The legendary Kripket Ravi Shastra and Ricky Ponting selected India and Australia to succeed until the finals of the 2025 ICC champion trophy. They both think these two teams have a huge talent and have done well in ICC events in recent times.
Both India and Australia are the powers of the crislette with some exceptional talents in both countries. Ob format is also answered by their style of play. India is the winners of the latest ICC title, which was the T20 World Cup 2024.
Odo World Cup 2023 is the second last ICC event where Australia has become winning after defeating India in the finals. Both of these teams are in different groups in the upcoming champion trophy and there is a chance that they can face each other in the knockouts.
Ravi Shastra chooses finalists for the Trophy 2025 champions
As he spoke in the ICC review, Ravi Shastra chose India and Australia to go all the way to the clash of the summit in the champion trophy. According to him, both of these teams are in great shape, making them favorites to win the title.
“India and Australia are in the main form, and there would be a lot of any other team challenging them,” Shastra said in the episode.
Ravi Shastra also chose England and South Africa as a potential semifinals. It should be noted that only two Australia, England and South Africa can reach semifinals because all of these teams are in the same group.
“Hard to pass by India and Australia” – Ricky Ponting
In the same episode, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting repeated the feelings of Ravija Shastria and spoke about the quality of the crislette in both countries. He believes that India and Australia have a good record at ICC events and look good for everyone.
“It’s hard to pass India and Australia again. Just think about the quality of players in both countries at the moment and look back in recent history when these big finals and the Great ICC events came, and they inevitably somewhere there, Australia and India, “Ricky Ponting.
In addition to India and Australia, Ricky Ponting also chose the host Pakistan to go to the end. Ponting believes that Pakistan has a shape on its side after being impressive appearances in the OTO series in Australia and South Africa lately.
When will the 2025 champion trophy start?
The 2025 champion trophy will start on February 19 with the hosts Pakistan, who plays New Zealand in Karachi. India will play Bangladesh in Dubai the next day. The conflict of the Market between India and Pakistan will be held on February 2nd in Dubai.
All teams will play their matches in Pakistan, except for India, who will play their games in Dubai because of the hybrid model. The finals of the tournament will be played on March 9 in Dubai or Lahore, based on the availability of India.
