Delhi: After the conclusion of the Test series against Australia, the Indian team will now focus on white-ball cricket. India will play a series of five T20 and three ODI matches against England from January 22. After this, Champions Trophy 2025 will start from 19th February. Indian cricket selectors announced the team for the Champions Trophy on Saturday.

Meanwhile, former Indian cricketer and current commentator Aakash Chopra has given a big statement about the most important player of Team India. Instead of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah, Akash has described star all-rounder Hardik Pandya as the most valuable player of the team.

He said in the video shared by Star Sports, “If you ask me who is the most important and valuable player of Team India at the moment, then I will take the name of Hardik Pandya before Bumrah, because if Hardik is not in the team, then It becomes difficult to balance the playing eleven. You will have to play two or three fast bowlers, which makes the batting weak. Hardik is the only fast bowling all-rounder whom the team desperately needs.”

For your information, let us tell you that India will play all its Champions Trophy matches in Dubai. This time the Champions Trophy will be held in Pakistan and Dubai under the ‘hybrid model’. The first match of the tournament will be played between host Pakistan and New Zealand on 19 February in Karachi. At the same time, the Indian team will play its first match against Bangladesh on 20 February.

The Indian team for ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is as follows –

Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja. .

Leave a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *