Champions trophy 2025: There have been two major changes in Team India’s squad for the Champions Trophy 2025. Star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has not emerged from a back injury and is out of the Champions Trophy. Apart from this, the selectors have included spinner Varun Chakraborty in the team by showing the way out the young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal at the last moment.
The changes in Team India for the Champions Trophy 2025 are being questioned. Fans on social media are fiercely targeting the head coach Gautam Gambhir. His first question is that if Bumrah is injured, then why veteran Mohammad Siraj was not chosen in his place. And the second question is, when Yashasvi Jaiswal had to do it out, why was he shown the dream of playing the Champions Trophy?
Fans on social media are expressing anger over Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir. The big reason behind this is that in the team, young pacer Harshit Rana has been selected in place of Bumrah, who has played only 2 ODI matches so far. According to fans, Mohammad Siraj, who played 44 ODIs for India, could prove to be a better option than him.
Why is there a ruckus on the selection of Harshit Rana?
Let us know that Harshit Rana was part of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2024. Gautam Gambhir was then the mentor of this team and did a lot of work with the young fast bowler. When Gambhir became the coach of Team India, Harshit Rana was selected in the team. Not only this, he also got a chance to make a Test debut against Australia. In the ongoing series against England, Harshit also made her debut in ODI. The fans allege that Gautam Gambhir is biased in the team and giving a chance to his close players.
After a spectacular performance in Australia, Team India’s young sensation Yashasvi Jaiswal was rewarded and got a place in the temporary team selected for the Champions Trophy 2025. However, when the final team was released on Tuesday, Yashasvi’s name was missing in it, which is surprised by all. Team management decided to include another spinner in the team in place of Yashasvi Jaiswal. The fate of the mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty, who made a blast in the ongoing series against England, has now been given a place in the Champions Trophy team.
Team India squad for Champions Trophy 2025
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (Vice-Qetan), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakraborty.
Reserve: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammad Siraj and Shivam Dubey.