The ICC announced the groups and their fixtures on 24 December 2024, with the group stage matches being played from 19 February to 2 March 2025. The eight teams were divided into two groups of four, with each team facing the other three teams in the group for a total of 12 matches. [48] The opening match was played between hosts Pakistan and New Zealand on 19 February at the National Stadium, Karachi. Following table lists teams in their initial group stage seedings. [49]
Group stage summary
The tournament commenced on 19 February 2025, with the hosts and defending champions Pakistan taking on New Zealand in Karachi. New Zealand after electing to bat first, scored 320/5 in 50 overs with centuries from Will Young (107) and Tom Latham (118*) and then bowled out Pakistan for 260 runs in 47.2 overs to win by 60 runs. [50] [51] Will Young became the fourth New Zealand batter to score a century in the Champions Trophy and the first Kiwi to score a ton in debut game of the tournament. [52] In the second match, India took on Bangladesh in Dubai. Bangladesh decided to bat first and was bowled out by India for 228 in 49.4 overs headed by Mohammed Shami's fifer (5/53), whereas Towhid Hridoy (100) top-scored from Bangladesh. With this performance Shami became the joint second-fastest man to take 200 ODI wickets, in terms of matches played and the fastest to 200 by balls bowled, [53] he also reached 60 wickets, the most by an Indian bowler in ICC ODI tournaments moving past Zaheer Khan. [54] India chased down the target with 3.3 overs left, led by a century from Shubman Gill (101*), winning by 6 wickets. [55] This was Shubman's 8th ODI century in just 51 innings, becoming the fastest Indian batter to achieve this milestone. [56]
The third match was held between Afghanistan and South Africa. South Africa after electing to bat first, scored 315/6 in 50 overs, with the help of Ryan Rickelton's century (103), and then bowled out Afghanistan for 208 in 43.3 overs to win by 107 runs. [57] This was Rickelton's maiden century in ODIs. He became the first South African to score a hundred on Champions Trophy debut. [58] The fourth match saw the biggest rivals in cricket, England and Australia take on each other. England put into bat first, scored 351/8, the highest team total ever in Champions Trophy till then, with Ben Duckett scoring 165, his third ODI century, the highest individual score by a player in the history of the tournament till then. [59] In reply, Australia made the highest successful run chase in any ICC event by chasing it down with 15 balls remaining, [60] as the record for highest team total in Champions Trophy was also claimed by Australia, [61] led by Josh Inglis maiden ODI century (120*), winning by 5 wickets. [62] Inglis's century completed off 77 balls earned him the record of the fastest-ever century in the history of the tournament. [63]
The fifth match saw arch-rivals India and Pakistan go head to head. Choosing to bat first, Pakistan was bowled out for 241. Virat Kohli took two catches and broke the record for most outfield catches for India in ODIs (158*), going ahead of Mohammad Azharuddin (156), reaching third in the overall ODI list, with Mahela Jayawardene (218) and Ricky Ponting (160) ahead of him. [64] India, then chased down the target in 42.3 overs led by a masterclass century (100*) from Virat Kohli, winning by 6 wickets. [65] This was Kohli's 51st ODI hundred, overall the 82nd in International cricket, which also made him the fastest man to 14,000 ODI runs (287 innings) breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record (who reached the landmark in 350 innings) by 63 fewer innings, [66] [67] he also climbed to third place (27503* runs), in the list of individuals with most runs in career (Test+ODI+T20I combined) going past Ricky Ponting (27483). [68] He also surpassed Rohit Sharma to become the highest run-scorer in ICC ODI events against Pakistan, [69] also becoming the only player to win five player of the match awards against Pakistan in ICC tournament matches. [70] His century also brought his tally of 50+ scores in ICC ODI events to 23, equaling Sachin Tendulkar's record. [71] At 36 years and 110 days old, he also became the oldest player to record a century in the ICC Champions Trophy. [72]
The sixth match between Bangladesh and New Zealand saw Bangladesh set a target of 237 after being asked to bat first. Michael Bracewell delivered his best ODI bowling figures (4/26). This feat set a new record for the best bowling figures by a New Zealand spinner in Champions Trophy history, surpassing Paul Wiseman's 4/45. New Zealand chased the target down in 46.1 overs led by Rachin Ravindra's hundred (112), winning by 5 wickets. [73] With this, New Zealand and India qualified to the semi-finals, whereas Bangladesh and defending champions Pakistan were knocked out simultaneously. [74] During his innings, Rachin completed 1,000 runs in ODIs in 26 innings, becoming the fifth-fastest New Zealand batter to reach this milestone in ODIs, he also became the first New Zealand batter to score 4 centuries in ICC ODI events. [75] In the seventh match, meetup between Australia and South Africa was abandoned without a ball bowled. The contest was called off due to rain, with both sides sharing a point because of a no-result. [76]
In the eighth match, Afghanistan after electing to bat first, scored 325/7 in 50 overs, led by Ibrahim Zadran scoring 177 off 146 balls, breaking Ben Duckett's record (165) that lasted only 4 days, for the highest individual score at the Champions Trophy, also breaking his own record of highest score in an ODI (162) by any Afghan batter. Chasing 326 in what was a must-win game for both teams in Group B, Joe Root's century (120), first in ODI cricket since June 2019, was of no use as Azmatullah Omarzai notched a five-wicket haul (5/58), his first in ODIs, leading to Afghanistan landing a knockout blow to England in the last over to close an eight-run memorable win. [77] The ninth match between Pakistan and Bangladesh was abandoned after persistent rains played spoilsport in Rawalpindi. Both sides were unable to contest to end their campaigns with a consolation win in a dead-rubber after already getting knocked out from the race to the semi-finals, as the match had been called off without a ball being bowled, but instead they both received one solitary point apiece. [78] For the record, Bangladesh (-0.443) finished the tournament above Pakistan (-1.087) on net run rate, as a result hosts Pakistan endured a disappointing tournament to forget at home. [79]
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