LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Friday the much-awaited squad for the upcoming ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 and the tri-nation series, featuring Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa.

According to a statement issued by the cricket board, there are four changes in the 15-player squad that last played an ODI series in South Africa late last year.

Abdullah shafique, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub and Sufyan Mocim have ben replaced by faheem ashraf, fakhar zaman, khushdil shah and saud shakeel.

The squad, to be captained by Mohammad Rizwan with Salman Ali Agha as vice-captain, includes three members from the 2017 title-winning side — Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf and Fakhar Zaman.

Babar and Fakhar, along with Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Saud Shakeel had also featured in the last 50-over ICC event — the ICC Men’s 50-over Cricket World Cup 2023.

Following the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023, Pakistan has played three ODI series, defeating 50-over world champions Australia 2-1, Zimbabwe 2-1 and South Africa 3-0.

Pakistan squad:

Mohammad rizwan (c), babar azam, fakhar zaman, kamran ghulam, saud shakeel, tayyab tahir, faheem ashraf, khushdil shah, saalman ali agha (VC), Usman Khan, Abrar AhMad , Naseem shah and shaheen Shah Afridi.

ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 Schedule:

19 February: Pakistan v New Zealand, Karachi, Pakistan

20 February: Bangladesh v India, Dubai

21 February: Afghanistan v South Africa, Karachi, Pakistan

22 February: Australia v England, Lahore, Pakistan

23 February: Pakistan v India, Dubai

24 February: Bangladesh v New Zealand, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

25 February: Australia v South Africa, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

26 February: Afghanistan v England, Lahore, Pakistan

27 February: Pakistan v Bangladesh, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

28 February: Afghanistan v Australia, Lahore, Pakistan

1 March: South Africa v England, Karachi, Pakistan

2 March: New Zealand v India, Dubai

4 March: Semi-final 1, Dubai

5 March: Semi-final 2, Lahore, Pakistan

9 March: Final, Lahore (unless India qualify, else it will be played in Dubai)

10 March: Reserve day

*All matches will be day-night encounters

This is a developing story and is being updated with further details.