- ICC announced the Champions Trophy 2025 schedule, Captain Rohit Sharma will be seen opening the innings in the tournament. At the same time, Team India’s playing eleven can be like this.
Champions Trophy 2025: The International Cricket Council has officially announced the schedule of Champions Trophy 2025 on Tuesday evening. This time the hosting of the ICC tournament has been handed over to Pakistan. While Team India will play all its matches outside Pakistan in Dubai.
Before the tournament begins, the biggest question in the minds of fans is what Team India’s playing eleven will be like. There may be a change in the batting order of Shubman Gill, who plays as an opening batsman in limited overs. While Yashasvi Jaiswal can be selected as an opening batsman in his place.
This young batsman has impressed everyone with his explosive batting so far, after which his selection in the squad is almost certain.
Jaiswal will open with Rohit
In this tournament (Champions Trophy 2025) starting in February, Team India will play its first match against Bangladesh on 20 February 2025. This match will be played at the International Cricket Stadium in Dubai from 2:30 pm. In this match, Yashasvi Jaiswal can get the responsibility of opening the innings of Team India along with captain Rohit Sharma.
This opening pair of India has scored a lot of runs together in Tests. Also, the coordination between the two players is very good while batting on the field. This is the reason why Yashasvi Jaiswal can be seen opening with Rohit Sharma.
Siraj will support Bumrah in bowling
Jasprit Bumrah, who is included in the list of the best fast bowlers in the world, will play an important role in deciding India’s victory and defeat in this tournament. In the Champions Trophy 2025, Mohammad Siraj can become the bowling partner of Team India’s star bowler Jasprit Bumrah.
The record of the pair of Siraj and Bumrah in the ODI format has been quite impressive. At the same time, both of them also performed brilliantly in the ODI World Cup 2023. After this, both of them can once again be seen bowling together in a big event.
Gill will bat down
After Yashasvi Jaiswal’s return to Team India’s ODI team, Shubman Gill may have to change his position. During his debut in Team India, Gill came as an opening batsman. After this, he was shifted to number three in Tests. Now he has been batting at this position in Tests for a long time, but the number three position in ODIs is already fixed for Virat Kohli, after which Gill will be seen batting at number four or five.
Team India’s excellent performance in the ICC event
In the last two ICC tournaments (Champions Trophy 2025), Team India’s performance has been excellent under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. In the ODI World Cup 2023 played in India last year, Team India reached the final under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, but it remained one step behind victory. They were defeated by Australia in the final. After this, Team India’s performance was once again amazing in the T20 World Cup played in the same year in the West Indies and the United States.
Here too, Rohit Sharma was leading Team India. Under his captaincy, Team India not only reached the finals but also won the title. The Indian team defeated South Africa in a thrilling match in the final. Now fans are hoping that Team India will be able to repeat this feat once again under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma.
India’s probable playing XI
Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav / Washington Sundar, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah.