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The Champions Trophy begins on February 19.

Tuesday was the last day to finalize the Champions Trophy squad. On this day, there were big changes in the Australia and India teams. India lost the main hope of the pace attack, Jasprit Bumrah. The 2024 ICC Cricketer of the Year was eliminated due to injury. It was already known that there was going to be a change in the Australian team, Cummins-Hazlewood were eliminated. However, the face of the team changed further when left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc also withdrew at the last minute due to personal reasons . Afghanistan lost spinner Allah Ghazanfar at the last minute. Nangyal Kharoti was taken in his place.

The Champions Trophy will be inaugurated in Karachi on February 19. Pakistan and New Zealand will face each other in the first match. The final of the eight-team tournament will be held on March 9. If India reaches the final, it will be held in Dubai. If India fails to reach the final, the match will be played in Lahore.

8 teams in the Champions Trophy

Group 'A'

Bangladesh

Nazmul Hossain (captain), Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Mehedi Hasan Miraj, Soumya Sarkar, Towhid Hridoy, Taskin Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Zaker Ali, Tanjid Hasan, Tanjim Hasan, Mostafizur Rahman, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed and Parvez Hossain.

India

Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Lokesh Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty and Ravindra Jadeja.

Pakistan

Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Taib Tahir, Fahim Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Agha Salman, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi.

New Zealand

Mitchell Santner (captain), 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 and Will Young.

Group 'B'

Australia

Steve Smith (captain), Shaun Abbott, Alex Carey, Ben Doerschis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-Magerk, Aaron Hardy, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanvir Sangha, Matthew Short and Adam Zampa.

England

Jos Buttler (captain), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Tom Banton, Harry Brook, Brydon Curtis, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Shakib Mahmud, Phil Salt and Mark Wood.

South Africa

Temba Bavuma (captain), Tony de Georgie, Marco Janssen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wian Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Reese van der Dussen and Corbin Bosch.

Afghanistan

Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Alikhil, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Nangayal Kharoty, Noor Ahmed, Fazlhaq Farooqui, Farid Malik and Naveed Zadran.