Rahul Tiwari
khelja|19-01-2025
Indian captain Rohit Sharma and Team India's chief selector Ajit Agarkar have announced the Champions Trophy team in a press conference on Saturday, January 18. The 15-member team will be captained by Rohit Sharma. Shubhman Gill has got the responsibility of vice-captain. Stars like Mohammed Shami and Hardik Pandya are making an ODI comeback after a long time. However, fast bowler Mohammad Siraj will not be a part of this tournament. Siraj has been dropped from the Champions Trophy team. Now former cricketer Aakash Chopra is furious over Siraj not being in the team. Akash has questioned what wrong Siraj had done that he was not selected for the Champions Trophy.
Akash Chopra has suffered a big shock due to Mohammed Siraj not being selected in the Champions Trophy team. After the team selection on his YouTube channel, in a video he said for Mohammad Siraj that his place has not been made in the team. He hasn't done anything bad enough that he should be thrown out altogether. I am feeling for Siraj. I think Siraj's name should have been in this team. A spinner could have been picked lower. You have picked three pacers. Two of them have to be fed and the fitness of two of them is not yet known.
Siraj has not been selected in Team India's squad not only for the Champions Trophy but also for the three-match ODI series against England. Harshit Rana has been replaced in his place, who has not even made his ODI debut yet.
Regarding this, Aakash Chopra said that Harshit Rana is also ahead of Mohammad Siraj. Harshit Rana has also been ahead of Siraj. Jasprit Bumrah's fitness is still in doubt. His scan will take place on 2 February. Only after this the decision will be taken on his further play but he is in the Champions Trophy team. Bumrah can also be seen in the third match of the ODI series against England. Ajit Agarkar had told that Bumrah will not be available for the first two ODIs against England. In such a situation, Harshit Rana has been selected for the ODI team.
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav and Arshdeep Singh. .