Australian Cricket Board has announced its squad for the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025 on 13 Jan. Here is the full detail about Australia’s squad.
Australian Cricket Board (ACB) has announced their 15-man squad for the upcoming champions trophy which starts on 19th Feb. Pat Cummins will lead the side and this is good news for the Australians as Cummins was suffering from a knee injury. He is rested for the upcoming series against Sri Lanka which will start later in the end of this month.
Group stage matches
Australia’s group-stage matches will be against South Africa, Afghanistan, and England in Rawalpindi and Lahore. If they qualify for the playoffs and for the finals if the opponent is India they have to go to Dubai for their matches.
Australia’s squad :
- Alex Carry (wk)
- Nathan Ellis
- Aaron Hardie
- Travis Head
- Josh Inglis
- Marnus Labuschange
- Glenn Maxwell
- Matthew Short
- Steve Smith (c)
- Adam Zampa
- Jack Fraser-McGruk
- Sean Abbott
- Ben Dwarshuis
- Spencer johnson
- Tanveer Sangha
Note: There is a change in the squad of Australian Team because 5 players are ruled out from the squad.
- Pat Cummins (c)
- Mitchell Marsh
- Mitchell Starc
- Marcus Stoinis
- Josh Hazlewood
Australia has to announce five players for the squad and there is a big question who will lead this side?
Jack Fraser-McGruk, Sean Abbott, Ben Dwarshuis, Spencer johnson,g and Tanveer Sangha are included in the squad
Steve Smith has been appointed as captain
Nathan Ellis is also included in Australia’s squad after his brilliant performance in the Big Bash League (BBL) and in the T20s for the Australia team.
Bowling:
Australia’s pace bowling attack will be led by Pat Cummins, Mitchel Starc, and Josh Hazlewood. They have been performing for the Australian team for at least a decade. Nathan Ellis is also included in the squad for any replacement in the playing 11
Batting:
Australia’s batting order will be led by Steve Smith, Trevis Head, Glenn Maxwell, and Mathew Short. There is a problem of opening the innings after Warner’s retirement but Matthew Short is doing a great job after Warner’s retirement and after all the Alax carry will join the party as he is the first choice of keeping for the Australian team.
Major Challenges
It is a big challenge for Australia to make its team a stable team in this Champions Trophy. With the exit of Pat Cummins, the biggest question that arises is who will lead the Australian team.
On one side Australia’s batting line up has been impacted by the departure of Marcus Stoinis and Mitchell Marsh while on the other side, Australia’s bowling line up has been impacted by the departure of Josh Hazelwood, Pat Cummins, and Mitchell Starc.
It will be a big challenge for Australia to make inexperienced bowlers play in the Champion Trophy among the experienced bowlers and give a chance to the new batsmen in the Champion Trophy against their experienced batters.
captaincy Controversy
With the exit of Pat Cummins, the biggest question that arises is who will lead the Australian team in this Champions Trophy?
Steve Smith and Travis Head are the two big contenders to lead the Australian team in this Champions Trophy.Let’s see which player the Australian team management has more confidence in.
So here are the full details about the Australian squad and venues.
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