Champions Trophy India Squad Announcement 2025: Will Bumrah be able to break Jadeja's great record, it is unbroken since 2013
Champions Trophy 2025 will begin on February 19 in which 8 teams will participate. India has announced its team for the tournament. Rohit has been made the captain while Shubman Gill has been made the vice-captain.
Ankush Pandey
Champions Trophy 2025: The Indian cricket team has been announced for the Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan from February 19. Rohit Sharma has been made the captain of the team while Shubman Gill has been given the responsibility of vice-captaincy. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami have returned to the ODI team after a long time. Mohammad Siraj has not been made a part of the team. Arshdeep Singh has been included in the team in place of Siraj. The responsibility of spin has been given to Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar and experienced Ravindra Jadeja.
Although Indian bowlers have performed one better than the other in the Champions Trophy, Ravindra Jadeja has a record that has not been broken till date. Jadeja made this record in the Champions Trophy played in the year 2013. Team India last won the Champions Trophy title in the year 2013 itself. Since then, Team India is waiting to win the Champions Trophy title. India had a great opportunity to win this title for the second consecutive time in the year 2017, but Pakistan defeated Team India in the final and shattered their dream. Now Team India will try to end the title drought this time.
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Ravindra Jadeja is also included in the Indian team selected for the Champions Trophy, who has the experience of playing 2 Champions Trophy. Jadeja is known for contributing to Team India with both ball and bat. This time too, this big responsibility will be on his shoulders. However, this time one of his records will be targeted by Jasprit Bumrah, which has been going on since the year 2013. Till now no Indian player has been able to break this record. Let's know what this record is.
In fact, Ravindra Jadeja is the only Indian bowler to take 5 wickets in a match of the ICC Champions Trophy. Jadeja took 5 wickets for 36 runs in a match of Champions Trophy against West Indies. This time Bumrah will be targeting this big record of Jadeja which has been unbroken for 12 years.
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Best bowling figures by Indians in CC Champions Trophy
- 5/36 - Ravindra Jadeja vs West Indies (2013)
- 4/38 - Sachin vs Australia (1998)
- 4/45 - Zaheer Khan vs Zimbabwe (2002)
- 4/55 - Ashish Nehra vs Pakistan (2009)
- 3/18 - Munaf Patel vs England (2006)
Indian team selected for Champions Trophy 2025:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja.
