Factbox-Cricket-Champions Trophy 2025: squads, groups and schedule

A person rides on a motorbike past a wall with a billboard advertisment ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 tournament, in Karachi, Pakistan February 13, 2025. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

(Reuters) - The Champions Trophy is being revived after eight years with holders Pakistan hosting New Zealand in the opening game of the ninth edition on Wednesday.

The 2021 edition of the One-Day International (ODI) competition was initially scrapped by global body ICC in 2016, who wanted only one major tournament in each of the sport's three international formats, prioritising the 50-over World Cup.