Champions Trophy 2025: Team India announced for Champions Trophy, Shami's return, this is the update regarding Bumrah
Team India has been announced for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Rohit Sharma will be the captain of the team. Mohammed Shami has returned to the team after about one and a half years. Shreyas Iyer has also got a chance. The speculations on Jasprit Bumrah have come to an end. Bumrah has been included in the team. Along with this, Rishabh Pant will take charge of wicket keeping.
This time the Champions Trophy is to be played in Pakistan and Dubai under the hybrid model. The first match of the tournament will be held on February 19 between host Pakistan and New Zealand in Karachi. Whereas the Indian team will play its first match against Bangladesh on 20th February at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Indian team for 2025 Champions Trophy- Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar and Kuldeep Yadav. .
Teams divided into two groups
There will be a total of 15 matches between 8 teams in the Champions Trophy 2025. The teams have been divided into 2 groups. India and Pakistan are in the same Group-A. The remaining two teams along with them are New Zealand and Bangladesh. Whereas South Africa, Australia, Afghanistan and England have been kept in Group-B. All 8 teams will play 3-3 matches in their respective groups. After this, the top-2 teams of each group will qualify for the semi-finals. The first semi-final will be held in Dubai, while the second will be held in Lahore. After this the final match will be played. In such a situation, if a team reaches the finals, it will play a total of 5 matches in the tournament.
A 'reserve day' kept for the final
All these 15 matches of Champions Trophy will be played at 4 venues. There will be 3 venues in Pakistan. While one venue will be Dubai. The Indian team will play all its matches in Dubai only. If the Indian team qualifies, the final will also be held in Dubai. Otherwise the title match will be played in Lahore on 9 March. A reserve day has also been kept for the semi-final matches and the final. The first semi-final will be held in Dubai. While the second semi-final will be played in Lahore. 10 matches including one semi-final will be held at 3 venues in Pakistan. These three venues are Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi.
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