Eight nations will compete in the ninth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy, set to be held across Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates between February and March. Pakistan are the defending champions, having won the last tournament in 2017. Here are the full squads of all eight teams competing along with injury updates.
England were the first to announce their Champions Trophy squad on December 22. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that all the eight competing nations must announce their 15-member squads at least five weeks before the tournament gets underway on February 19. Teams can make changes to the squads until a week before the first match of the competition but any change after that stipulated date will require the approval of the ICC.
Here are the full squads of all the eight teams:
Afghanistan
Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmat Shah, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ikram Alikhil, Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, AM Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Naveed Zadran and Farid Ahmad Malik.
Reserves: Darwish Rasooli, Nangyal Kharoti, Bilal Sami
Injury news: Mujeeb-ur-Rehman was not available for selection for Afghanistan.
Australia
Pat Cummins (c), Alex Carey, Nathan Ellis, Aaron Hardie, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Matt Short, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.
Injury news: Pat Cummins has been included despite suffering from an ankle problem recently.
Bangladesh
Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mushfiqur Rahim, Towhid Hridoy, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Parvez Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan, Nahid Rana.
England
Jos Buttler (c), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.
Injury news: Test captain Ben Stokes misses out due to hamstring injury.
India
India are yet to announce their squad.
New Zealand
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.
Reserve Player: Jacob Duffy
Pakistan
Pakistan are yet to announce their squad.
South Africa
Temba Bavuma (c), Tony De Zorzi, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Ryan Rickelton, Anrich Nortje.
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