On January 18 (Saturday), India became the last team to announce their squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, starting February 19. Among one of the biggest surprises, Mohammed Siraj was not considered for selection as India went in for the trio of Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh, with Hardik Pandya as their lone pace-bowling all-rounder.
With the squad out, we look at what India's probable XI would look like in the tournament:
Batters: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer
Fast bowling all-rounders: Hardik Pandya
Spin bowling all-rounders: Ravindra Jadeja
Wicketkeepers: KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant
Pacers: Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami
Spinners: Kuldeep Yadav
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja