Champions Trophy: The International Cricket Council has announced the schedule for the Champions Trophy to be played in Pakistan in the year 2025. Along with this, the squad for the Champions Trophy for Team India has also been announced. Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah told which players Team India will go to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy.

Team India's schedule for Champions Trophy

ICC has released the schedule for Champions Trophy 2025.

The Indian cricket team will play its first match on 20 February 2025, while Team India's high voltage match against Pakistan will be played in Lahore on March 1. However, Team India will play two matches before playing against Pakistan. Team India will play its second match against New Zealand on 23 February. However, there is still doubt on whether Team India will go to Pakistan or not and it is being speculated that Team India's matches can be held at a neutral venue.

Breaking – ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Fixtures are OUT : (Telegraph)

Feb 19: NZ vs PAK, Karachi
Feb 20: BAN vs IND, Lahore ⭐
Feb 21: AFG vs SA, Karachi
Feb 22: AUS vs ENG, Lahore

Feb 23: NZ vs IND, Lahore ⭐
Feb 24: PAK vs BAN, Rawalpindi
Feb 25: AFG vs ENG, Lahore
Feb 26: AUS… pic.twitter.com/n5d4tXCgCD

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Jay Shah's statement about Team India

Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Jai Shah has said about Team India that after winning the T20 World Cup, the team will also win the ICC Champions Trophy and ICC World Test Championship under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma.

At the same time, earlier Jai Shah had said that for the Champions Trophy and World Test Championship, Team India will go with its senior players under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma.

Congratulating the Indian team on winning the ICC T20 World Cup in a video uploaded on 'X' by news agency ANI, Shah said that I am confident that under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma we will win the WTC Final and the Champions Trophy. Along with this, he said that Team India's squad in the Champions Trophy will also be the same as the T20 World Cup. In such a situation, it is believed that apart from captain Rohit Sharma, the Champions Trophy team will include players like Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammad Shami.

Team India will be like this for ICC Champions Trophy

Team India may look like this for the Champions Trophy to be played in Pakistan. The captaincy of the team will be in the hands of Rohit Sharma.

Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper) Hardik Pandya (vice-captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh.