India won the 2025 Champions Trophy after defeating New Zealand by four wickets in the final. Here is the Wisden Champions Trophy 2025 Team of the Tournament.
Phil Salt (England)
M: 3 | 30 runs at 10.00, SR 120, HS: 12
One of several wicketkeepers in the side, Salt batted thrice and failed every time at the top, leaving too much for Ben Duckett to do.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan)
M: 3 | 16 runs at 5.33, SR 47, HS: 10
A tale similar to Salt’s. A wicketkeeper-opener who failed three times, and Ibrahim Zadran had to do the heavy lifting.
Jamie Smith (England – wicketkeeper)
M: 3 | 24 runs at 8.00, SR 83, HS: 15 | no dismissal
The third (and designated) keeper of this XI, Smith was the No.3 experiment that did not come off for England.
Harry Brook (England)
M: 3 | 47 runs at 15.67, SR 84, HS: 25
Brook failed in the country where he hit a triple hundred not too long ago, though he is the only one in this XI with an individual 25.
Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh)
M: 2 | 2 runs at 1.00, SR 33, HS: 2
Mushfiqur’s illustrious career ended in a whimper in the aftermath of his disastrous outing. Of course, he does add to the list of glovemen here.
Liam Livingstone (England)
M: 3 | 33 runs at 11.00, SR 83, HS: 14 | 3 wickets at 33.00, ec 6.52, BBI: 2-28
Another of England’s batting failures, Livingstone’s three wickets (and death bowling against Afghanistan) were not enough to keep him out of the XI.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Bangladesh)
M: 2 | 18 runs at 9.00, SR 75, HS: 13 | 0 wicket, Ec 4.50
The most economical bowler in this XI, Mehidy went through the 2025 Champions Trophy without a wicket or a decent score.
Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
M: 3 | 38 runs at 19.00, SR 123, HS: 19 | 1 wicket at 125.00, Ec 6.25, BBI: 1-66
An uncharacteristically off-colour tournament should not tarnish the stature of the greatest Afghan cricketer of all time.
Noor Ahmad (Afghanistan)
M: 3 | 1 wicket at 129.00, Ec 6.19, BBI: 1-65
The second Afghan wrist-spinner to have a miserable tournament.
Mark Wood (England)
M: 2 | 1 wicket at 125.00, Ec 7.14, BBI: 1-72
To be fair, Wood got injured against Afghanistan, but – barring the wicket of Steve Smith – did little of note even until then.
Haris Rauf (Pakistan)
M: 2 | 2 wickets at 67.50, Ec 7.94, BBI: 2-83
In the tournament opener, Haris nearly set a new record for the most expensive spell in Champions Trophy history, and was just as erratic against India.
