Men's Champions Trophy All Captains

Media Advisory- ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 – Monday, 3 March (updates with change in Australia team’s media conference)

Media advisory

The following is the schedule of media opportunities at the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 on Monday, 3 March:

Dubai

India play Australia in the first semifinal at the Dubai International Stadium (DIS) starting 13h00 local time on Tuesday, 4 March. On their pre-match day on Monday:

  • India will not train. Captain Rohit Sharma held their embargoed pre-match media conference after the Group A match against New Zealand on Sunday, the video and transcript of which will be available in the ICC Online Media Zone at 13h00 on Monday.
  • Australia will train at the ICC Academy from 18h30 to 20h30 local time and at the DIS from 20h30 to 21h30. They will hold their pre-match media conference at the DIS Media Conference Room around 17h15.

New Zealand’s embargoed media conference for 12h30 Dubai time: New Zealand held an embargoed media conference addressed by Tom Latham after their match against India, the video and transcript of which will be available in the ICC Online Media Zone at 12h30 Dubai time.

Media accreditation for semifinals:

The Non-Rights Holders’ accreditation process for the semifinals of the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 closes at 10h00 Dubai time on Monday, 3 March. Please log into your account by clicking here and apply.

If you have any problems with the accreditation portal, please write to ct25accreditation@accredit-solutions.com.

Note for NRH media:

  • Playing and practice venues will only be open to media on Match day, Match day-1 and Match day-2
  • Accredited Non-Rights Holders are allowed to film pre-match day media conferences, but no filming is allowed inside the venues on match days except for any safe filming zone that may be provided at venues.
  • Videos shot at venues on pre-match days may only be used on news channels and websites for editorial purposes and are not to be natively posted on any social media channels including YouTube.
  • Up to 10 minutes of coverage (including five minutes of continuous live) allowed; videos provided from media conferences provided by the ICC may be used in addition to these 10 minutes.
  • The ICC will upload unedited media conference clips onto the Online Media Zone. The footage, whether provided by the ICC or shot by the media themselves, may only be used on news channels and websites for editorial purposes and are not to be natively posted on any social media channels including YouTube.
  • If you intend to film non-matchday media conferences (either by camera or phone) please position yourself in the back row or behind the back row of seating.

Non-Rights Holder camerapersons will not be granted match day accreditation.

Note for photographers:

  • Photographers are expected to always wear their bibs and are only permitted in designated areas.
  • On pre-match days, photographers need to shoot from the areas identified by the Venue Media Manager.
  • On match-days, photographers need to arrive for a pre-match meeting one hour in advance of the toss, when they will be assigned photo positions by the Venue Media Manager.
  • NRH photographers will not be allowed at media conferences.

Media Centre entry and timings: On match days, the media areas will open two hours before the start of play and remain open till around 2 ½ hours after the end of the match.

Media Managers

DUBAI

Rajshekhar Rao - rajshekhar.rao@icc-cricket.com; +971 505545029

Emmad Hameed - EmmadH@emiratescricket.com; +971 553511060

Faisal Khokhar - faisal.khokhar@ilt20.ae; +971 526676119

LAHORE

Mary Godbeer – mary.godbeer@icc-cricket.com; +971 565458908

Sipokazi Sokanyile – sipokazi.sokanyile@icc-cricket.com; +971 506401344

Shafqat Shabbir - Shafqat.shabbir@pcb.com.pk; +92 345 173 4588

Shakeel Khan - shakeel.khan@pcb.com.pk; +92 301 844 0284

ENDS