Cricket fans are eagerly waiting for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Eight teams including India and Australia are participating for this ICC tournament to be held in Dubai and Pakistan. All the teams except Pakistan have announced their squad. Australia suffered a major setback just 3 weeks before the tournament started. Australian star player Mitchell Marsh has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy. Marsh is struggling with back injury. Therefore, Cricket Australia has decided to get them out of the tournament.

Mitchell Marsh will not play Champions Trophy

Australia gave Mitchell Marsh a place in its Champions Trophy squad. But due to injury, Marsh has been shown the way out. These days Marsh is struggling with back injury. His career has affected many times before. Giving information on social media, Cricket Australia wrote, 'Mitchell Marsh has been ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy due to the problem of the bench'. Now it has to be seen which player gives place in Australia squad in his place.

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Marsh sword hangs even after playing in IPL 2025

By the way, apart from the Champions Trophy, Mitchell Marsh is also difficult to play in the IPL. Because IPL 2025 will start within two weeks of the end of the Champions Trophy. Marsh was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for a price of Rs 3.40 crore.

Recently, Mitchell Marsh was seen playing in the Border Gavaskar Trophy against India. But this 33 -year -old player flopped badly. He played the first 4 matches out of five, during which only 73 runs were scored on his bat. At the same time, he could not affect even with bowling. After a consecutive flop performance, Marsh was not given a place in the fifth Test match.

Australia Squad for Champions Trophy

Pat Cummins (captain), Travis Head, Josh English, Marnas Labushen, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Matt Short, Steve Smith, Alex Carrie, Nathan Ellis, Aaron Hardy, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis and Adam Zampa.