Champions Trophy 2025 Team of the Tournament

Five players from the title-winning Indian cricket team have been picked for the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 Team of the Tournament.

The best XI of the tournament was announced by the International Cricket Council on Monday - a day after India beat New Zealand by four wickets in the Champions Trophy 2025 final in Dubai.

Four members of the New Zealand squad also made the team, including Player of the Tournament Rachin Ravindra and Mitchell Santner, who was named captain.

Two players from Afghanistan also made the cut after the Asian nation won their first-ever ICC Men’s Champions Trophy match in their debut appearance.

Ravindra was an expected selection after he scored two centuries and topped the run-scoring charts with 263.

His knock of 112 against Bangladesh was instrumental in seeing New Zealand over the line and his 108 in the semi-final against South Africa saw him deliver on the big stage.

Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Zadran was chosen to partner Ravindra at the top of the order.

The 23-year-old more than left his mark on the tournament, scoring a brilliant match-winning knock of 177 – the highest-ever Champions Trophy score - against England in the group stage.

India’s Virat Kohli slots in at number three after he finished fifth in the run-scoring charts with 218 at an average of 54.50.

Kohli made a memorable unbeaten century in his side’s group-stage win over Pakistan and a crucial 84 in the semi-final success over world champions Australia.

Kohli’s teammates Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul join him in the middle-order after impressive tournaments.

Iyer was India’s top run-scorer, with two half-centuries helping him to 243 runs in total, while Rahul finished with an average of 140 thanks to unbeaten knocks of 42 and 34 in the semi-final and final respectively.

New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips was selected at number six after a brilliant performance with the bat and in the field.

His diving one-handed catch to dismiss Shubman Gill in the final was one of his three sensational takes in the tournament. The 28-year-old also scored one half-century against Pakistan and took two wickets against South Africa in the semi-final to go alongside an unbeaten 49.

Azmatullah Omarzai is the second Afghan in the team. The fast-bowling all-rounder had a fantastic tournament with both bat and ball and finished with seven wickets and 126 runs.

Santner was named as team captain after picking up nine wickets to finish joint second on the top wicket-takers list.

His knack for taking potential game-changing wickets was evident in the final. With the help of a sublime Phillips catch, he removed Shubman Gill and followed it up with the wicket of Iyer.

India’s Mohammed Shami caps a successful return from injury after finishing with nine wickets and was picked in the Team of the Tournament.

Matt Henry, unfortunately, missed the final due to a shoulder injury he picked up during New Zealand’s semi-final win over South Africa but still finished as the tournament’s leading wicket-taker with 10 at 16.70.

The team is completed by Varun Chakravarthy, who took nine wickets in just three matches.

He bowled his full allocation in all three matches he played and never went for more than 49. India’s Axar Patel was selected as the 12th man.

The selection panel consisted of commentators and former international players Ian Bishop, Simon Doull and Aaron Finch, Hindustan Times journalist Rasesh Mandani and ICC General Manager Events and Corporate Communications, Gaurav Saxena.

Champions Trophy 2025 Team of the Tournament

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