Coach Gambhir wanted to give a chance to Sanju Samson and make Pandya the vice-captain! But Rohit-Agarkar did not move ahead.

Team India Squad for ODI Series and Champions Trophy 2025: Captain Rohit Sharma and chief selector Ajit Agarkar held a press conference on Saturday to announce the Indian team for the ODI series and Champions Trophy against England. Some players who are in very good form were ignored in this team. However, chief selector Ajit Agarkar said that there is space for only 15 people so not everyone can get a chance. At the same time, many former cricketers have criticized selector Agarkar regarding the selection of the team. Meanwhile, news of differences in the Indian team has once again come to light.

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Actually, the deadline to declare the team for Champions Trophy 2025 was January 12, but the Indian team was announced late. At the same time, now a report has made a big claim regarding the delay in the announcement of the team. A report in a reputed Hindi newspaper said that the issues in the selection committee meeting were head coach Gautam Gambhir versus captain Rohit Sharma and chief selector Ajit Agarkar. According to the report, in the selection committee meeting that lasted for about two and a half hours at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai on Saturday, the entire discussion focused on who among Hardik Pandya and Shubman Gill should be Rohit Sharma's deputy i.e. the vice-captain of the team.

The newspaper quoted a BCCI official present in the Mumbai office as saying, “Head coach Gautam Gambhir wanted Hardik Pandya as the vice-captain while captain Rohit and chief selector Ajit Agarkar were adamant on Shubman Gill. Also, the head coach wanted Sanju Samson, who is the only cricketer to score three international centuries in a calendar year in T-20, as the wicketkeeper. But, the selectors expressed confidence in Rishabh Pant. KL Rahul chosen as another wicketkeeper. That means coach Gambhir had no chance against the pair of Rohit and Agarkar.

Indian team for Champions Trophy 2025

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

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Indian team for ODI series against England

Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja. .