Champions Trophy 2025 Each Team Best Batting Lineup Ranking

Team India, the standout in our best batting lineup ranking for all 8 teams for the ICC Champions Trophy (CT) 2025. 

It has been an amazingly surprising start to the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The hosts Pakistan suffered a humiliating defeat in the tournament opener. Whereas India had to go the extra mile to secure a rather difficult victory over Bangladesh. With two surprising results already in the first two matches, one thing is for sure pitches won’t be easy to bat in this tournament, especially in the second innings.

With such difficult pitches in place, it is important for each team to strengthen the batting department. While 7 solid batters is a mandatory requirement, having a cushion of eight batters would be gold for each team. But which team has the best batting lineup in the competition? Well, let’s analyze the squad of each team, and find out the best batting lineup ranking for all 8 teams for the Champions Trophy 2025.

#8: Bangladesh Champions Trophy 2025 Best Batting Lineup

1. Tanzid Hasan
2. Soumya Sarkar
3. Najmul  Shanto (c)
4. Towhid Hridoy
5. Mushfiqur Rahim (wk)
6. Jaker Ali
7. Mehidy Hasan Miraz

Among all teams, Bangladesh have the weakest batting lineup in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Barring Mushfiqur Rahim, and maybe Najmul Shanto, the other batters do not have much experience in the ODI format. The match against India saw how fragile their batting lineup is, even though they recovered with solid knocks from Towhid and Jaker Ali. But Bangladesh might find it difficult to excel with this batting lineup. 

#7: Champions Trophy 2025 Best Playing 11 for Afghanistan

1. Ibrahim Zadran
2. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk)
3. Rahmat Shah
4. Hashmatullah Shahidi (c)
5. Azmatullah Omarzai
6. Gulbadin Naib
7. Mohammad Nabi

The Afghanistan team may not be the most known team on paper when it comes to their batting, but they have batters who can give decent starts to keep Afghanistan anytime in the game. Given their batting, all they need is 2-3 batters to score 50 or more runs in the match. If they are able to do this, the rest can be taken care of by their bowling, which is honestly excellent. 

#6: Pakistan Champions Trophy 2025 Best Batting Lineup

1. Imam-ul-Haq
2. Babar Azam
3. Saud Shakeel
4. Mohammad Rizwan (c&wk)
5. Salman Agha
6. Tayyab Tahir
7. Khusdil Shah

Pakistan lost their star opener Fakhar Zaman while fielding in the first match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. With Fakhar Zaman gone, it will be interesting to see how Pakistan’s batting lineup responds. Barring Rizwan, Babar, and Salman, they don’t have reliable batters that can go all the way to neglect the pressure of batting any kind of batting wicket. Also, having lost the first match, Pakistan are almost on the verge of an elimination. 

#5: England Champions Trophy 2025 Best Batting Lineup

1. Ben Duckett
2. Phil Salt (wk)
3. Joe Root
4. Jamie Smith
5. Harry Brook
6. Jos Buttler (c)
7. Liam Livingstone

The England team announced their best first-choice playing 11 already, and it has Jamie Smith at number 3 or 4 as the surprising element. Overall, England’s batting lineup does have good potential, but how well they play against spin is an important question. Currently, only Jos Buttler and Joe Root are good enough to pay spin, and as the tournament progresses, the spin will play an important role in the competition. Can this England team handle the spin pressure? Well, only time will tell that. 

#4: Australia Champions Trophy 2025 Best Batting Lineup

1. Travis Head
2. Matthew Short
3. Marnus Labuschagne
4. Steven Smith (c)
5. Glenn Maxwell
6. Josh Inglis (wk)
7. Aaron Hardie

The Australian team suffered a huge blow when their key bowlers were ruled out of the competition. However, among batters, Australia lost Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis, which kind of disturbs their batting lineup a bit. While the top 5 for Australia look solid with Head and Short opening, followed by Marnus, Steve Smith, and Glenn Maxwell, where they face a challenge is lower-order as apart from Josh Inglis, who is a good batter, they will have to rely on Aaron Hardie and Sean Abbott, which can be tricky. 

#3: New Zealand Champions Trophy 2025 Best Batting Lineup

1. Will Young
2. Devon Conway
3. Kane Williamson
4. Daryl Mitchell
5. Tom Latham (wk)
6. Glenn Phillips
7. Mark Chapman
8. Mitchell Santner

At number 3, we have New Zealand, and they have a pretty stable batting lineup in the competition. Not just batting depth, New Zealand have a batting lineup that is adaptive to all kinds of batting wickets. The team has aggressors in the form of Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, and Mark Chapman. Whereas the likes of Conway, Willamson, and Latham can play anchor perfectly. While NZ will be excellent on low-scoring matches, they might find it slightly difficult on high-scoring pitches. 

#2: South Africa Champions Trophy 2025 Best Batting Lineup

1. Temba Bavuma (c)
2. Tony de Zorzi
3. Rassie van der Dussen
4. Aiden Markram
5. Heinrich Klaasen (wk)
6. David Miller
7. Marco Jansen

South Africa have one of the best batting lineups in the competition. There is a right mix of aggression and anchor-play in the team, which will help them adapt to any kind of batting wicket. The in-form batters for South Africa are Temba Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, and Heinrich Klaasen. There could be a debate on whether Tond de Zorzi or Ryan Rickelton opens, but whoever plays shouldn’t be an issue. The finishing duties shall rely on  David Miller, Marco Jansen, and Wian Mulder.

#1: Team India Champions Trophy 2025 Best Batting Lineup

1. Rohit Sharma (c)
2. Shubman Gill
3. Virat Kohli
4. Shreyas Iyer
5. KL Rahul (wk)
6. Hardik Pandya
7. Axar Patel
8. Ravindra Jadeja

Team India undoubtedly have the best batting lineup among all teams. Right from the world’s best top 3 in the form of Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, and Virat Kohli, India have a solid middle-order in the form of Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul. If this was not enough, India also have 3 solid lower-order batters in the form of Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, and Ravindra Jadeja. This is a solid batting lineup that is well-equipped to handle pressure on all kinds of wickets. 

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