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Team India: Team India has been announced for the Champions Trophy. 15 players including captain Rohit Sharma have been selected for this tournament. Young left-handed opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal has been included in the ODI team for the first time for the Champions Trophy while fast bowler Mohammed Shami has returned to the ODI team after a long time after recovering from injury. Shami has returned to the ODI team after the 50-over World Cup in 2023. Experienced Jasprit Bumrah is also named in the team but his presence will depend on regaining fitness. Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul will be the two wicketkeepers in the team. However, fast bowler Mohammad Siraj has not got a place in the 15-member team announced for the home ODI series against England and the Champions Trophy. Siraj played the ODI World Cup for India in the year 2023 but after 14 months, he has been dropped from the ICC tournament team.
Siraj’s leave from the team
Team India captain Rohit Sharma also told the reason behind Mohammed Siraj not being selected in the team. He said in the press conference that Mohammed Siraj was not proving to be that effective and as the ball gets a bit old as the game progresses, his effectiveness reduces even more. Therefore the fast bowler has been shown the way out.
The team has changed so much
Siraj is one of the few players who played the 2023 World Cup but will now not be able to participate for Team India in the Champions Trophy. Apart from Siraj, Suryakumar Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Prasidh Krishna, Ishan Kishan and Ravichandran Ashwin are also not part of the Champions Trophy 2025 squad. Ravichandran Ashwin had recently announced his retirement while the rest of the players could not make it to the team due to poor form.
Indian team for Champions Trophy 2025 and ODI series against England: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja. .
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