ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Recent Update

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is set to commence from 19th February 2025. Teams like Australia and India have been struggling with injury concerns and withdrawals from key players as the high-profile is approaching rapidly. Here’s the squad update for ICC Champions Trophy 2025. 

Jasprit Bumrah Sidelined

The decision regarding Jasprit Bumrah’s participation was made on 11th February, resulting in Harshit Rana filling in for him for the whole tournament. It was a major blow for India’s campaign for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. He has been sidelined since he was ruled out due to a lower back injury, which he sustained during the 5th Test of the BGT in Sydney last month. 

Apart from this, another selection decision involving spinner Varun Chakravarthy was added in the squad at the expense of opener Yashasvi Jaiswal. Jaiswal, along with pacer Mohammed Siraj and all-rounder Shivam Dube, will be non-traveling substitutes for the Indian squad. Shreyas Iyer, who featured in the first ODI against England only due to Virat Kohli’s injury, now finds himself in the final squad. 

Team India’s Updated Squad: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Australia Squad Crisis

This latest news piece comes from Australia, which states Mitchell Starc has withdrawn from the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy due to personal reasons, leaving Australia with more squad concerns. Starc joins Pat Cummins who will miss the tournament due to personal reasons, along with Josh Hazlewood, and Mitchell Marsh, who are sidelined with injuries.

In addition to Injuries and Withdrawals Marcus Stoinis has retired from ODIs, further reshaping the squad. These significant changes have led to the inclusion of new players.This has left Australia without their entire frontline pace attack, these issues directly impact their title charge for the tournament starting February 19 in Pakistan

Australia’s Updated 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

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