Londo, March 14: The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, which ran from February 19 until March 9 at cricket stadiums across Pakistan and the UAE (United Arab Emirates), was the competition's ninth quadrennial ODI cricket tournament.
Key Points
1
India defeated New Zealand to win their third ICC Champions Trophy
2
Rachin Ravindra scored 226 runs in just three matches including 112 against Bangladesh
3
Mumbai Indians (5.00) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (6.00) lead Chennai Super Kings (6.50) in IPL odds
4
IPL 2025 begins March 22 with KKR facing RCB at Eden Gardens
This year's victors were India, who won their third ICC Champions Trophy, making them the most successful team since the tournament began in 1998. They beat New Zealand in the final by four wickets with six balls remaining.
Next, we will be revealing the names of the breakout players from this year's tournament and discussing which of their teams will most likely go on to win the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) this year.
Who were the breakout players
The biggest star of the tournament was New Zealand's 25-year-old all-rounder Rachin Ravindra. He has been referred to as one of the world's brightest young stars in cricket on multiple occasions, and he had one of his best-ever international cricket tournaments.Over the course of just three matches, he scored an incredible 226 runs, 112 of which came in a single match against Bangladesh.
Ravindra was named the Player of the Tournament at the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
He will be looking to continue with his fine form for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) when the upcoming IPL 2025 season gets underway on Saturday, March 22, when the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) take on the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Eden Gardens cricket stadium.
Some of the other key players from the ICC Champions Trophy tournament this year were the following:
1. Virat Kohli (India)
2. Matt Henry (New Zealand)
3. Glenn Phillips (New Zealand)
4. Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
5. Shreyas Iyer (India)
6. Mitchell Santner (New Zealand)
7. Mohammed Shami (India)
8. Varun Chakravarthy (India)
9. Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan)
Can Ravindra lead the Chennai Super Kings to victory in the 2025 IPL campaign?
The quickest, easiest, and most reliable way to determine if Rachin Ravindra can help lead his team to success at the upcoming Indian Premier League competition is to see what today's most trusted online bookmakers are saying based on their latest odds.For example, right now, most of their top-rated brands currently have the Mumbai Indians (MI) as the odds-on favourites to win IPL 2025, followed by the second odds-on favourites, the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
In other words, despite his epic performance at the ICC Champions Trophy event, it doesn't look as though Ravindra will be leading CSK to victory this year at IPL 2025. However, it's still early days, and the competition hasn't even begun yet, meaning CSK are seen by many as an excellent value bet.
A closer look at the latest IPL 2025 outright winner odds
At the time of writing, according to Stake.com, the odds to the top three favourites to win the IPL 2025:- Mumbai Indians at 5.00
- Sunrisers Hyderabad at 6.00
- Chennai Super Kings at 6.50
In other words, based on these latest average odds, although the Mumbai Indians are the favourites to win IPL 2025, anything can happen, and it's still too close to call. Trusted sites like Oddspedia have a huge database containing the names of today's most trusted online sportsbooks, all of which are known for having the industry's most highly competitive cricket odds. You can find information about the Stake welcome bonus, which can be used when signing up. Don't forget that the odds can change significantly between now and the end of the season. Sometimes, the second or third odds-on favourites, or even the underdogs/outsiders with low odds and high IPRs, can defy the odds and win.
Upcoming fixtures
After the opening game of the season between KKR and RCb on March 22 (the only IPL cricket match being played on this game), two more opening games will take place on Sunday, March 23.The Sunrisers Hyderabad play the Rajasthan Royals, and the Chennai Super Kings play the Mumbai Indians. You then have the Delhi Capitals playing against the Lucknow Super Giants on March 24 and the Gujarat Titans playing the Punjab Kings on March 25, to name just a few opening fixtures.
Final thoughts
Many other breakout players like Rachin Ravindra, who put in several superb performances at the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, will also be looking to lead their teams to victory at IPL 2025, but only one team can come out on top.
The current reigning champions are the Kolkata Knight Riders, and they will be looking to win their fourth title.
However, both the Chennai Super Kings and the Mumbai Indians will both be looking to win their sixth IPL title and become the only team in the league's history to have won this many times, so it will be interesting to see what happens this year.
