- The Champions Trophy 2025 is going to start on February 19. The Indian cricket team will play its first match against Bangladesh on February 20 in Dubai. But, before that, Virat Kohli was suddenly chosen as the captain.
Virat Kohli: Rohit Sharma has been chosen as the captain for the Champions Trophy 2025. Ever since he has been chosen as the captain, he has impressed a lot with his leadership. Under Rohit’s captaincy, India won the T20 World Cup 2024 title last year. This is the reason why Hitman was chosen as the captain of the Champions Trophy. Meanwhile, big news is coming out about legendary batsman Virat Kohli. He has suddenly been made the captain of this team.
Virat Kohli was chosen as the captain of the All-Time Champions Trophy-XI
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The first match of the Champions Trophy 2025 will be played between Pakistan and New Zealand on 19 February in Karachi. Before that, the eyes of the whole world will be on Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli. King Kohli is a big player in big tournaments. His bat spits fire in ICC tournaments.
But, before that, Wesden has selected the All-Time Champions Trophy-XI. In which big players like Jacques Kallis, Andy Flower, Chris Gayle, and Shane Watson have been included. But, Virat Kohli has been given importance as captain. Let us tell you that apart from Virat, 2 more Indians have been selected as the All-Time Champions. Which includes the names of Shikhar Dhawan and Ravindra Jadeja.
King Kohli has a great record in the Champions Trophy
Wesden has praised Virat Kohli in its reports. Not only this, Virat has also shared some great statistics. Let us tell you that Virat has played 13 matches in the Champions Trophy. In 12 innings, he has scored 529 runs at an average of 88.19 and a strike rate of 92.32.
The interesting thing is that he has returned to the pavilion unbeaten 6 times. Virat is second in the list of batsmen who have scored the most centuries in international ODIs. Not only this, but his statistics in captaincy are amazing. He captained in 213 matches from the year 2013 to the year 2022. In which there were 135 wins and 60 losses and 11 matches were drawn.
Wisden picks his all-time Champions Trophy XI:
Philo Wallace (West Indies), Shikhar Dhawan (India), Chris Gayle (West Indies), Virat Kohli (Captain – India), Jacques Kallis (South Africa), Andy Flower (Zimbabwe), Shane Watson (Australia), Ravindra Jadeja (India), Kyle Mills (New Zealand), Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) Glenn McGrath (Australia)