India Champions Trophy squad announcement Live: The Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee is likely to name the squad by end of this week
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India Champions Trophy squad announcement Live: As we build up towards the big announcement from the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee, we bring you all the live updates on the possible squad and who could make the final 15
India’s skipper Rohit Sharma with BCCI Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar during a practice session
India Champions Trophy squad announcement Live: After a disastrous end to the Test calendar, where India lost six of their last eight matches, winning just one, which included the unprecedented 0-3 whitewash at home against New Zealand, the focus will shift to white-ball cricket with the ICC Champions Trophy coming up. The tournament will begin from February 19 onwards in Pakistan, although India will reportedly play their matches in the UAE. …Read More
ICC set January 12 as the last date to submit the provisional squad for the Champions Trophy and hence the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee are expected to reveal the 15-member team by the end of this week. Notably, the selectors and the BCCI officials are slated to meet at the Wankhede for a Special General Meeting in a bid to discuss the recently-ended Australia Test series and the upcoming white-ball contest at home against England. ICC also allowed all teams to make changes to their provisional squad by February 13.
Rohit Sharma is certain to lead the side, unless the selectors call for a drastic change in the wake of the Australia Test series. It is also to be seen if they retain Shubman Gill as the vice-captain or will Jasprit Bumrah take over the role. Not to forget, Hardik Pandya served as Rohit’s deputy in the 2023 ODI World Cup.
Selectors will also keep an eye on the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy where some of the contenders for the Champions Trophy squad and fringe options are participating.
Follow all the updates here:
Jan 8, 2025 1:43 PM IST
India Champions Trophy squad announcement Live: Who will be the wicketkeepers?
India Champions Trophy squad announcement Live: Rishabh Pant will be India’s first-choice wicketkeeper. That means KL Rahul will be the backup? Not to forget, he was the vice-captain during the 2023 ODI World Cup. But again, he was only part of the XI as Pant was still recovering from his injuries.
Among other contenders are Ishan Kishan and Sanju Samson, but while the former has had a torrid run in Vijay Hazare Trophy so far, the latter was not even picked for the series.
Jan 8, 2025 12:41 PM IST
India Champions Trophy squad announcement Live: Who will be the openers?
India Champions Trophy squad announcement Live: Rohit, Shubman Gill and Yashasvi Jaiswal are among the contenders for the role, with the latter expected to be the back-up. The youngster has proven himself to be India’s most promising long-format batters, but is yet to earn the ODI cap, having last played a List A game in November 2022. Overall, he has scored 1511 runs in 32 innings at 453.96, with five tons and seven fifties.
Jan 8, 2025 11:43 AM IST
India Champions Trophy squad announcement Live: Will Jasprit Bumrah be fit for Champions Trophy?
India Champions Trophy squad announcement Live: Bumrah, who suffered back spasms during the Sydney Test, races against time to get fit for the Champions Trophy. BCCI’s medical team has yet to give an official update on the grade of Bumrah’s injury.
If Bumrah’s injury is in grade 1 category, then it will take a minimum two to three weeks of rehabilitation before Return to Play (RTP). In case of Grade 2 injury, the recovery can go up to six weeks while Grade 3, the most severe in nature, requires a minimum three months of rest and rehabilitation programmes.
Jan 8, 2025 11:25 AM IST
India Champions Trophy squad announcement Live: Who will be India’s vice captain?
India Champions Trophy squad announcement Live: Hardik Pandya was India’s vice-captain during the 2023 ODI World Cup, until his injury, after which KL Rahul took over the role. However, Shubman Gill was named Rohit’s deputy during the tour of Sri Lanka in the summer of 2024.
A report in TOI earlier this week hinted that Jasprit Bumrah is likely to named as the vice-captain.
Jan 8, 2025 11:06 AM IST
India Champions Trophy squad announcement Live: Will India retain Rohit Sharma as the captain?
India Champions Trophy squad announcement Live: Certainly. There have been plenty of discussions on Rohit’s captaincy, his form and his future in the sports, but all pertaining to red-ball cricket. In a report in My Khel earlier this week, it indicated that Hardik Pandya might be in consideration to replace Rohit as the skipper for Champions Trophy. Although a separate report in Times of India confirmed that Rohit, who led the team to the final in the 2023 ODI World Cup, will remain the skipper.
Jan 8, 2025 10:33 AM IST
India Champions Trophy squad announcement Live: Why will India be playing their matches in Dubai?
India Champions Trophy squad announcement Live: The BCCI had made it clear to ICC in October that the Indian team won’t be travelling to Pakistan as they did not get a clearance from the Indian government in the wake of the long-standing political tensions between the two countries.
The act sparked quite a back-and-forth between the two cricket boards, with Pakistan, at one point, threatening to back out from the tournament. However, PCB themselves faced the threat of losing hosting rights, especially amid the Islamabad unrest last month.
Eventually, UAE’s Dubai was picked as a neutral venue to host all of India’s matches. With that the venues for semifinal and final are subject to change, if India make the distance in the tournament.
Jan 8, 2025 9:56 AM IST
India Champions Trophy squad announcement Live: A look at India’s group-stage fixture
India Champions Trophy squad announcement Live: Here’s India’s Group B fixtures, which will begin from February 20 onwards…
vs Bangladesh, Dubai International Stadium – February 20
vs Pakistan, Dubai International Stadium – February 23
vs New Zealand, Dubai International Stadium – March 2
Jan 8, 2025 9:32 AM IST
India Champions Trophy squad announcement Live: A look at India’s Champions Trophy group
India Champions Trophy squad announcement Live: India are part of Group B of the 2025 Champions Trophy alongside Bangladesh, New Zealand and arch-rivals and defending champions Pakistan. The other group comprises Australia, England, Afghanistan and South Africa.
Jan 8, 2025 9:05 AM IST
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