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Here’s a look at the complete list of changes in the Indian team for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 from the last ODI series played against Sri Lanka in August 2024.
Complete list of changes in Team India for Champions Trophy 2025 from last ODI series played against Sri Lanka in August 2024. (Picture Credit: Sportzpics, PTI)
India’s chief selector, Ajit Agarkar, on Saturday, January 18, announced India’s squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Rohit Sharma, who also attended the press conference organised by the BCCI at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, will lead India in the eight-team ICC tournament, and Shubman Gill will be his deputy. India last played an ODI match on August 7, 2024, against Sri Lanka in Colombo, and as many as 10 players who featured in that series have managed to retain their place in the squad for the Champions Trophy, which is set to be played from February 19 to March 9 across three venues in Pakistan and one in Dubai.
Here’s a look at the complete list of changes in India’s ODI team for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 from the last 50-over series played against Sri Lanka in August 2024:
OUT: Mohammed Siraj led India’s pace attack in the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka last year, but he has been dropped from the squad for the ICC Champions Trophy as well as the home series against England. In addition to Siraj, fast bowlers Khaleel Ahmed and Harshit Rana and all-rounders Shivam Dube and Riyan Parag have also been left out of the 50-over side. While Khaleel and Harshit didn’t get a chance to play in any of the three ODIs against Sri Lanka, Dube played in all three matches, and Parag featured in the last match, where he also picked up three wickets.
IN: Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, and Hardik Pandya are back in India’s ODI team. While Burmah, Shami, and Jadeja last played a 50-over match for India in the ODI World Cup 2023 final against Australia at Narendra Modi Stadium on November 19, 2023, Hardik’s last ODI match for India was against Bangladesh in Pune on October 19, 2023. Mumbai’s 23-year-old left-handed top-order batter Yashasvi Jaiswal is also part of India’s Champions Trophy squad. The 2024 T20 World Cup winner has never played a 50-over match for India before and is picked in the ODI team for the first time on Saturday.
Players retained: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, and Washington Sundar are 10 players who have managed to retain their place in the ODI team.
India’s squad for Champions Trophy 2025: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
India’s strongest playing XI for Champions Trophy 2024: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami
