The ICC Champions Trophy is back for the first time since 2017. The 'Mini World Cup' has had a stop-start existence in cricket's calendar.

The Champions Trophy is being revived after eight years with holders Pakistan hosting New Zealand in the opening game of the ninth edition on Wednesday. The 2021 edition of the One-Day International (ODI) competition was initially scrapped by global body ICC in 2016,

Not Kohli, but the main man in India’s middle-order in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be Shreyas Iyer, who is an excellent player of spin. But during the IND vs ENG ODIs, he also hammered the English pacers with disdain. Against England, he scored 181 runs at a strike rate of 123 with two fifties to his name.

India has officially decided to not travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy and will instead play their matches at a neutral venue in the UAE. This move aligns with India's long-standing policy of not engaging in bilateral cricket with Pakistan outside of ICC tournaments.

Pakistan will host a first major multi-country cricket tournament in nearly three decades next week and its cricket chief is hopeful that a successful Champions Trophy will bring a flood of other such events.

With one week to go until the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 gets underway, each nation has finalised their squad and named the players who will be in action in Pakistan and the UAE. Ahead of the action getting underway,

The Champions Trophy is being revived after eight years with holders Pakistan hosting New Zealand in the opening game of the ninth edition on Wednesday.