The Champions Trophy 2025 is scheduled to start from February 19 where defending Champions Pakistan will face New Zealand in the tournament's opener clash.

India were knocked out against West Indies in the semi-final. Opener Sourav Ganguly played a solid 83-run knock despite the loss of two early wickets. Robin Singh (73* off 63 balls) aced the finisher's role that day as India finished at 242/6 while batting first.

Rohit said he was satisfied with India's performance given the team was playing an ODI game after almost six months.

Virat Kohli missed the first ODI against England due to a sore knee, ending a long streak of uninterrupted play. His absence raises concerns with the Champions Trophy approaching. Kohli's injury surfaced after a practice session,

In Pakistan's squad for the Champions Trophy, there's been a lot of outrage from critics and team supporters around the selections of Faheem Ashraf and Khushdil Shah, who haven't garnered many notable performances to be eligible for selection in the eight-team tournament.

An outstanding innings from Shreyas Iyer leaves India selectors with much to ponder less than two weeks out from the start of the Champions Trophy.

India coach Gautam Gambhir said Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have much to offer the team despite their poor run of form in recent matches, stressing the veteran duo will play a key role in this month's Champions Trophy.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) released the list of match officials assigned for the upcoming 2025 Champions Trophy on Wednesday, February 5.

Javagal Srinath and Nitin Menon "mutually agreed" with the ICC that they would not undertake any officiating assignments in Pakistan

Ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, Indian umpire Nitin Menon, who is a part of ICC's elite panel, has shown his back to the Pakistan Cricket Board and refused to go to Pakistan. The post India’s Elite umpire opts out from his role in Champions Trophy: Showed his back to PCB appeared first on Cricket Country.