Shubhman Gill
Team India has been announced for Champions Trophy 2025. Rohit Sharma has been made the captain of the team while Shubman Gill has been given a big responsibility. In the Champions Trophy, Team India will start its campaign against Bangladesh on 20th February in Dubai. A 15-member Indian team has been selected for this tournament, in which Gill has been made the vice-captain. However, former cricketer Harbhajan Singh believes that the selectors and team management could have waited till the end of the Champions Trophy to announce Shubman Gill as the new vice-captain in ODIs. The World Cup-winning former Indian off-spinner said that he wanted Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma to open the batting for India in the Champions Trophy, but he rejected the possibility. He said that it is certain that Gill will play in the top order after becoming the vice-captain.
Jaiswal should be in playing-11
Harbhajan Singh, while talking on his YouTube show, said that India could have opened with Yashasvi Jaiswal. He said that the team needs to use an in-form player who brings a right-left combination at the top of the order. Harbhajan said that everyone believes that Jaiswal should be in the team. The way he played in Australia shows that he is ready. We said that he should not only be in the team, but he should also play in the playing-11. But, now I think it will be difficult for him to play in the playing-11. Shubhman Gill is the vice-captain. He will start the innings. You cannot say that Yashasvi Jaiswal will open, Shubman Gill will play at number 3 and Virat Kohli will play at number 4. If this happens, where will Shreyas Iyer play? Yashasvi should have played. When a player is in form, he should play.
Bhajji further said that if Shubman Gill had not been made the vice-captain, Yashasvi could have played. Yashasvi and Rohit would open, Virat Kohli would bat at number 3. Shreyas Iyer at number 4 and the rest of the batting order. In that situation Gill would have sat out. But, now he is the vice-captain. But, I don’t think there is any vice-captain sitting outside.
India’s Champions Trophy team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh. , Yashasvi Jaiswal.
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