ICC did not include India’s captain Rohit Sharma in the best team of Champions Trophy 2025. New Zealand’s Mitchell Santner was made the captain, 4 players of his team got a place in the playing-11. 5 players including Virat Kohli were included from India. At the same time, Akshar Patel was made the 12th player. 2 players from Afghanistan also got a place. Not a single player from the remaining 5 countries including host Pakistan got a place in the team. Rohit scored 76 runs in the final Team India captain Rohit Sharma could not score a single fifty in the first 4 matches of the tournament. He leveled the account in the final and played an innings of 76 runs in front of the target of 252 runs. His innings brought the team closer to victory. Under Rohit’s captaincy, the team remained undefeated and became the champion. Rohit scored 41 against Bangladesh, 20 against Pakistan, 15 against New Zealand and 28 against Australia. In 5 matches of the tournament, he scored 180 runs at an average of 36. He took the only catch of the tournament of Daryl Mitchell in the final. Ravindra in place of Rohit, 3 more Kiwi players New Zealand’s left hand batting all-rounder Rachin Ravindra has been placed in Rohit’s opening position in the ICC Champions Trophy XI. Apart from him, all-rounder Glenn Phillips, captain Mitchell Santner and fast bowler Matt Henry have also been included from the Kiwi team. Rachin scored 263 runs in 4 matches of the tournament by scoring 2 centuries. He was also selected as the Player of the Tournament. Phillips scored 177 runs at an average of 59, he took 2 wickets and also took 5 catches. Santner took 9 wickets at an economy of 4.80. At the same time, Henry became the top wicket taker of the tournament by taking 10 wickets in 4 matches. 2 players from Afghanistan Afghanistan’s opener Ibrahim Zadran also managed to be a part of the best playing-11. He scored 216 runs by scoring 1 century. His 177 runs against England was also the highest individual score of the tournament. Afghanistan’s all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai also joined the team. He scored 126 runs in 3 matches at an average of 42 and also took 7 wickets. He led the team to victory by taking 5 wickets against England. 5 Indian players including Kohli, Varun Five players from India got a place in the playing-11. These included Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, wicketkeeper KL Rahul, spinner Varun Chakraborty and fast bowler Mohammad Shami, who won 2 Player of the Match awards. Kohli scored 218 runs at an average of around 55, he became the Player of the Match against Pakistan and Australia. Shreyas scored 243 runs by hitting 2 fifties, he was the second top scorer of the tournament. Rahul scored 140 runs at an average of 140, he led the team to victory by remaining not out in the semi-finals and finals. Chakravarthy could play only 3 matches in the tournament, but he took 9 wickets in them. He took 7 wickets in 2 matches against New Zealand and 2 wickets in the semi-final. Shami took 9 wickets in 5 matches, he had taken 5 wickets in the first match against Bangladesh. Axar Patel became the 12th player
Axar Patel of India was made a part of the team as the 12th player. He took 5 wickets in bowling at an economy of just 4.35. Then coming in batting at number-5, he scored important 109 runs. He also played an innings of 29 runs in the final. In fielding, he took 2 catches and made 1 runout. —————————————- Read this news of Champions Trophy too… Jadeja became the best fielder of Champions Trophy final In the Champions Trophy final against New Zealand, Team India gave the medal of best fielder to Ravindra Jadeja. Fielding coach T Dilip made him wear the medal in the team dressing room. Read the full news…
