Chief selector Ajit Agarkar on Saturday, January 18 introduced India’s squad for the Champions Trophy 2025. Rohit Sharma has been retained as captain and there have been considerations concerning Jasprit Bumrah’s availability however the selectors have named him within the 15-member squad. The ace pacer nonetheless will bear a scan, which is able to decide the depth of the harm and it’ll additionally resolve whether or not BCCI will again him for the mega event or announce his substitute in a while.
Aside from that, the selectors have proven religion within the majority of the cricketers who featured within the ODI World Cup 2023. There are a couple of exceptions, similar to Axar Patel changed Ravichandran Ashwin, who introduced his worldwide retirement after the Gabba Take a look at, and Yashasvi Jaiswal and Washington Sundar changed Ishan Kishan and Shardul Thakur respectively. Apparently, Arshdeep Singh was picked forward of Mohammed Siraj.
In the meantime, listed below are three deserving gamers who didn’t make it to India’s Champions Trophy 2025 squad.
3. Sanju Samson
Sanju Samson was within the reckoning, particularly after KL Rahul contacted BCCI for not contemplating him a keeper in lengthy codecs. The Indian group administration was pleased with Samson’s progress in white-ball cricket however his resolution to skip the Vijay Hazare Trophy may need performed a component in BCCI not contemplating for choice. Rishabh Pant has made the reduce.
2. Karun Nair
Karun Nair had an exceptional time within the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025. The 33-year-old has made 752 runs in seven matches at a strike fee of 125.96. He has helped Vidarbha qualify for the ultimate and was in rivalry to make it to India’s squad. Nevertheless, the center order is at the moment stacked with Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, and Hardik Pandya, and Nair didn’t get into the squad for a similar motive.
1. Mohammed Siraj
The selectors apparently dropped Mohammed Siraj from the Champions Trophy squad. Arshdeep Singh has been named in his absence. The pacer was combating type in red-ball cricket and it impacted his choice in ODIs as effectively. Arshdeep, however, was phenomenal for India within the T20 World Cup and picked up 20 wickets in seven innings within the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy.