India Announces Squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Rohit Sharma to Lead, Shami Makes a Comeback

The BCCI revealed the squad for the Champions Trophy after the meeting. In the press conference, Ajit Agarkar and Rohit Sharma announced the 15-member squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. All the Indian team matches were held in Dubai.

The champions are back after 8 years. This edition of the Champions Trophy will be in the hybrid model. Only India matches will be played in Dubai and the rest of the matches will be played in Pakistan. The first of the tournament will be kick-off between two strong teams Pakistan and New Zealand in Karachi.

Rohit Sharma to Lead India 

The Indian team will play their first match against Bangladesh on February 20 in Dubai. Then India plays against Pakistan and New Zealand. Rohit Sharma will lead the team and Gill was picked as a vice-captain for the team. Some notable names Mohammad Siraj, Sanju Samson, Nitish Reddy, and Karun Nair were missing from the squad. These players played well in their recent matches but they didn't make a place in the squad. 

The last edition of the Champions Trophy was played in England. India and Pakistan were the finalists of the last edition. Pakistan beat India at the Oval to win the ICC Champions Trophy 2017. 

India's Squad for Champions Trophy 2025:

Role	Player
Batter	Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal
All-rounder	Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja
Wicketkeeper	KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant
Bowler	Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh

Groups of Champions Trophy

Group A	Group B
Pakistan	South Africa
India	Australia
New Zealand	Afghanistan
Bangladesh	England

India’s matches in the Champions Trophy:

Date	Match	Venue
20 February	Bangladesh v India	Dubai
23 February	Pakistan v India	Dubai
2 March	New Zealand v India	Dubai

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