All the squads for the men's ICC Champions Trophy 2025

The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is back after an 8-year hiatus. The tournament was last played in 2017, with Pakistan winning the title, defeating India in the final in England. This time, the top 8 ODI teams will clash for the boasting rights of being the best ODI teams.

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The top eight ODI teams will be divided into two groups of four for the Champions Trophy, which will last two and a half weeks. Each side is slated to play three league games, and the top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals, scheduled for March 4 and 5. The tournament will be wrapped up with a big-ticket final on March 9.

Reigning champions and host nation, Pakistan will take on New Zealand in the inaugural match at the National Stadium in Karachi.

India will play all of their matches in Dubai, which will also host the first semi-final after the ICC announced in December that they and Pakistan would play their matches at neutral venues for global events hosted by their rivals for at least the next three years.

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India has been placed in Group A with Pakistan, Bangladesh, and New Zealand. On the other hand, Australia, England, Afghanistan, and South Africa make up Group B.

The ICC stipulated that the eight competing nations name their preliminary 15-man squads five weeks before the tournament begins on February 19, although teams can make changes up to a week before the first game. Any changes made after that date will require approval from the ICC Event Technical Committee.

Here is a look at the squads of all 8 teams for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025:

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1. Bangladesh

Senior players Shakib Al Hasan and Litton Das have been left out of the Bangladesh squad, while Tamim Iqbal retired. This leaves Mushfiqur Rahim and Mohammadullah, along with Mustafizur Rahim, as the most experienced players in the side.

Bangladesh squad: Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Parvez Hossain Emon, Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmud Ullah, Jaker Ali Anik, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nahid Rana

2. India

Jasprit Bumrah has been named in India’s 15-member squad, but only if he gets fit in time for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Mohammad Shami returns to the India squad, while Arshdeep Singh was preferred over Mohammed Siraj in the squad. Yashasvi Jaiswal is the new name in the India squad, he made his ODI debut against England.

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

3. New Zealand

New Zealand will be under a new captain Mitchell Santner. Ben Sears, Will O'Rourke, and Nathan Smith have been named to play at their first ICC tournament. Lockie Ferguson and Matt Henry will lead the pace attack, but Ferguson suffered a hamstring injury recently and is in doubt. Batting will be shouldered by Kane Williamson, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, and Glenn Phillips.

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

4. Pakistan

The hosts have stunned everyone by naming only one specialist spinner in Abrar Ahmed, despite playing in the tournament in Pakistan and Dubai. Abdullah Shafique, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, and Sufyan Moqim have been replaced by Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khushdil Shah, and Saud Shakeel.

Haris Rauf’s fitness will be under the scanner as Pakistan plays New Zealand and South Africa once each in a tri-series as the warm-up for the ICC Champions Trophy.

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

5. Afghanistan

Afghanistan has returned fit-again Ibrahim Zadran to their 15-man Champions Trophy squad after recovering from an ankle injury. AM Ghazanafar has been selected in lieu of Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and Hashmatullah Shahidi will captain the squad. Rashid Khan will spearhead the spin bowling attack.

Afghanistan Squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmat Shah (vc), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, AM Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Naveed Zadran, Farid Ahmad Malik.

Reserves: Darwish Rasooli, Nangyal Kharoti, Bilal Sami

6. Australia

Australia’s chances in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 took a huge blow as they lost the services of Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, and Mitchell Marsh to injury, while Marcus Stoinis retired from ODIs. Australians will need to fill four positions in their roster.

It means the reigning World Cup champions will field a significantly different side than the one that won the ODI tournament in late 2023, with David Warner (retired) and Cameron Green (back surgery) also out.

Australia Squad: Alex Carey, Nathan Ellis, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Matt Short, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa (four players to be added)

7. England

England named their squad in December, and the same group will play three ODIs in India before the event. Joe Root returns to the ODI lineup for the first time since the 2023 World Cup, but Ben Stokes is sidelined due to injury. Jacob Bethell also injured his hamstring during the India ODIs before the event.

Jofra Archer and Mark Wood will lead the pace attack with Adil Rashid being the lone spinner in the England squad with Liam Livingstone and Joe Root for support.

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

8. South Africa

Temba Bavuma captains the side while seamer Lungi Ngidi is also named. Anrich Nortje was named in the South Africa squad but was replaced by Corbin Bosch, and Gerald Coetzee was also ruled out due to groin issues. Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, David Miller, and Rassie van der Dussen provide the experience to the team.

South Africa Squad: Temba Bavuma (c), 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. Traveling reserve: Kwena Maphaka

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