Shane Watson on Champion’s Trophy 2025; Master of ODI Cricket: With the announcement of the dates for the Champions Trophy, the market for discussions became heated and all the teams have started their preparations. The matches between India and Pakistan and India reaching the semi-finals and finals will be held in UAE, while the remaining matches of Team India will also be played in UAE and the match between arch-rivals India and Pakistan will be played on 23 February. Shane Watson spoke to the media during the Champions Trophy 2025 tour and compared the Champions Trophy to the ODI World Cup and described it as a great tournament. Team India regarding
Shane Watson described the Champions Trophy as very important for world cricket. He said that playing at a different place (in Dubai) will definitely be a little different for India. When Virat Kohli (Shane Watson on Master of ODI Cricket) was asked about his performance in ODI cricket, Watson replied that Virat Kohli is the master of ODI cricket, although he is the master of every format, but in ODI cricket (Shane If we talk about Watson Picks Virat Kohli as ODI Cricket Master), he is especially a master of this format.
The tournament will start from this date
The prestigious competition will start from February 19 with the match played between Pakistan and New Zealand, while the very next day India and Bangladesh will clash. And the “Mother of all matches” i.e. India and Pakistan will face each other on 23 February. And this match will be telecast live from 2:30 pm.
Highlights of Champions Trophy Tournament:
* Overall, 15 matches will be played in the tournament lasting about 19 days.
* Dubai International Stadium will be the neutral venue of the tournament, where India’s matches will be played
* India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Bangladesh have been placed in Group “A” and Afghanistan, Australia, England and South Africa have been placed in Group “B”.
* In Pakistan, matches will be organized in Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi, while in UAE, matches will be played in Dubai. ICC has also given hosting of a semi-final to Dubai. This first semi-final will be played on March 4.
* All matches will be played day-night, March 10 has been reserved for the final. If for some reason the final is not played on March 5, then the title match will be played the very next day.