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Find out which players will be in contention for the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy as both sides announce their 15-man squad…
Pakistan is hosting a global cricket tournament for the first time since co-hosting the 1996 World Cup, although India will play all matches in Dubai due to ongoing political tensions between the two countries.
Eight countries are participating in the tournament, which returns to the international schedule for the first time since 2017, with the top two teams from two groups of four advancing to the semi-finals.
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and New Zealand are in Group A, while Australia, England, Afghanistan and South Africa are in Group B. The competition will take place from February 19 to March 9 and will be exclusively sky sports live.
Champions Trophy 2025: Lineup confirmed
Correct as of January 13
England
Jos Butler (c), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brooke, Brendan Cass, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.
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The ECB has been urged to boycott England’s match against Afghanistan, with Westminster MPs and peers saying the boycott would be a way of opposing the Taliban regime’s abuses of women’s rights
Afghanistan
Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gubaz, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, AM Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Farid Malik, Naveed Zadran.
reserve: Apostle Darwish, Nangar Karoti, Bilal Sami.
Australia
Pat Cummins (c), Alex Carey, Nathan Ellis, Aaron Hardy, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh English Si, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Matt Short, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.
Bangladesh
Nazmul Hossain Shanto (c), Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, MD Mahmud Ullah, Jaker Ali Anik, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Parvez Hossai Emon, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nasheed Rana.
India
To be announced.
New Zealand
Mitchell Santner (c), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Rocky Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Ben Sears, Nathan Smith, Kane Williamson, Will Young.
Pakistan
To be announced.
South Africa
Temba Bavuma (c), Tony de Zorzi, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen .
Who will win the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy? Watch every match from the 2025 Championship live on Sky Sports. Live broadcast will begin on February 19th and the competition will continue until the finals on March 9th. Stream cricket and more top sports with NOW.
