India’s Jasprit Bumrah and Australia’s Pat Cummins are among the top players who will miss the 2025 edition of the Champions Trophy due to injury-related issues.
The 2025 edition of the ICC Champions Trophy will be played from February 19 to March 9 across three venues in Pakistan (Lahore, Karachi, and Rawalpindi) and one in Dubai. But before the start of the eight-team event, the tournament has lost its shine a bit due to injury-related issues to many top players around the world. More than half a dozen players have already been ruled out of the tournament, which is making a comeback after eight years.
Here’s a look at nine players who are ruled out of the Champions Trophy 2025 due to injury-related issues:
Jasprit Bumrah (India): Star Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the Champions Trophy 2025 on February 12 due to a lower back injury. The BCCI took to X on Tuesday night to confirm the development. Bumrah last played a 50-over match for India in the ODI World Cup 2023 final.
Pat Cummins (Australia): Australia’s ODI and Test captain Pat Cummins will also not take part in the Champions Trophy. The 2023 ODI World Cup winning team captain was announced as Australia’s skipper on January 12 for the ICC event, but on February 6, Cricket Australia confirmed that Cummins will miss the eight-team tournament due to an injury that he suffered after the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India.
Josh Hazlewood (Australia): Star fast bowler Josh Hazlewood will also miss the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The 34-year-old pacer, who has 138 wickets to his name in 91 ODIs played so far, has been ruled out due to a hip injury that he suffered during the third India-Australia Test match in Brisbane last year.
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Mitchell Marsh (Australia): Australia’s T20I captain and star all-rounder Mitchell Marsh was ruled out of Champions Trophy 2025 on January 31 due to a back injury and is unlikely to play again this season. “Mitchell Marsh has been ruled out of the upcoming ICC Men’s Champion’s Trophy with ongoing lower back pain and dysfunction,” Cricket Australia said in a statement.
Anrich Nortje (South Africa): South African fast bowler Anrich Nortje, who last played a 50-over match for the Proteas on September 9, 2023, against Australia in Bloemfontein, was picked in the Champions Trophy 2025 squad but was ruled out of the tournament on January 15 due to a back injury. He was replaced by MI Cape Town all-rounder Corbin Bosch on February 9.
Jacob Bethell (England): England’s 21-year-old batting all-rounder Jacob Bethell is out of the Champions Trophy 2025 due to a hamstring injury that he suffered while playing for the Jos Buttler-led side in the first ODI of the ongoing three-match series against India at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on February 6.
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Mitchell Starc (Australia): Star Australian left-arm pacer pulled out of the Champions Trophy 2025 on Wednesday (February 12). According to cricket.com.au, the reason for Starc’s withdrawal remains private, but it has been reported that he looked to be in discomfort with a left ankle issue during the second innings of the second Test played against Sri Lanka last week.
Saim Ayub (Pakistan): Young Pakistani opening batter Saim Ayub was not picked in the Men in Green’s 15-member squad for the Champions Trophy due to an ankle injury that he suffered while playing in the second Test of the away series against South Africa in Cape Town last month.
Allah Ghazanfar (Afghanistan): 18-year-old Afghanistani spinner Allah Ghazanfar, who has 21 wickets to his name in 11 ODIs played so far, was ruled out of the Champions Trophy on Wednesday due to a fracture in the L4 vertebra, specifically in the left pars interarticularis. He sustained the injury during Afghanistan’s recent tour of Zimbabwe, and will be sidelined for a minimum of four months.
