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The Indian national cricket team will soon announce the squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. According to PTI reports, there are chances that some of the bold calls will be taken by the selectors while picking the squad for the tournament
The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will start on February 19 and the deadline to announce the squad for the tournament is January 12. The BCCI, along with head coach Gautam Gambhir and the selectors, will meet soon to name the squad.
Sanju Samson to be picked for ICC Champions Trophy 2025 if Gautam Gambhir still has his say in selection matters
But according to reports, it is learned that if head coach Gautam Gambhir still has his say in selection matters after the Australia tour, there is a good chance that Sanju Samson will be there. Reports added that he will be Rishabh Pant’s stand-in wicketkeeper in the team as KL Rahul will be out.
Sanju Samson has a decent record in ODIs and also hit a century in the last ODI he played in South Africa. The wicketkeeper-batsman averages over 56 in the format and has made 510 runs in the 16 matches he has played over the course of a century and three half-centuries.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli to form India’s batting core
Reports also claimed that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will continue to form India’s batting core in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal is set to be in the squad as the selectors want a batsman lefties at the top. four
Yashasvi Jaiswal is yet to make his debut for the Indian national cricket team in ODIs but has been very successful for the team in Tests and T20Is. So it’s a no-brainer; with the ability he has, he will do the job for the team in the format if given the chance.
The discussions are around three spinners Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy and Ravi Bishnoi. It is learned that his future will be discussed when the selectors meet to pick the team for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. If Kuldeep does not suit by then, then either Bishnoi or Chakravarthy will be picked.
Washington Sundar will be there as an off-spinner while Hardik Pandya will be the all-round bowler. The Indian National Cricket Team will also have reserves for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. It is learned that there will be a choice between Rinku Singh and Tilak Varma in the batting department.
India’s likely Champions Trophy squad
Indian Champions Trophy Selection (In Containment): Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Varun Chakravarthy/Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan/ Mohammed Shami, Rinku Singh/Tilak Varma
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