The BCCI announced India's highly anticipated squad for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on Saturday. As expected, the management made as many as five changes to the squad from the last ODI assignment, a bilateral tour to Sri Lanka in August 2024.
As expected, the star fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami returned to the 15-member squad. Bumrah's inclusion was a subject to fitness as the in-form pacer is recovering from his back injury that occurred in the Sydney Test earlier this month.
Star all-rounders Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja also returned to the ODI setup after being given a rest during the Sri Lanka ODIs. Yashasvi Jaiswal was the fifth change to the squad. He is now in contention to make his long-awaited ODI debut after an impressive run in red-ball cricket.
Shivam Dube was the player who made way for Hardik, as the former failed to make an impact in the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka. Mohammed Siraj was the biggest name missing Rohit Sharma's squad for the upcoming ICC event.
Siraj, who boasts 71 wickets in 43 ODI innings, was also a part of India's squad for the ODI World Cup 2023. Siraj's recent poor performances across formats and the return of Shami were the reasons behind his snub for the Champions Trophy squad.
Riyan Parag also failed to keep his spot in the team after making his ODI debut during the Sri Lanka tour. Harshit Rana and Khaleel Ahmed were part of the Sri Lanka tour but didn't get a chance to prove their worth. Rana has been picked in the Champions Trophy squad but as a backup to recovering Jasprit Bumrah.
India's squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant (wk), Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah (subject to fitness), Kuldeep Yadav.
OUT - Shivam Dube, Mohammed Siraj, Riyan Parag, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana (back for Bumrah).
IN - Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Yashavi Jaiswal.