Know your opponents: What are the squads of teams whom India will face in group stage of ICC Champions Trophy 2025

India will start their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign against Bangladesh.

India, just like any other ICC tournament, will walk into the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 as one of the favorites. The Men in Blue have been in impressive form in white-ball cricket over the past two years, reaching the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 and clinching the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024.

The team, however, will miss the services of star pacer Jasprit Bumrah in the tournament as he was unable to beat the clock to recover from a back injury. Interestingly, India are also the only team carrying five spinners to the tournament.

The Asian giants have been drawn in Group A of the tournament alongside hosts Pakistan, Bangladesh, and New Zealand, and will play all of their games in Dubai.

India will begin their campaign against Bangladesh on Thursday, February 20. Their second match of the tournament will be against arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday, February 23. Their group stage journey will conclude against New Zealand on March 2.

On that note, let’s take a look at the squads of India’s opponents in the group stage of the competition.

What are the squads of teams whom India will face in group stage of ICC Champions Trophy 2025

The squads of India’s opponents in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 group stage—Bangladesh, Pakistan, and New Zealand are listed below.

Bangladesh

Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Towhid Hridoy, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Parvez Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan, Nahid Rana

Pakistan

Mohammad Rizwan (C), Salman Ali Agha (Vc), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khsudil Shah, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Akif Javed, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi

New Zealand

Mitchell Santner (c), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Ben Sears, Nathan Smith, Kane Williamson, Will Young.

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