After 8 years, the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will return to Pakistan starting on February 19. With 7 of the best teams in the world competing for the championship, Pakistan, the host country, is hoping to win it again.
A total of eight teams will compete in the opening stages of the tournament, divided into two groups. As each team plays three matches in its group, the top two teams will advance to the semi-finals.
In the tournament’s opening match, Pakistan plays New Zealand on February 19 in Karachi. Group A includes Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and New Zealand; Group B features Afghanistan, England, Australia, and South Africa.
Complete Squad of all teams for Champions Trophy 2025
Group A
India
Rohit Sharma (c)
Hardik Pandya
Mohammad Shami
Shubman Gill
Axar Patel
Arshdeep Singh
Virat Kohli
Washington Sundar
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Shreyas Iyer
Kuldeep Yadav
Rishabh Pant
KL Rahul
Jasprit Bumrah
Ravindra Jadeja
Bangladesh
Nazmul Hossain Shanto (c)
Jaker Ali Anik
Nasum Ahmed
Soumya Sarkar
Mehidy Hasan Miraz
Tanzim Hasan Sakib
Tanzid Hasan
Rishad Hossain
Nahid Rana
Tawhid Hridoy
Taskin Ahmed
MD Mahmud Ullah
Mushfiqur Rahim
Mustafizur Rahman
Parvez Hossai Emon
Pakistan
Mohammad Rizwan (c)
Tayyab Tahir
Abrar Ahmed
Babar Azam
Faheem Ashraf
Haris Rauf
Fakhar Zaman
Khushdil Shah
Mohammad Hasnain
Kamran Ghulam
Salman Ali Agha
Naseem Shah
Saud Shakeel
Usman Khan
Shaheen Shah Afridi
New Zealand
Mitchell Santner (c)
Matt Henry
Rachin Ravindra
Michael Bracewell
Tom Latham
Ben Sears
Mark Chapman
Daryl Mitchell
Nathan Smith
Devon Conway
Will O’Rourke
Kane Williamson
Lockie Ferguson
Glenn Phillips
Will Young
Group B
Afghanistan
Hashmatullah Shahidi (c)
Ikram Alikhil
AM Ghazanfar
Ibrahim Zadran
Gulbadin Naib
Noor Ahmad
Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Azmatullah Omarzai
Fazalhaq Farooqi
Sediqullah Atal
Mohammad Nabi
Farid Malik
Rahmat Shah
Rashid Khan
Naveed Zadran
Reserves
Darwish Rasooli, Nangyal Kharoti, Bilal Sami
England
Jos Buttler (c)
Brydon Carse
Adil Rashid
Jofra Archer
Ben Duckett
Joe Root
Gus Atkinson
Jamie Overton
Saqib Mahmood
Jacob Bethell
Jamie Smith
Phil Salt
Harry Brook
Liam Livingstone
Mark Wood
Australia
Pat Cummins (c)
Travis Head
Steve Smith
Alex Carey
Josh Inglis
Mitchell Starc
Nathan Ellis
Marnus Labuschagne
Marcus Stoinis
Aaron Hardie
Glenn Maxwell
Adam Zampa
Josh Hazlewood
Matt Short
Mitchell Marsh
South Africa
Temba Bavuma (c)
Aiden Markram
Ryan Rickelton
Tony de Zorzi
David Miller
Tabraiz Shamsi
Marco Jansen
Wiaan Mulder
Tristan Stubbs
Heinrich Klaasen
Lungi Ngidi
Rassie van der Dussen
Keshav Maharaj
Kagiso Rabada
Anrich Nortje
Champions Trophy 2025: List of Umpires & Match Referees
Umpires
Kumar Dharmasena, Chris Gaffaney, Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Ahsan Raza, Paul Reiffel, Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid, Rodney Tucker, Alex Wharf, Joel Wilson.
