Champions Trophy 2025: The Champions Trophy is called the mini ODI World Cup, where eight teams in the ODI rankings play against each other. Australia is the defending champions of the two ICC titles and they also are the firm favourites to lift another ICC title in 2025.
The Aussies won the World Test Championship final and the World Cup of the fifty-overs form of the game in 2023. Both the finals of those ICC events were played against India. However, Australia’s journey in the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025 looks tricky because they will miss four of their genuine match winners in the tournament.
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Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis Are Out Of The Champions Trophy 2025 –
Australia is certain to take the field without their skipper under whom they won the two ICC titles in 2023. Patrick Cummins, the Australian skipper a terrific pace bowler will miss the Champions Trophy 2025 due to an injury. Australia’s first clash in this fifty overs tournament is versus the arch-rivals England in Lahore on 22nd Feb 2025.
Josh Hazlewood is a pacer who would trouble any batter in any conditions. But the Aussies will be also without his services in the Champions Trophy 2025. The pace-bowling all-rounder Mitchell Marsh is also injured while another all-rounder, Marcus Stoinis has announced his retirement from the ODIs.
Who Will Replace Cummins, Hazlewood, Marsh And Stoinis In The Champions Trophy 2025?
The Australian Cricket Board has a deadline of 12th February 2025 to submit their final squad for the Champions Trophy 2025 and around that time, the Aussies would also be playing the first ODI of the two-match series of the fifty overs form of the game against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
Now Cricket Australia Has To Find The 4 Replacements In The Champions Trophy 2025 –
Sean Abbott and Spencer Johnson might replace Cummins and Hazlewood in the Australian Squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Both these pace bowlers, Abbott and Johnson were amongst wickets in the recent Big Bash League tournament and also played an ODI series versus Pakistan at home.
Jake Fraser McGurk might replace the pace bowling all rounder Mitchell Marsh in the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025. But Jake has the less experience and he has played only five One Day International matches as of now. He smashed 95 runs from just 46 deliveries in a T20 match in the BBL.
Likely Cooper Conolly be the replacement for the retired Marcus Stoinis in the Champions Trophy 2025. Cooper can be a floater in the Australian batting order and he can also pick up wickets In the 2024/2025 BBL, Cooper scored 351 runs and finished as finished as the top run getter in that event held in Australia.
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