There is only a little time left for the start of the ICC Champions Trophy. 8 top teams will play in this mega event which is going to be held after 8 years. The tournament will be held from 19 February to 9 March at three places in Pakistan and Dubai. Defending champion Pakistan, number 1 ODI team India, and six-time ODI world champion Australia are considered strong contenders for the title. The eight teams have been divided into two groups of 4 each.

India will play all its matches in Dubai. Due to security reasons, the BCCI refused to send the team to Pakistan. Dubai will host the first semi-final on March 4 and the second semi-final will be played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on March 5. Where the final will be played on March 9 will depend on thea Indian team. If India plays the final, the match will be held in Dubai, otherwise, Pakistan's Gaddafi Stadium will host the grand finale.

Teams:
Group A: India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Bangladesh
Group B: Australia, England, South Africa, Afghanistan
Team Squad:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakraborty.
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi.

New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (captain), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway (wicketkeeper), Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham (wicketkeeper), Daryl Mitchell, Will O'Rourke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Nathan Smith, Kane Williamson, Will Young, Jacob Duffy.

Bangladesh: Nazmul Hussain Shanto (captain), Soumya Sarkar, Tanjid Hasan, Tauheed Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim (wicketkeeper), Mahmudullah, Zakar Ali Anik, Mehdi Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hussain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Parvez Hussain Emon, Nasum Ahmed, Tanjim Hasan Sakib, Nahid Rana.

Australia: Steve Smith (captain), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa.

England: Jos Buttler (captain and wicketkeeper), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Tom Banton, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Mark Wood.

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (captain), Tony de Zorzi, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton (wicketkeeper), Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, Corbin Bosch.

Afghanistan: Hasmatullah Shahidi (captain), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Sadiqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil (wicketkeeper), Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharoti, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Farid Malik, Naveed Zadran. Reserves: Darwesh Rasooli, Bilal Sami.

Host cities:
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
National Stadium, Karachi
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
When and where will India's matches be held

Indian team's matches in the Champions Trophy will start at 2.30 pm according to Indian time. India's first match is to be played with Bangladesh on 20 February. Team India will play a match with Pakistan on 23 February. India will face New Zealand in the last league match on 2 March. All these matches will be played in Dubai.