

The countdown of the Champions Trophy 2025 has started. This tournament of ICC is going to be held after a long wait of eight years. Pakistan is hosting the mega event starting on February 19. The Champions Trophy 2025 will be held under the hybrid model and Team India will play all their matches in Dubai. The top-8 teams in the world are participating in this tournament, which are divided into two groups. Rohit and Company are in Group-A, where they will face Bangladesh, Pakistan and New Zealand. The top-2 teams of both groups will qualify for the semi-finals.
Team India is considered a strong contender to win the Champions Trophy. The last time when this ICC tournament was held in 2017, India’s performance was excellent, although they had to face defeat to Pakistan in the final. The Indian team will be desperate to win the title this time. The team selected for the Champions Trophy has more than one stunning player, but today let’s talk about the 3 Indian players who are not part of this team that would make the opposing teams breathe a sigh of relief.
Abhishek Sharma
Emerging stars of Team India Abhishek Sharma are spreading in T20 cricket, but they are still waiting for their debut in ODI. Abhishek made his T20 debut against Zimbabwe in 2024. He has played 17 matches in this format so far and has scored 535 runs playing at a strike rate of 193.84. During this time, he has also scored 2 brilliant centuries. In the 5th T20 against England, Abhishek Sharma scored an unmatched innings of 135 runs with a bat. He created a sensation by hitting a century in 37 balls. He also became the third fastest century player in T20I. Given the form in which Abhishek Sharma is currently in, every Indian would want to play the Champions Trophy, but he has not got a place in the team, so that the opposing teams will not complain at all.
Varun chakravarti
How to return, someone should learn from Varun Chakraborty. After a flop in the T20 World Cup 2021, he was shown the way out of the team. The Tamil Nadu cricketer worked hard in domestic cricket and worked on his bowling. After performing well in IPL 2024, he made a place in Team India again and then became a major spinner. In the series against England, the English batsman got caught in Varun Chakraborty’s Chakravyuh and the mystery spinner took 14 wickets in 5 matches. In view of his performance, fans are demanding him to choose from the Champions Trophy, but now Varun will have to wait a little for ODI.
Tilak Verma
Tilak Verma is also making a splash for India in T20I after making a big hit for Mumbai Indians in the IPL. His form has been amazing in recent times. In the series against South Africa, he created a sensation by hitting two consecutive centuries.
In the match against England in Chennai, the left -handed batsman played a 72 -run match. In the middle order, Team India needs a batsman like him, but he has not found a place in the Champions Trophy. However, Tilak has made her ODI cricket debut for India. He has scored 68 runs in 4 ODI at an average of 22.66.
India team for Champions Trophy 2025:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja