da premier bet： India are without their bowling spearhead, Australia are without their entire first-choice pace attack
da pixbet： ESPNcricinfo staff12-Feb-2025 • Updated on 20-Feb-2025
AfghanistanAM Ghazanfar is out due to a fractured vertebra, which he picked up on Afghanistan’s tour to Zimbabwe in December.AustraliaAustralia will be without their entire first-choice pace attack at the Champions Trophy: Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood are “managing some ongoing injuries”.Mitchell Starc has withdrawn from the tournament for personal reasons.Marcus Stoinis retired from ODIs on February 6, after being named in Australia’s provisional squad.Mitchell Marsh has a back injury and is unlikely to play again this season.EnglandJacob Bethell was ruled out after picking up a hamstring injury on England’s ongoing white-ball tour of India.IndiaJasprit Bumrah is out with a back issue that he picked up in the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in January.New ZealandLockie Ferguson injured his hamstring at the ILT20 in the first week of February and was ruled out of the Champions Trophy on February 18.Rachin Ravindra was struck on the forehead while fielding against Pakistan on February 8, in the ongoing tri-series, and did not play New Zealand’s next game on February 10. NZC stated he passed the initial Head Injury Assessment but his laceration required stitches. He did not play for the rest of the series.Fast bowler Ben Sears was ruled out of the Champions Trophy with a hamstring injury.PakistanFakhar Zaman, the left-hand batter, was ruled out after suffering an oblique injury while fielding on the second ball of the tournament against New Zealand in Karachi. Imam-ul-Haq has been called in as replacement.Pakistan were sweating on the fitness of Haris Rauf, who picked up a “low-grade side strain” 11 days before the start of the Champions Trophy. But he started the first game against New Zealand.South AfricaAnrich Nortje, who has not played any competitive cricket since December 2024, is out of the Champions Trophy as well due to back trouble. He was set to be replaced by Gerald Coetzee who then picked up a groin injury.
