Breaking News: Pat Cummins To Miss the ICC Champion Trophy 2025 Due To Injury?

In a major blow to Australia, World Cup-winning Captain Pat Cummins might miss the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Cummins, who recently led Australia in ICC Tournaments is running against time to recover from his ankle injury before the Champions Trophy.

Pat Cummins to Miss Sri Lanka Tour

Pat Cummins will also miss the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka, and Cricket Australia has announced Steve Smith as the captain of the series. During the recent Border Gavaskar trophy, Cummins successfully led the Australian team to victory, winning the prestigious trophy after a decade. Australia defeated India by 3-1.

What Selector Said About Pat Cummins Unavailability

Cricket Australia's Chairman of Selectors, George Bailey, did not provide any assurance of Pat Cummins' availability for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy. The Tournament will start on February 19 and end on March 9 with the Final.

When explicitly asked about Cummins's injury and participation in the Champions Trophy, he didn't commit to his inclusion in the squad.

“Not really sure yet, we'll have to wait and see when that scan comes back and where it's tracking," 

"There's a little bit of work to do; he's got a little bit of a sore ankle as well.

So I think in the next week or so, he's got a scan coming and we'll get a bit more information around where that's at," Bailey added.

Pat Cummins is set to undergo scans on a sore ankle and is no certainty to feature for Australia in the Champions Trophy 😑

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— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 9, 2025

Josh Hazelwood Injury

This is another blow to the team as star Pacer Josh Hazelwood is already facing injury issues, which led to his unavailability in the last two matches of the border Gavaskar trophy. 

On Josh Hazelwood’s availability, Baily said,

He's working really hard, and all the news on how he's responding to the calf injury is coming along really well," said Bailey. "It was just probably a little bit tight (to include Hazlewood in the Test squad for Sri Lanka) given the amount of time he would've missed and again looking how we potentially may structure up those loads the quicks may be put under," he added.

Australia’s Squad for the Sri Lanka Series 

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Full Schedule

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Pat Cummins' recent ICC Tournament Performance

Pat Cummins Recent ICC Tournament Performances