The ICC Champions Trophy is making a comeback after eight years in 2025. It’s the nineteenth edition of the Champions Trophy. This ODI tournament has set its schedule to begin on 19 February 2025. The eight teams will be divided into two groups. ICC Champions Trophy 2025 All-Team Playing XI including captain and vice-captain.
It’s a fifteen ODI match tournament with twelve group-stage matches, two semi-finals, and one final match. The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 has a hybrid host format. Initially, the previous winner of the Champions Trophy, Pakistan, was going to be the host, but there were certain circumstances.
India raised their concern to the ICC regarding their safety when traveling to Pakistan for the matches. Due to this, the UAE is partnering as a hybrid host. All the matches related to India will be at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will witness the entry of the Afghanistan team for the first time in a Champions Trophy tournament. However, South Africa and England asked the ICC to ban the Afghanistan team because the Taliban refused to create a women’s team. Although the ICC didn’t take any action because it was unfair to Afghanistan’s men’s team, they did face criticism for this.
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 All-Team Playing XI
All the team squads for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 have been announced except for Pakistan, the host. There’s no announcement of the official playing eleven for any of the teams. Basically, this will be a probable playing eleven for, more accurately, the Pakistan team.
15 Matches, 8 Teams, 1 Champion. It’s ALL ON THE LINE! 🏆
— ICC (@ICC) January 22, 2025
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Most of the teams have not elected their vice-captains yet. It’ll most likely be updated when the ICC Champions Trophy is just around the corner.
India
Playing XI: Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Rishabh Pant, Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Washington Sundar, Yashasvi Jaiswal.
- Captain: Rohit Sharma
- Vice-captain: Shubman Gill
New Zealand
Playing XI: Mitchell Santner, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, and Will Young.
- Captain: Mitchell Santner
- Vice-captain: TBD
Australia
Playing XI: Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Ellis
- Captain: Pat Cummins
- Vice-captain: TBD
Afghanistan
Playing XI: Hashmatullah Shahidi, Rahmat Shah, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Fazal Haq Farooqi, and Farid Ahmad Malik.
- Captain: Hashmatullah Shahidi
- Vice-captain: Rahmat Shah
South Africa
Playing XI: Temba Bavuma, Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Ryan Rickleton (WK), Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Lungi Ngidi
- Captain: Temba Bavuma
- Vice-captain: TBD
Bangladesh
Playing XI: Najmul Hossain, Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan, Jaker Ali Anik, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman
- Captain: Najmul Hossain
- Vice-captain: TBD
England
Playing XI: Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood
- Captain: Jos Buttler
- Vice-captain: TBD
Pakistan (Probable)
Playing XI: Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Afridi, Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Noman Ali, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Usman Qadir, Tayyab Tahir, and Hasan Ali
- Captain: Babar Azam
- Vice-captain: Mohammad Rizwan
