this year. In the mega event, Bangladesh team will play its first match against Team India on 20 February.