🏏 Pakistan Announces Squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2025 & Tri-Series 🏏
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has unveiled the 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 and the tri-nation ODI series featuring Pakistan, New Zealand, and South Africa.
🔹 Key Squad Changes
🚀 Fakhar Zaman returns after injury and illness.
🔄 Four changes from the last ODI squad:
❌ Out: Abdullah Shafique, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Sufyan Moqim
✅ In: Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khushdil Shah, Saud Shakeel
Mohammad Rizwan will lead the team, with Salman Ali Agha as vice-captain.
🔥 Fakhar Zaman’s Comeback
✔️ Third-highest run-scorer in Champions T20 Cup 2024 (303 runs, SR 132)
✔️ 3,492 ODI runs in 82 matches
✔️ 11 centuries, 16 fifties, average 46.5
🏆 Pakistan’s Tri-Series Fixtures
📍 Feb 8: 🆚 New Zealand (Lahore)
📍 Feb 10: 🆚 South Africa (Lahore)
📍 Feb 14: Final (Karachi, if qualified)
🌍 Pakistan’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Schedule
📍 Feb 19: 🆚 New Zealand (Karachi)
📍 Feb 23: 🆚 South Africa (Rawalpindi)
📍 Feb 27: 🆚 Sri Lanka (Dubai)
🇵🇰 Pakistan Squad for Champions Trophy & Tri-Series
Mohammad Rizwan (c), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Salman Ali Agha (vc), Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi.
📢 Thoughts on Pakistan’s squad? Should Saim Ayub have been included? Drop your opinions in the comments! ⬇️
