Champions Trophy 2025 Squads Announced for All Eight Teams

Sports Desk

The ICC Champions Trophy, featuring eight teams, will begin on February 19. Matches will be held in Pakistan and the UAE. The tournament divides teams into two groups. Group A includes hosts Pakistan, arch-rivals India, Bangladesh, and New Zealand. Group B features Australia, South Africa, England, and Afghanistan.

The competition, the second-highest in ODI cricket, will conclude with the final on March 9. Teams can make squad changes without reason until February 12.

Group A
Bangladesh: Najmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Parvez Hossain Emon, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Soumya Sarkar, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Zakir Ali Anik, Rishad Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nahid Rana.

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah.

Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Fakhar Zaman, Saud Shakeel, Tayyib Tahir, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Usman Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Hasnain, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi.

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

Group B
Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), Alex Carey, Matthew Short, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Steven Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood.
(Mitchell Marsh is out due to injury; replacement pending.)

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

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (captain), Tony de Zorzi, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen.
(Anrich Nortje is out due to injury; replacement pending.)

Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Malik, Naveen-ul-Haq.
Reserves: Darwish Rasooli, Nangial Kharoti, Bilal Sami.