Here are top players who will miss Champions Trophy

With ICC Champions Trophy is less than a week away, we have compiled a list of top players who will miss the tournament this year.

The list only includes players who were named in their team’s provisional 15 in January and missed out later.

It does not include the likes of Shakib Al Hasan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman or Saim Ayub who would have been picked if they were fit or without personal complications.

From Afghanistan, AM Ghazanfar is out due to a fractured vertebra. He suffered the injury during Zimbabwe tour in December.

It won’t be wrong to say that Australia suffered the most with five players are set to miss the eight-team tournament.

Captain Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood are “managing some ongoing injuries”. Mitchell Starc has withdrawn for personal reasons, all-rounder Marcus Stoinis announced surprising retirement from ODIs on February 6, after being named in Australia’s provisional squad, and lastly, Mitchell Marsh has a back injury and is unlikely to play again this season.

England’s Jacob Bethell ruled out from the tournament after picking up a hamstring injury on white-ball tour of India.

India’s premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah is out with a back issue that he picked up in the final Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test in January.

New Zealand are dealing with two injury concerns, with Lockie Ferguson injured his hamstring at the ILT20 in the first week of February, while, Rachin Ravindra was struck on the forehead while fielding against Pakistan on February 8.

New Zealand will be waiting on his fitness ahead of the tri-series final on Friday and beyond.

For Pakistan, Haris Rauf’s fitness is a bit of concern. He had a “low-grade side strain” 11 days before the start of the Champions Trophy.

South Africa’s Anrich 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.