Delhi: There is now a few days left for the ICC Champions Trophy to begin. The tournament is going to start from 19 February, which the fans are quite excited. Pakistan is hosting this event. However, the tournament is being played under the hybrid model. In such a situation, the matches are to be held in Pakistan as well as the UAE in Dubai. The tournament is scheduled to have 3 matches at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. So 5 matches can also be played there.
History of Dubai International Stadium
The United Arab Emirates’s High Tac City is a beautiful stadium called National Cricket Stadium in Dubai. This stadium is used for cricket as well as multipurpose. This beautiful ground in Dubai was completed in 2009. The designer of this stadium was the ‘architect’ of Canada Avasam Matloom. This ground was fully prepared in 2009. The first international match at this stadium was played between Pakistan and Australia on 22 April 2009. This ground is also known as Dubai Sports City.
Travel of ODIs so far in Dubai ground
The first match at this ground was played in April 2009. Since then, the journey of matches in this ground has been going on continuously and so far a total of 58 ODI matches have been played here, in which the first batting team has won 22 matches. So at the same time, the team batting later got success in 34 matches. Talking about the average score here, the average score of the first innings is 218 runs. So in the second innings, this score is 192 runs. Talking about the high score in this ground, England has been. England have scored 355 for 5 wickets in 50 overs against Pakistan.
How is the Champions Trophy schedule in Dubai
Some matches of the Champions Trophy will be played this time at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. Team India will play all their matches in this ground, where the semi -finals and finals are possible in addition to the Indian team matches. But, that Team India will qualify further only then. The first match of the Champions Trophy here will be played between India and Bangladesh on 20 February. So the second match will be between India and Pakistan on 23 February. After this, Team India here will play their match with New Zealand on 2 March.
Match schedule in Dubai
| date | Match | Venue |
| 20 February 2025 | India vs Bangladesh | Dubai |
| 23 February 2025 | India vs Pakistan | Dubai |
| 2 March 2025 | India vs New Zealand | Dubai |
| 4 March 2025 | Semifinal (if Team India qualified) | Dubai |
| 9 March 2025 | Final (if India qualified) | Dubai |
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