Sunil Gavaskar on Rishabh Pant vs Sanju Samson: The Indian squad for the Champions Trophy 2025 has been announced, which will be led by Rohit Sharma. On Saturday, January 18, Team India’s Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar and Captain Rohit Sharma announced this during the press conference and Shubman Gill has been given a big responsibility for the Champions Trophy and has been made the vice-captain. Apart from Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal have been included in the team for the Champions Trophy. Yashasvi Jaiswal has not made his ODI debut yet. Hardik Pandya has made a natural comeback as an all-rounder.
Sunil Gavaskar’s statement came out
Apart from this, wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant is also a part of the team. But Sanju Samson has not got a chance in the Champions Trophy team. In such a situation, former Team India legend Sunil Gavaskar has given a statement regarding this decision during a conversation on Star Sports and has told what is the difference between Pant and Sanju due to which this decision might have been taken. Gavaskar said. “Pant can probably change the game a little more than Samson and that’s why Samson didn’t get the chance, but Samson shouldn’t be disappointed because all Indian cricket fans will sympathize with him for what he has achieved.”
Left-handed all-rounders Akshar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja are also part of the team. Along with this, Washington Sundar is also included in the team as another all-rounder. Whereas KL Rahul has been successful in making his place as the second wicketkeeper in the team.
Talking about the bowling department, apart from Akshar, Sundar and Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav will handle the spin bowling. Talking about pace attack, star pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who bowled brilliantly in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, will do it. Whereas Mohammed Shami has returned to international cricket after a long time. Apart from the Shami-Bumrah pair, Arshdeep Singh will also take charge of the fast bowling department. Whereas Mohammad Siraj has been dropped from the team. Siraj was recently seen struggling in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Indian squad for Champions Trophy:
Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul
India’s Champions Trophy schedule
- February 20, Thursday, vs Bangladesh, 2:30 pm
- 23 February, Sunday, vs Pakistan, 2:30 pm
- March 2, Sunday, vs New Zealand, 2:30 pm