About 1 dozen team India players can debut in Champions Trophy

Last update:February 16, 2025, 12:52 IST

Champions Trophy 2025 The Indian team will land with 10 new players in the Champions Trophy 2025 under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. The last time only 5 players are in the team. In 2017, Pakistan won the title by defeating India.

New Delhi. The Indian team missed out on winning the ICC Champions Trophy last time. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, this time India has landed with a lesson from its mistake and it is expected that the wait of 12 years will end. The team selected for the tournament includes only 5 players from the last time. About half a dozen i.e. 10 Indians can debut in the Champions Trophy. Apart from captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, all -rounder Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja and fast bowler Mohammed Shami are all the new players. Varun Chakraborty and Harshit Rana have got a chance when Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jaspreet Bumrah got out of the list of potential players.

The last time the Champions Trophy was played in the year 2017. After 8 years, this ICC Tournament is going to return. Last time Pakistan defeated India and won this trophy. Since then, the ICC has not organized the Champions Trophy. Now this mega event is being organized once again. In such a long interval, some players of Indian have retired and some could not make a place in the team. Only 5 out of 15 players included in the Indian Squad have played the Champions Trophy.

10 new players can debut
In the Champions Trophy 2025, 10 players will play for the first time in the Indian team. Shubman Gill (Vice -captain), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakraborty have not played in this tournament earlier. In 10, 10 players have got a chance to play their first match this time. The play of vice -captain Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Akshar Patel, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav and Harshit Rana is considered to be sure.

Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakraborty is a little difficult to get a chance in the playing XI. KL Rahul will be the lead wicketkeeper batsman of the Indian team, this coach Gautam Gambhir had decided during the England ODI series. Varun Chakraborty has got a place in the Champions Trophy team at the last moment. Kuldeep Yadav will be preferred to prefer him/her.

India’s team for Champions Trophy
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (Vice -captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh , Ravindra Jadeja and Varun Chakraborty