England squad for CT 2025 and India ODIs announced, No Ben Stokes in the setup of CT 2025
England ODI squad vs India and Champions Trophy:
Jos Buttler (C), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.
Jos Buttler (C), Rehan Ahmed, Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.
The England National Cricket Team has revealed their team for the CT 2025 and the forthcoming India tour. Before heading to Pakistan for the competition, the Three Lions will play three One-Day Internationals and five Twenty20 Internationals in India.
In the first significant decision of Brendon McCullum’s stint as head coach across red- and white-ball formats, Joe Root has been called up to England’s ODI squad for the CT 2025 in February and the 50-over portion of the India series that precedes it.
Following an incredible personal year in which he amassed 1556 runs at 55.57, including six hundreds, Root, who turns 34 later this month, is expected to end 2024 as the world’s top-ranked Test batsman.
However, after England’s catastrophic World Cup defense in India in October and November of 2023, he has not played in the white-ball setup for over a year. In the team’s group-stage loss at that event, he scored 276 runs at 30.66, which was much less than his career average of 47.60 in the format but consistent with a sharp decline (666 runs at 28.95) in 28 ODIs after his crucial contribution to the 2019 World Cup victory.
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After suffering a left hamstring injury during England’s 423-run loss to New Zealand in the third Test last week in Hamilton, Ben Stokes, Root’s Test captain and another World Cup champion, may have also been eligible for a recall but was passed over for selection for the ODI and CT 2025
But in a clear sign of McCullum’s intention to bring his red- and white-ball teams’ ideologies together, the 15-man party includes eight players who played for the Test team this year, and each of the side’s five fast bowlers can reach speeds of more than 90 mph. Among them is Jofra Archer, whose 2024 injury-free comeback has stoked speculation that he would also return to the red ball next summer.
After missing England’s winter Test trips due to an elbow injury sustained in the summer, Mark Wood, the country’s quickest bowler, is back in the lineup. Similar to another inclusion, Gus Atkinson, who participated in the 2023 World Cup campaign, he hasn’t played ODI cricket since the December trip of the West Indies last year.
Both Saqib Mahmood, who last month proved his return to full fitness in the Caribbean following twin stress fractures of the back in 2022 and 2023, and Brydon Carse, the outstanding fast bowler of England’s Test winter, have been given the opportunity to build on their good success.
In a few of recent white-ball matches, Jamie Overton played as a specialized death-overs batter due to England’s determination to manage him through his own recent stress fractures. He completes a remarkably heavy-duty pace-bowling contingent. Having struck 97 as a nightwatcher in his lone Test match to date, against New Zealand at Headingley in 2022, McCullum is also aware of his batting prowess.
It’s telling that Sam Curran, who was named player of the match and tournament for England when they won the T20 World Cup in 2022, is not included for both India Tour and CT 2025. Earlier this year, Curran expressed his worry that, as a medium-pacer who is under six feet tall, he didn’t “fit that mould” that McCullum’s administration is presently seeking.
Another left-armer who has been a mainstay of England’s recent white-ball teams, Reece Topley, has also been left out following a string of unlucky injuries. Matthew Potts, a seamer who has shown promise in his sporadic appearances across formats but is perhaps a step slower than England’s selected quicks, has also been left out.
As England’s top spinner, Adil Rashid will likely be supported by Root, Liam Livingstone, and Jacob Bethell, who was chosen for his first big tournament after receiving a two-year ECB central contract last month in recognition of his quick ascent to stardom. Root will miss that portion of the tour as Rashid’s successor apparent, Rehan Ahmed, will go to India for the Twenty20 Internationals in January.
England’s likely opening pairing is Phil Salt and Ben Duckett, who had some success together against Australia in September. Among the top-order alternatives, Will Jacks is the most conspicuous absence.
If skipper Jos Buttler decides to take off his gloves, like he did for the most recent T20I series in the Caribbean, Jamie Smith, who missed England’s Test tour of New Zealand due to the birth of his first child, might also take wickets.
There is still much to be determined when England plays India in their first One-Day International (ODI) in Nagpur on February 6. Buttler, like many other players in the team, will be playing in his first ODI in over a year after missing the English home season due to a calf injury.
Following the long-running disagreement about Pakistan hosting India fixtures, which led to the adoption of a hybrid arrangement for future ICC events last week, England’s precise CT 2025 schedule is still pending confirmation. But on January 17, the team leaves for India in preparation for the first of five Twenty20 Internationals in Kolkata on January 22.
India’s decision not to travel for the CT 2025, which is scheduled to be held in Pakistan has delayed the release of schedule.
The ICC CT 2025 is scheduled to be in its ninth edition From February 19 to March 9, 2025, it will be hosted by Pakistan and held at a neutral location. The top eight men’s national teams that qualified for the 2023 Cricket World Cup will compete. Having won the previous tournament in 2017, Pakistan is the reigning champions.
Following an agreement between the BCCI and PCB, the ICC announced in an update on India and Pakistan-hosted matches at ICC events on December 19, 2024, that the CT 2025 , which will be hosted by Pakistan and take place in February and March 2025, will be played throughout Pakistan and at a neutral location. India and Pakistan matches hosted by either nation at ICC events between 2024 and 2027 would take place in a neutral location, according to confirmation from the ICC board. This will also hold true for the 2026 Men’s T20 World Cup, which India and Sri Lanka will host, and the 2025 Women’s Cricket World Cup, which India will host.
