ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Full list of final squads

With less than a week to go for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 to kickstart in Pakistan and the UAE, all the eight countries have confirmed their squads for the tournament which begins on February 19.

Hosts Pakistan will take on New Zealand in Karachi in the opener. Here is the full list of the confirmed squads.

GROUP A

Bangladesh

Bangladesh made the semifinals of the last ICC Men’s Champions Trophy, in 2017. Najmul Hossain Shanto will lead the side, which will be playing without Shakib Al-Hasan and Litton Das. Pacer Nahid Rana and batter Rishad Hossain, both 22, will be the players to watch out for.

Squad:

Nazmul Hossain Shanto (c), Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali Anik, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Parvez Hossai Emon, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Nahid Rana.

India

Skipper Rohit Sharma will be without the services of ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah. Veteran pacer Mohammed Shami, however, is back in the squad.

Squad:

Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.

New Zealand

Mitchell Santner will captain the Kiwis for the first time at an ICC event. In the absence of veterans Tim Southee and Trent Boult, Will O’Rourke, Nathan Smith and Ben Sears will be looking o make their mark. Kane Williamson, Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra will bolster the batting lineup.

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.

Pakistan

The defending champions have Fakhar Zaman, who scored a century in the final eight years ago, and Babar Azam in their fold. Mohammad Rizwan will lead the team.

Squad:

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

GROUP B

Afghanistan

Afghanistan will miss their young spin sensation Allah Ghazanfar due to injury, and ace spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Rashid Khan will be the star bowler in their ranks, while Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanallah Gurbaz will be the batting mainstays.

Squad:

Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangyal Kharoti, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Farid Malik, Naveed Zadran.

Australia

Australia are without Mitchell Starc, skipper Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Marsh along with Marcus Stoinis, who has retired from ODI cricket. Steve Smith will lead the side in Cummins’s absence.

Squad:

Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa.

England

England will be captained by Jos Buttler, and have brought back Joe Root.

Squad:

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

South Africa

Anrich Nortje withdrew due to a back injury, with Corbin Bosch replacing him in the squad. Temba Bavuma is the captain. The focus will be on the explosive middle-order comprising Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen.

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, Corbin Bosch.