Team India Champion’s Trophy Squad 2025: KL Rahul’s presence behind the stumps provided balance to the Indian team during the ODI World Cup, but the stylish Karnataka right-hander is unlikely to don the big gloves in white-ball cricket in the future. The national selection committee is expected to meet on January 19, a day after the Vijay Hazare Trophy final, to select the 15-member squad for the Champions Trophy and there will be some debate on the two selections.
If wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav (Kuldeep Yadav Fitness Report Ahead of Champions Trophy 2025) is not able to get fit on time. Wicketkeeper (In terms of wicketkeeper position, Rishabh Pant is the first choice, but there could be a triangular contest between Dhruv Jurel, Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan for the second wicketkeeper’s spot. As of now, it looks like Jurel will win this battle. Samson may lose, because he has decided to leave the Vijay Hazare Trophy and scored 933 runs at an average of more than 42. Scored, which included one double century and seven half-centuries.
But after being out of domestic cricket last year, he has become a bit angry with the current selection committee, due to which he also lost the BCCI’s annual central contract. Kishan had a mediocre performance in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, where he scored 316 runs, including a century, in seven matches against a North-Eastern state. While Kishan was part of the World Cup squad, young UP and Rajasthan Royals player Jurel has impressed everyone and can definitely come in as the second wicketkeeper.
Jurel has also been kept in the T20 team for England as Sanju Samson’s understudy. Although he made his T20 debut in Zimbabwe, his selection in the shortest format is significant as the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee was keen to keep him in the white-ball plans.
It is believed that going forward, Pant and Jurel could be the first and second batsmen for India in Tests and ODIs, while Samson is considered suitable only for the T20 edition, where he scored three centuries, in late 2024. Are. Bishnoi vs Varun Chakravarthy Kuldeep Yadav is scheduled to appear for fitness test and match simulation soon, but Tamil Nadu’s Varun Chakravarthy, who has taken 18 wickets in six matches, and Gujarat’s Ravi Bishnoi, who has taken 14 wickets in six matches Both of them have shown their mettle in T20I for India.
Varun has taken five wickets twice for Tamil Nadu and has taken his wickets at an economy rate of 4.36. But his ability to bowl on the flat deck at the Dubai Stadium is still a matter of debate. Moreover, their fielding, which is not exactly of international standard, is kind of a liability at the international level.
Bishnoi, who mostly bowls googlies, had a very impressive performance as he bowled at an economy rate of 3.64 during the VHT campaign. Apart from this, he has a very powerful arm, he can field anywhere in the deep and is a great catcher. While Chakravarthy has played under Gautam Gambhir at KKR, Bishnoi has also played under the India head coach during his stint at Lucknow Super Giants.
