
New Delhi:
As each day is progressing, the Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan next year (Champions Trophy 2025) The date of announcement of the Indian team is coming closer. Earlier the team was to be announced by 12th January, but now the “temporary team” will be announced on 18th-19th of this month, while this “temporary team” can also be changed by 13th February. . However, the discussion regarding India’s possible team has also gained momentum. Fans and legends are choosing their respective teams. And in this series, former legends Sunil Gavaskar and Irfan Pathan have together selected their Champions Trophy Indian XI. Both of them believe that both KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant should be a part of the playing XI.
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In the Star-Sports show “Game Plan”, both Gavaskar and Pathan chose Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli among the top three batsmen, while both of them kept Shubman Gill out as a back-up opener. Has given. Pathan said that both KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer should be a part of the middle order.
Pathan said, “If I sit there, I will see which batsman has performed better in recent times. KL Rahul had a good fifty-fifty World Cup. As far as Shreyas Iyer is concerned, his World Cup was Looking at that, I would say that KL Rahul has not got the support he needed in the last few months. “Will do.”
Both Gavaskar and Pathan selected Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant for numbers four, five and six respectively. Former legend Gavaskar said, “My number four is Shreyas Iyer, then there will be Rahul at five and Rishabh Pant at six. Sanju Samson has recently scored a century, so he will also have to be kept in the team. How can you ignore that player? Who has scored a century for the country.”
Also, Gavaskar said, “Suryakumar Yadav does not get a place in their team because his record is not as good as T20. This batsman is made for T20. However, he has not played Test cricket yet.” By the way, it is quite surprising that Akshar Patel and Washington Sundar, who were seen to be at the forefront of head coach Gautam Gambhir’s planning, do not seem to be included in both their teams. Whereas, the pitch of UAE is considered very suitable for spinners. These pitches are also slow and the ball comes with a halt.
In such a situation, the absence of a spinner back-up all-rounder is more than a little surprising. The team selected by Gavaskar and Pathan together for the Champions Trophy is as follows: Rohit Sharma (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Shreyas. Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson, Mohammed Siraj. and Nitish Kumar Reddy