There is less than 10 days left for the start of the 2025 Champions Trophy 2025. The last date for change in their squad for all teams including Team India is February 11, teams can make any changes till 12 pm. India’s fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah, who was injured on the tour of Australia, was expected to return to the third ODI against England, but it could not be possible. Bumrah is an important player for this big tournament and if he is out of the Champions Trophy, then the Indian team will definitely be disappointed. But it is not at all that without Bumrah Team India cannot win this tournament.
Jasprit Bumrah was injured in the second innings of the final Test played on Australia tour. Bumrah had a back injury, due to which he could not bowl in the second innings and the Team India lost by 6 wickets. Bumrah is currently in NCA, where he is working hard to recover soon. Bumrah is an important player, but without him, Team India is a strong contender to win the Champions Trophy, let’s tell you how.
Team India’s pace attack without Jaspreet Bumrah
3 fast bowlers including Jaspreet Bumrah were included in the Champions Trophy. He is accompanied by Mohammed Shami and Arshdeep Singh in the squad. The way Arshdeep Singh bowled against England, he assures us that this left -handed bowler is going to get rid of the top batsmen of opponents. Arshadeep took 4 wickets in 3 T20 matches played against England. The good thing in this was that he was taking wickets in the initial overs. Arshdeep has taken 12 wickets in 8 international ODI matches.
Mohammed Shami also returned to the Champions Trophy, he took 3 wickets in the third T20 match played against England in Wankhede. Shami has a lot of experience. He has taken 197 wickets in 103 international ODI matches.
Spinners will play important roles in Dubai
In the Champions Trophy, India will play all its matches in Dubai, it helps a lot to spinners, which is a positive point for India. India has 4 spinners as Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, out of which 3 players can be in playing 11. Dubai has a lot of turn in the middle overs, this is a good thing for the Indian team.
Harshit Rana can become Jaspreet Bumrah’s replacement
While Jasprit Bumrah is out of the Champions Trophy, the name of Harshit Rana is at the forefront of his replacement, who recently made ODI debut on the tour of England. Harshit bowled brilliantly in his first match, he took 3 important wickets for 53 runs. Harshit Rana balls at a speed of 145 km per hour, he can prove to be a good player as a replacement of Bumrah.
Team India batting strongest in Champions Trophy, Rohit Sharma also returned to form
The way captain Rohit Sharma scored a century in another ODI against England in Cuttack, he has made the fans happy. This century, which came before the Champions Trophy, will boost the morale of him and the team. The most experienced captain of all 8 teams is Rohit, he has scored 10987 runs in 267 ODI matches. He has also completed 50 matches as a captain in this format. Virat Kohli is undoubtedly not in form for some time but records show how many important players he prove to be in big matches. In the Champions Trophy knockout, he is the highest run -scorer among all the players currently playing, he has 529 runs in 12 innings.
Shubman Gill, who is involved in the squad, is also in good form, he scored a half -century (87 and 60) in both the initial ODI against England. The way Shreyas Iyer came in the first ODI against England in a difficult time and scored 44 runs in the second match, with his arrival, the middle order has strengthened.
Fantastic all -rounder in Indian team
Hardik Pandya specializes in playing explosive innings in batting, while he can do wonders with the ball. We saw how he contributed significantly with his bowling in the 2024 T20 World Cup. Akshar Patel’s work is also almost like this, of course he does not turn the ball, but the balls falling on his exact line also have trouble for good batsmen. Ravindra Jadeja is the third all -rounder in the Champions Trophy Squad. The specialty of these three players is that they are also amazing fielders.
Hardik has a good experience in this format, he has scored 1788 runs in 88 matches and has taken 85 wickets. Patel has taken 661 runs and 65 wickets in 62 ODi matches. Jadeja has the most experience of these, he has scored 2779 runs in 199 matches and has taken 226 wickets.
Indian team squad for Champions Trophy 2025
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja.
