Rohit Sharma and Shahid Afridi
Champions Trophy 2025: The start date of Champions Trophy 2025 is getting closer. Now about 1 month is left in the tournament and a total of 7 countries including India have announced their teams. The team has not been announced yet by host Pakistan. A total of 8 teams will participate in the Champions Trophy which have been divided into 2 groups. India and Pakistan have been kept in the same group. This time the tournament will be played in hybrid model. India will play all its matches in Dubai while the remaining matches will be played in Pakistan. India will start its campaign in the tournament against Bangladesh on February 20. India and Pakistan will face each other in Dubai on 23rd February, for which fans are eagerly waiting.
Waiting for the title for 12 years
The Indian team will play in the Champions Trophy under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma where it will aim to capture this title for the first time after 12 years. In the year 2013, India won the Champions Trophy title under the captaincy of Dhoni. Since then India has not been able to win this title. However, this time Rohit will try to end this title drought. In this tournament, Rohit will be targeting a big world record which has been unbroken since 2015. This world record is currently held in the name of former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi.
Rohit on the verge of breaking the world record
Actually, Shahid Afridi holds the world record for hitting most sixes in ODIs. Afridi has hit 391 sixes in 398 matches. In this matter, Rohit is at second place after Afridi. If Rohit manages to hit 21 sixes in the upcoming Champions Trophy, Shahid Afridi’s world record will be shattered. Rohit has hit 331 sixes in 265 matches.
The Indian squad for Champions Trophy 2025 is as follows: 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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