Champions trophy 2025: The 2025 Champions Trophy is now in its final stop. In the tournament, the league stage is over. India, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa have made it to the semi -finals. India and Australia will clash in the first semi -finals. The second semi -finals will then be played between New Zealand and South Africa. Learn here full details of both matches.
First semi -finals will be played in Dubai
The first semi -final of the 2025 Champions Trophy will be played between India and Australia. On March 4, Tuesday, this match will be played at Dubai International Stadium in Dubai. According to Indian time, the match will start from two and a half in the afternoon, while the toss of the match will be from two in the afternoon. New Zealand’s Chris Gaffony and Richard Illingworth of England will be on-field umpires for the Australia vs Australia semi-final match to be held in Dubai. In this match, Michael Goff will be a third umpire and will be Andy Picroft in the role of match referee.
Indian squad- Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Akshar Patel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana.
Australian Squad- Jake Fraser-Macgark, Trevis Head, Steve Smith (captain), Marnas Labushen, Josh Iglis (wicketkeeper), Alex Kerry, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dvarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Jampa, Spencer Johnson, Scene Abbott, Aaron Harder, Tanvir Sangh and Coper Konoli.
Second semi -finals will be played in Lahore
The second semi -final of the 2025 Champions Trophy will be played between South Africa and New Zealand. On March 5, Wednesday, this match will be played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. According to Indian time, the match will start from two and a half in the afternoon, while the toss of the match will be from two in the afternoon. In this match, on-field umpires will be Kumar Dharmasena of Sri Lanka and Paul Refel of Australia. Joel Wilson will be a third umpire, while Ranjan Madugale will be the match referee for this match.
Squad of South Africa- Tenba Bavuma (Captain), Tony de Jorgy, Rasi Van Dar Dusen, Edan Markram, Heinrich Klassen, David Miller, Vian Mulder, Marco Yansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Tabrej Shamsi, Truston Stabs, Ryan Riculton, Lungi Nagidi and Corbin Bash.
New Zealand Squad- Mitchell Santner (Captain), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Derryl Mitchell, William Oroq, Glenn Philips, Rachin Ravindra, Nathan Smith, Ken Williamson, Will Young, Jacob Dafi and Kail Jamison.
