Champions Trophy 2025: The team was announced like this after getting out of the shining Lamborghini, know 5 big things about the press conference of Rohit Sharma-Ajit Agarkar

Cricket News Desk. The Indian team for the Champions Trophy 2025 has been announced. The team will take the field under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Chief selector Ajit Agarkar and captain Rohit Sharma announced the squad at a press conference. After this both of them also answered the questions of the media. Champions Trophy will start from 19th February. Along with Pakistan, matches will also be played in UAE. India will play its first match against Bangladesh on 20 February.

Team India for Champions Trophy: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh. , Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja.

Rishabh Pant is the first choice for wicketkeeping.
KL Rahul was keeping wickets in ODIs after Rishabh Pant's accident. Rahul was also the wicketkeeper in the 2023 World Cup. But Rishabh Pant will be the first choice for wicketkeeping in the Champions Trophy and the series against England. Regarding this, chief selector Ajit Agarkar said – Rishabh Pant is the first choice wicketkeeper batsman in the Champions Trophy and England's ODI team.

Why do senior players stay away from domestic cricket?
As soon as they get a place in the Indian team, players move away from domestic cricket. Regarding this, captain Rohit Sharma said- There have been very few times in the last 6-7 years when the players of the senior team have got rest. When you play so much international cricket for so many years, you should take some rest also. Nobody takes it lightly.

We will have to wait for Bumrah's fitness.
Jasprit Bumrah's fitness status is not clear yet. Ajit Agarkar said that for this we will have to wait till the beginning of February. He said- We are waiting for the fitness of Jasprit Bumrah and the BCCI medical team will report on his condition in early February.

Rohit Sharma will play in Ranji Trophy
Indian captain Rohit Sharma will be seen playing in Ranji Trophy. When Rohit was asked about this, he said that I will play. He last played a Ranji Trophy match for Mumbai in 2016. Mumbai has to play a match against Jammu and Kashmir from January 23.

Siraj did not get a place.
Mohammed Siraj has been an important part of the bowling attack of the Indian team. So far he has taken 71 wickets in 44 matches played for India. Even after this, Siraj did not get a place in the Champions Trophy team. The situation regarding Bumrah's playing for the series against England is not clear and in such a situation, Harshit Rana has been given place.