Pakistan announces ICC Champions Trophy 2025 squad!

Islamabad sports desk ..The PCB has announced Pakistan’s 15-member national squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, being hosted by the country.
The much-awaited cricket tournament is set to begin on February 19 and run until March 9.
Mohammad Rizwan is set to lead the team with Salman Ali Agha as the vice captain. Fakhar Zaman, Khushdil Shah, Saud Shakeel and Faheem Ashraf are set to return.
The team selection committee member Asad Shafiq says Fakhar Zaman’s opening partner can be Babar Azam or Saud Shakeel, adding that cricketers with excellent performance in home conditions have been selected.
The team also includes Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Tayyab Tahir. Salman Ali Agha and Usman Khan. Haris Rauf, Muhammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi are also part of the team.
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“We understand how painful it is for Saim Ayub not to play the Champions Trophy, but we do not want to make any hasty decisions,” Shafiq remarked.
Pakistan will play its first match in the Champions Trophy against New Zealand on February 19 in Karachi. The same team will also participate in the tri-nation ODI series against New Zealand and South Africa.
According to a statement, the PCB has until February 11 to make changes to the squad, after which replacements will only be permitted on medical grounds, with the approval of the ICC Event Technical Committee.
Pakistan has made four changes to its 15-member squad that last played an ODI series against South Africa late last year. Abdullah Shafique, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, and Sufyan Moqim have been replaced by Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khushdil Shah, and Saud Shakeel.
The squad features three players from Pakistan’s 2017 Champions Trophy-winning team — Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, and Fakhar Zaman. Additionally, Babar, Fakhar, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Saud Shakeel were part of Pakistan’s squad in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023.