Big news regarding Champions Trophy! BCCI will now put this demand before ICC, when will the team be announced?
Obnews Desk: The Champions Trophy is going to start from February 19 to be hosted by Pakistan. Earlier, ICC has set January 12 as the deadline for announcing the squad for this tournament. But BCCI can delay it. According to the news, it was expected that Team India's Chief Selector Ajit Agarkar would announce the team on time as per the ICC.
According to the information, BCCI may now demand some more time for this. However, the Indian team can be announced soon for the 5-match T20 series against England.
When will the team be announced?
Let us tell you that ICC usually asks all the teams to announce their provisional squad 4 weeks before any of its tournaments. She also gives time for changes in it. But for the Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan and Dubai, ICC had demanded their squads from all the 8 teams 5 weeks in advance. ICC had asked all the teams to submit their team lists by January 12.
But according to a media report, BCCI may delay it by a week. BCCI will request ICC to give some more time to declare the squad of the Indian team. It is expected that the Indian team for the Champions Trophy will be announced by 18-19 January.
Team announced for England series
Before the Champions Trophy, Team India will play a 5-match T20 series against England at home from January 22 and a 3-match ODI series from February 6. Team India has not been announced yet for both these series. If reports are to be believed, the team for the T20 series will be announced in two to three days.
Indian team can be like this for Champions Trophy
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Nitish Reddy/Akshar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami. , Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain).
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