On February 19, the 2025 Champions Trophy will get off in Pakistan. On February 20, India’s will play their opening match versus Bangladesh. If the Men in Blue qualify, they will play all of their games in Dubai, including the knockout stages. India, the 2013 Champions Trophy winners, is grouped with Bangladesh, New Zealand, and Pakistan.
India’s top pacer, Jasprit Bumrah, will not be playing in the competition because of a back ailment. The batting order appears to be well set, but with five spinners mentioned in the squad, it will be intriguing to watch what bowling combination they choose.
India’s Probable Playing XI for Champions Trophy 2025
Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav/Varun Chakaravarthy
India’s Squad for Champions Trophy 2025
Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy
Non-traveling reserve: Mohammed Siraj, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shivam Dube