Afghanistan Squad Champions Trophy 2025: Afghanistan has become the fourth team to announce the squad for the Champions Trophy. After England, New Zealand, Bangladesh, and The Afghanistan cricket team for ICC Champions Trophy 2025 have been announced.
Afghanistan’s Squad and Leadership Choice
The Afghanistan Cricket Board has included 15 players per the rules in this tournament’s main squad. Three players have been given a chance as reserves. Hashmatullah Shahidi will lead the Afghanistan team.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board has provided information about this through X social media accounts. Cricket fans expected Rashid Khan to lead Afghanistan. But as it did not happen, cricket fans are expressing surprise.
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Ibrahim Zadran’s Return Strengthens Team
Ibrahim Jadran has made a comeback in the Afghanistan team through the Champions Trophy. Ibrahim has been out of the team for the past few months due to injury. But now Jadran is back.
Therefore, the strength of Afghanistan has increased. Ibrahim has so far scored 1 thousand 440 runs in 33 ODIs at an average of 48. Ibrahim has scored 5 centuries and 7 fifties. Therefore, Afghanistan will expect a strong performance from Ibrahim in the Champions Trophy.
Afghanistan’s Champions Trophy Journey
Meanwhile, this is the first time that Afghanistan is playing in the ICC Champions Trophy. Afghanistan had qualified for the Champions Trophy on the strength of their performance in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 tournament.
Afghanistan had won 4 out of 9 matches in the ODI World Cup 2023 tournament. Afghanistan remained sixth in the points table after the league round with 4 wins. This is how Afghanistan got the ticket to the Champions Trophy.
Afghanistan’s Schedule for ICC Champions Trophy 2025
| Date | Opponent | Venue |
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| February 21 | South Africa | Karachi |
| February 26 | England | Lahore |
| February 28 | Australia | Lahore |
Afghanistan Squad Champions Trophy 2025:
- Main Squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (Captain), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Umarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, AM Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmed, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Farid Malik, Naveed Zadran
- Reserves: Darwish Rasooli, Nangyal Kharoti, Bilal Sami
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