ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will start from February 19, Wednesday in Pakistan. The tournament's opener clash will be played between Pakistan and New Zealand at National Stadium in Karachi. Ahead of the tournament's first match, India's official broadcaster Star Sports has announced the list of commentators and presenters for the mega event.
Star Sports and Sports 18 will broadcast the Champions Trophy in English, Hindi, Marathi, Bhojpuri, Bangla, Haryanvi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages. Broadcasters announced the list on February 18.
English Commentary Team: Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, Nasser Hussain, Matthew Hayden, Ian Bishop, Wasim Akram, Ramiz Raja, Simon Doull, Dale Steyn, Shaun Pollock, Aaron Finch
Hindi Commentary Team: Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Wahab Riaz, Waqar Younis, Sanjay Manjrekar, Ambati Rayudu, Robin Uthappa, Mohammad Kaif, Piyush Chawla, Sanjay Bangar, Aakash Chopra, Deep Dasgupta
Further, the region presentation of the regional language,e a line-up of renowned names from the Indian cricket scene, such as Hanuma Vihari, Abhinav Mukund, MSK Prasad, R Sridhar, Murali Vijay, S Badrinath, Venkatesh Prasad, Sunil Joshi and Kedar, Jadhav.
The tournament features eight teams divided into two groups. India, Pakistan, New Zealand, and Bangladesh are placed in Group A, while Australia, England, Afghanistan, and South Africa form Group B.
Champions Trophy 2025 will be played in a hybrid model where matches featuring India and one of a semifinal will take place in Dubai and the rest of the tournament will take place in Pakistan's Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi. The venue for the final will be Lahore unless India qualifies. If Rohit Sharma-led side qualified for the title-decider it will take place in Dubai.