ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Who will win the Tournament?

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will begin on 19th February. The first fixture is scheduled to take place between Pakistan and New Zealand. The match prediction favours tips for both teams and that makes the fixture a more thrilling contest.

The International Cricket Council came up with the idea of the tournament in 2002 and successfully managed the event till 2017. However, in 2017, the last edition took place and now the Champions Trophy has been rebranded and reinstated after 8 years.

The qualification was based on their ICC rankings. Since Pakistan is hosting the event, they qualified for the tournament automatically and they are also the defending champions. The rest top 7 teams qualified for the event and that makes 8 teams in total.

Afghanistan is making its first-ever appearance in the tournament as they have done exceptionally well in the ODI format. West Indies, once a legendary squad, has missed out on qualifying for the tournament because of their low ranking.

Before the start of the tournament, there was a lot of speculation on the participation of Team India because of the political tensions between Pakistan and India. However, all the fixtures of Team India will be taking place in Dubai.

Winning an ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is almost similar to winning an ODI World Cup. These are the best of the best teams in international cricket and hence the winner becomes the supreme power in international cricket.

In this article, we bring you the winning odds of every team according to the betting websites in India and a list of top contenders who can lift the trophy.

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 - Who Will Win?

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 - Top Contenders for the Trophy

1) India

Team India has always come out as the top contender in every ICC tournament. When it comes to white-ball cricket, team India has seen massive success in the last 2 years. They reached the final fixture of the ODI World Cup 2023 at home and won the T20 World Cup 2024. Their strength is their batting lineup where star players like Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, and Hardik Pandya provide a major advantage. Men in Blue is also coming to play the tournament with 5 spinners and that is another strength for the team. However, when it comes to the pace attack, India received a major blow as Jasprit Bumrah will be missing out on the tournament due to his back injury. This is a major threat for the team and in crucial stages, things might not go well for the team.

India Probable Playing XI - Shubhman Gill, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rohit Sharma (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya

2) Australia

Australia is the only team that has been dominant every time in the ICC tournaments and on foreign pitches. They have the best quality of players who can construct a winning momentum on any kind of pitch. Aussies can also take their motivation from their ODI World Cup win in 2023 where Pat Cummins silenced all of his critics. However, the team is missing out on Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood and things might become difficult for the team on multiple occasions. Their pace consists of new faces who are not experienced enough to handle the pressure of an ICC tournament. In this scenario, the Aussies will be dependent more on their aggressive batting lineup that consists of skipper Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, and Aaron Hardie.

Australia Probable Playing XI - Matt Short, Travis Head, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Steve Smith (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Aaron Hardie, Glenn Maxwell, Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson

3) New Zealand

The Kiwis are the underdogs when it comes to the ICC Tournaments. They always perform well but at the semi-final and final stage, New Zealand fails to handle the pressure. They have reached the knockout stage in the last 5 World Cups but they are yet to win their first-ever trophy. Winning an ICC Champions Trophy can be the beginning of something new for the black caps. New Zealand is a well-balanced team under the leadership of Mitchell Stantner and it also marks the return of former skipper Kane Williamson to the team. They recently won the tri-nation tournament in Pakistan and that makes them the 3rd contender for the Champions Trophy.

New Zealand Probable Playing XI - Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy, Will O'Rourke

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