ICC Champions Trophy 2025: India will end drought after 12 years! Strengths and weaknesses of Rohit Sharma and Company

Delhi: The ICC Champions Trophy, one of the biggest ICC events in world cricket, is going to return once again. This mega event, to be hosted by Pakistan, will be organized in Pakistan and UAE under the hybrid model, which is going to start from 19th February. The Indian cricket team is considered to be the strongest contender in this high profile tournament, where fans have high expectations from Team India.

The Indian cricket team is fully prepared with its 15 players under the leadership of Rohit Sharma. Recently, the squad of Team India has been announced, which includes many excellent players. The Indian team is ready to raise its flag in the Champions Trophy with this army. Team India had jointly won this title with Sri Lanka in 2002. So after this, under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian team succeeded in becoming champion in 2013. In such a situation, now the players of Team India seem ready for the third title.

So, in this article, let us analyze Rohit Sharma and Company's ICC Champions Trophy, what is Team India's strength and weakness and also know the best predicted playing-11, team's full squad and schedule.

UAE will benefit from India like conditions

Even though Pakistan is the host of the ICC Champions Trophy, Team India will play its matches in Dubai. For its matches to be held in UAE, the Indian team will get almost the same conditions as India, where the pitches are slow and have less bounce. In such a situation, Team India can take advantage here. Men in Blue has many big names among the batsmen, from Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma to Shubman Gill, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, all these names have become accustomed to playing in such conditions. So in bowling also the team has 4 spinners. In such a situation, Team India has a strong and balanced team to trap other teams and they can take full advantage of it here.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's poor form is the biggest tension

Even though the Indian cricket team missed the title in the last moments of ICC Champions Trophy 2017. But this time Team India is being considered a strong contender. The Indian cricket team is considered a hot favorite in every tournament, because the biggest reason for this is Team India's two super star batsmen, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, but this time both the biggest match winners of the Indian team are facing the worst of their career. Going through a phase. Hitman and King Kohli have been continuously fighting for a long time. In such a situation, Team India loses its upper hand here. The biggest tension of the Champions Trophy for India is the form of these two great batsmen, which can cause loss to the Indian team.

Special attention will be on these Indian players

Jasprit Bumrah- Star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has become the biggest guarantee of victory for the Indian cricket team in the last few years. The impact this Yorker King has left on his consistent performance for Team India. Seeing this, the Indian cricket team's claim in the Champions Trophy becomes quite strong. In recent times, be it T20 World Cup 2024 or the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, Bumrah has performed well. In such a situation, there will be special eyes on this player. However, due to injury there is doubt over his playing.

Virat Kohli- Team India's run machine Virat Kohli may not be in form at the moment. But he has been one of the most successful batsmen for India in ICC events. Virat Kohli, one of the best batsmen in the ODI format, can score a lot of runs in the Champions Trophy this time. King Kohli, who is the highest run scorer in the 2023 ODI World Cup, will have a chance to get back in form and the eyes of the fans are also fixed on him.

Rohit Sharma- Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma is currently going through the worst phase of his career. But the way Rohit Sharma's name is in Team India and his status. Looking at him, the fans will keep their attention on Hitman. If this legendary batsman enters the Champions Trophy, it is certain that Team India will be in good form.

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Team India's best probable playing-11

Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami.

Team India's full squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2025

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

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