Sat Jan 18 13:27:11 UTC 2025: ## India Announces Squad for Champions Trophy; Pakistan Yet to Name Team

**LAHORE, PAKISTAN –** With the Champions Trophy set to begin February 19th, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has finally announced Team India’s squad. Rohit Sharma will lead a 15-member team in the eight-nation tournament. While most participating nations have revealed their squads, Pakistan remains the only team yet to announce its players.

The other seven teams competing are England, New Zealand, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Australia, and South Africa. Full squad lists for each team are as follows:

**England:** Jos Buttler (capt.), 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.

**New Zealand:** Mitchell Santner (capt.), Devon Conway, Tom Latham (wk), Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Will Young, Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Nathan Smith, Lockie Ferguson, Ben Sears, William O’Rourke, Matt Henry, Michael Bracewell.

**Bangladesh:** Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Tanzim Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Jakir Ali, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Hossain.

**Afghanistan:** Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt.), Rahmat Shah (vc), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Saidullah Ata, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, A.M. Ghazfar, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Farid Ahmad Malik. Reserves: Darwish Rasooli, Nangyal Khan Kharoti, Bilal Sami.

**South Africa:** Temba Bavuma (capt.), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Aiden Markram, Tristan Stubbs, Tony de Zorzi, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kagiso Rabada, Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Lungi Ngidi.

**Australia:** Pat Cummins (capt.), Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Josh Inglis (wk), Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Short, Aaron Hardie, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa.

**India:** Rohit Sharma (capt.), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja.

Following the squad announcements (excluding Pakistan’s), former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar expressed surprise, suggesting that Pakistan, as defending champions, has a strong chance of winning.

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