Men's Champions Trophy All Captains

Media Advisory- ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 – Saturday, 8 March (updates with change in New Zealand team’s timings)

Media advisory

The following is the schedule of media opportunities at the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 on Saturday, 8 March:

Dubai

India and New Zealand play the final at the Dubai International Stadium (DIS) on Sunday, 9 March, starting 13h00 local time. On their pre-match day on Saturday:

  • India will train at the DIS from 15h00 to 17h00 local time. They will hold their pre-match media conference at the DIS Media Conference Room around 17h00.
  • New Zealand will train at the ICC Academy from 18h00 to 20h15 and at the DIS from 20h30 to 21h00. They will hold their pre-match media conference at the DIS Media Conference Room around 17h30.

Note on Accreditation for Final: Accreditation cards will be scanned at the entry. Please do not try to get inside the venue unless you have match-day accreditation. Trying to attend the match without having match-day accreditation could lead to a ban from future ICC tournaments.

Entry for the media at DIS:

Gate G1 or VVIP (for those entering by car/using any of the car parks); Entrance A2

Note for NRH media:

  • 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 the pre-final media conferences (either by camera or phone) please position yourself in the back row seating or behind it.

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

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

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

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

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