Team India: Samson-Surya's cards are clean… Yashasvi gets place, former Indian opener chooses strong team for Champions Trophy

Cricket News Desk. The Champions Trophy 2025 will start on February 19 with the match between Pakistan and New Zealand. All the teams are busy preparing for this ICC tournament. Many teams including India are yet to be announced. Cricket fans are curious to know how Team India will look like under the leadership of Rohit Sharma. Meanwhile, a former Indian opener has selected his Indian team for the Champions Trophy, leaving out Sanju Samson and Suryakumar Yadav. At the same time, Yashasvi Jaiswal was also included in his team.

India will play ODI series against England

Before the Champions Trophy, India will play a three-match ODI series against England, the first match of which will be played on February 6 in Nagpur. Champions Trophy is going to start from 19th February, in which Team India's first match is against Bangladesh. Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra has selected his Indian team for this tournament.

Former opening batsman chose the team

Aakash Chopra started his team with captain Rohit Sharma. Shubman Gill has been included as the second opening batsman. At the same time, this experienced player has also selected Yashasvi Jaiswal, who has already confirmed his place in the Test team, in his team. Apart from this, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul are also included.

These 3 all-rounders are also included

Aakash Chopra included three all-rounders in his team. These include Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel. At the same time, a skilled spinner in the form of Kuldeep Yadav was included in the team. The experienced Indian player named four fast bowlers in the form of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami and Arshdeep Singh. Let us tell you that the Indian team will play all its matches in Dubai.

Aakash Chopra selected this Indian team for Champions Trophy 2025

Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh.