CT 2025: The Champions Trophy 2025 is starting three days later from February 19, in which the top 8 teams of the world will participate. The last season of this prestigious ICC tournament was held in England in 2017, where Pakistan won the title by defeating India in the final. This time Pakistan has been given the responsibility of hosting the tournament. However, the Indian team will play all its matches in Dubai.
A total of 15 matches will be played in this mini World Cup which will last for 19 days. This season, some of the best batsmen will be seen on the field, due to which this tournament is likely to become a run-fest.
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Let's take a look at those 5 players who can leave their mark in this tournament:
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Rohit Sharma (IND)
Rohit Sharma is one of the greatest openers in ODI cricket history. He has scored 10,987 runs in 259 innings at an average of 49.26 and a strike rate of 92.7. He has 32 centuries to his name, which is only behind Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar. Rohit has the ability to play big innings. Not only this, the Hitman has scored three double centuries in ODI cricket. In 2014, he scored 264 runs against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, which is the highest score by any batsman in ODI cricket.
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Babar Azam (PAK)
Former Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam is counted among the best batsmen. His average (56.29) in the ODI format is the second highest among any batsman who has played more than 50 matches. Babar's record in Pakistan is excellent. He has scored 1481 runs in 23 innings on home grounds at an average of 70.5 and a strike rate of 94.8, which includes 7 centuries.
Daryl Mitchell (NZ)
Daryl Mitchell has had a great start to his ODI career. He has scored 1708 runs in 39 innings at an average of 50.23 and a strike rate of 97.87. In the 2023 tour against Pakistan, he scored 297 runs in 4 matches, including two centuries. Since then, Mitchell has become one of the best ODI batsmen in the world.
Travis Head (AUS)
Australia's Travis Head is one of the most dangerous openers in limited overs cricket. He has the ability to change the course of the match in the powerplay itself. Since 2022, his strike rate in the powerplay in ODI cricket has been 123.5, which is the highest in the world. Head performs brilliantly in big matches. He can also impress everyone with his bat in the Champions Trophy 2025.
Harry Brook (ENG)
England's Harry Brook is famous for his aggressive batting in Test cricket, but he is slowly making his mark in ODI cricket as well. He has scored 769 runs in 23 innings at an average of 36.6 and a strike rate of 101.98. Brook's most impressive performance came against Australia, when he scored an unbeaten 110 off 94 balls at Chester-le-Street. His performance against short balls is excellent. He has scored 139 runs on the pull shot at a strike rate of 231.7.