Champions Trophy 2025: The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is to be played in Pakistan and the Pakistani team has been announced for this. 15 players can be given a chance in this team and many big players can be dropped.

Let us tell you that any ICC tournament will be played in Pakistan after 28 years and in such a situation they will want to win it and for this reason they are not going to shy away from taking big decisions. In this episode, players like Shaheen Afridi can also be shown the way out.

Babar Azam can become captain

Actually, Babar was removed from the captaincy of the team after the disappointing performance in the ICC World Cup 2023 hosted by India. However, now he can be made the captain of the team once again for the Champions Trophy.

Since Babar left the captaincy, no captain has been appointed for the ODI team. Shaheen Afridi was made the captain in T20 but the team could not perform well under his captaincy and the Pakistani team could not perform well under the captaincy of Shan Masood in Tests. For this reason, Babar can be made the captain.

Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf may be dropped

If we look at the Pakistani team for the Champions Trophy, two big players can be dropped from this team. Actually, many players can be dropped from this tournament. The first name in this list is that of star fast bowler Shaheen Afridi.

Afridi's performance has not been good for the team for some time now and for this reason he may be shown the way out. Afridi has not played any major role in the team's victory in the last one year. In such a situation, he may be dropped considering his poor record.

Apart from him, star pacer Haris Rauf can also be dropped from the team. The biggest reason for this is his poor performance. He has been struggling with poor form for some time now and due to this he can also be dropped.

Pakistan's probable team for Champions Trophy

Abdullah Shafiq, Imam ul Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam (captain), Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Shadab Khan, Aamir Jamal, Iftikhar Ahmed, Abrar Ahmed, Naseem Shah, Zaman Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Khurram Shahzad.