Champions Trophy 2025: 3 players who can replace Pat Cummins as captain in Australia Squad

Australia could be missing the services of Pat Cummins in the Champions Trophy 2025 as he is recovering from an ankle injury.

By Adreej Kumar Mitra

Updated - 05 Feb 2025, 14:36 IST

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1. Steve Smith

Steve Smith of Australia (Photo by Steve Bardens/Getty Images)

Steve Smith is the frontrunner to lead Australia if Pat Cummins misses out. The right-handed batter is leading Australia in the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka in Cummins' absence. He has a considerable amount of experience in leading the national team in ODIs as well as Test cricket.

Smith has captained Australia in 59 ODIs. Under his captaincy, the six-time ODI World Cup champions won 31 matches and lost 25. Three games ended without a result. His win percentage is a commendable 52.54. It is important to note that McDonald recently named Smith and Head as the two players who could replace Cummins as the captain in the Champions Trophy. The Sydney-born led Australia in the previous edition of the Champions Trophy in 2017. They failed to progress beyond the group stage. England and Bangladesh qualified from their group.

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