Rohit Sharma captain, Arshdeep, Pant, Iyer… Gautam Gambhir will choose these 11 players in the Champions Trophy, these 4 will be dropped
- byManasavi
- 18 Feb, 2025

Team India: ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is starting on 19 February. The first match of this tournament will be played between Pakistan and New Zealand (PAK vs NZ), which will be hosted by Pakistan Cricket Team. At the same time, the Indian team (Team India) is going to play its first match in Dubai against Bangladesh Cricket Team. The Indian team would like to enter the field with its strongest team without doing any experiment in this tournament.
If we talk about the playing 11 of the Indian team (Team India) against Bangladesh, then the playing 11 of Team India is almost fixed. Let's take a look at which players the Indian team will give a chance in this playing 11.
These batsmen will get a chance under Rohit Sharma's captaincy
In the first match against Bangladesh, the Indian team is going to take the field under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Along with Rohit Sharma, vice-captain Shubman Gill will be seen opening the innings. At number 3, Virat Kohli will be seen leading Team India. Talking about number 4, Shreyas Iyer can be seen batting for India at this position.
Gautam Gambhir's choice as wicketkeeper batsman is KL Rahul, but BCCI and captain Rohit Sharma's first choice is Rishabh Pant. In such a situation, it is expected that Rishabh Pant will be seen wearing gloves on the field in the first match.
Team India will give chance to these all-rounders
Talking about all-rounders in the first match of the Indian team, 1 fast bowling all-rounder and 2 spin all-rounders can get a chance in the team. Hardik Pandya can be seen playing for Team India as a fast bowling all-rounder. At the same time, Akshar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja are also certain to play in the team as spinners.
If we talk about the bowlers of the Indian team, Kuldeep Yadav can be given a chance in the team as a spinner, while Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Shami are certain to be given a chance as 2 fast bowlers.
Team India's probable playing 11 for the first match of ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Akshar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Shami.