Champions Trophy 2025 will be played on hybrid model. The schedule has been announced for this tournament to be played from 19 February to 9 March. Many players of Team India will play for the first time in this tournament, because the Champions Trophy is going to return after 8 years. At the same time, a player from Team India will also make his special debut in this tournament. But along with the debut, this is also considered to be the last Champions Trophy of this player, there is a big reason behind it.

Career will end as soon as you make your debut in Champions Trophy!

This tournament is going to be very important for senior players like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja. Considering the ages of these players, this may also prove to be their last Champions Trophy. Let us tell you, Rohit Sharma will make his special debut this time. Actually, he played as a batsman in the 2013 and 2017 Champions Trophy. But this time he will play as captain. This will be the first time when Rohit will take charge of Team India in the Champions Trophy.

On the other hand, this could also be the last Champions Trophy for Rohit Sharma. Rohit is currently 37 years old and he will turn 38 in April 2025. At the same time, the next edition of Champions Trophy will be played in the year 2019. By then Rohit will be 42 years old. In such a situation, it will be very difficult for Rohit to keep himself fit till that age. There are very few players who have played international cricket at this age. This means that this could also be Rohit's last ICC tournament in the white ball format, because he has retired from T20 and the next ODI World Cup will also be played in 2027. It is considered difficult for Rohit to play in that tournament also.

How has been the performance in the Champions Trophy?

Rohit Sharma has played 10 matches so far in the Champions Trophy. During this period he has scored 481 runs at an average of 53.44. He has so far scored 4 half-centuries and 1 century in the Champions Trophy. He scored this century against Bangladesh in the year 2017. He is also playing an inning of 91 runs against Pakistan. He has been very successful in the 2017 Champions Trophy. Rohit had scored 304 runs in 5 matches of the last edition at an average of 76.00. This time also Team India will expect similar performance from him.