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ICC Champions Trophy 2025: There is still more than a month left for the start of Champions Trophy 2025. In such a situation, the teams participating in the tournament are announcing their squads. A total of 8 teams will participate in the ICC Champions Trophy, out of which the squads of 5 teams were announced till the morning of January 12 and now the squad of the sixth team has been revealed. This team is South Africa which has announced its team for the Champions Trophy. Temba Bavuma has been made the captain of the team but fast bowler Gerald Coetzee could not make it to the team due to injury.
South Africa’s white-ball head coach Rob Walter announced a 15-man squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The Champions Trophy 2025 will be held from 19 February to 09 March in Pakistan and Dubai. Temba Bavuma will lead the team in the tournament. There are 10 players in this team who played in the 2023 World Cup. South Africa had reached the semi-finals in this World Cup.
Strong bowlers return to the team
Fast bowlers Enrique Norkhia and Lungi Ngidi, who missed the entire domestic international season due to injury, have been selected in South Africa’s ODI squad. Norkhia was out for a long time with a fractured toe, while Lungi Ngidi suffered a groin injury. Wiaan Mulder, Tony De Giorgi and Ryan Rickleton will play in an ICC tournament for the first time. South Africa have been drawn in Group B of the Champions Trophy and will begin their campaign against Afghanistan on February 21 in Karachi. They will then play Australia in Rawalpindi on 25 February and their final group stage match will be against England on 1 March. The top two teams in Groups A and B will qualify for the semi-finals.
Pakistan defending champion
The 2025 Champions Trophy will begin on February 19 and will be played in Pakistan and UAE. This is the first time since 2017 that the tournament is being played and Pakistan is the defending champion of the trophy. Let us tell you, South Africa had won the Champions Trophy title for the first time in the year 1998 and now the team will have a great opportunity to win the second title.
South Africa squad for Champions Trophy 2025: Temba Bavuma (captain), Tony De Jorgi, Marco Jansson, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen. .
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