Team India: The Indian team has to participate in the Champions Trophy 2025 next year. For which the schedule has also been released. Also, the hybrid model has been approved for this mega event. Due to which Team India will play all its matches in Dubai.
Amidst all this, news is coming that after the end of this tournament, three big players of Team India can announce their retirement together and even head coach Gautam Gambhir himself will not be able to save the career of these greats. In such a situation, let us know who are those three players who can announce their retirement after this mega event –
Kuldeep Yadav, famous as Chinaman leg spinner in Team India, may soon say goodbye to ODI cricket. And he can focus more on T20I and Test formats. Let us tell you, regarding Kudeep Yadav, it is believed that he can be included in the Indian squad in Champions Trophy 2025, but many veterans believe that this could be the last tournament of his career.
This 30-year-old player played his last ODI match against Sri Lanka on 7 August 2024. Whereas this player is not getting much opportunities even in Test and T20I teams, due to which it is believed that this player may leave this format after this mega event. At the same time, Kuldeep has played 106 ODI matches for India so far, in which he has 172 wickets in his name.
Team India's all-rounder all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja may leave for Dubai to play Champions Trophy 2025. But it is believed that this could be his last ICC tournament. Let us tell you, the 36-year-old all-rounder has already said goodbye to the shortest format of cricket i.e. T20I. Now it is believed that after the Champions Trophy 2025, he can say goodbye to the ODI format and concentrate his entire attention on Test cricket. Jaddu has been an integral part of the Indian team but this could be his last tournament in the blue jersey.
Team India's leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has also not got many opportunities to play in the blue jersey. He has been in and out of the team continuously. Many times, despite being selected in the squad, he does not get a chance to play in the playing eleven. In such a situation, it is believed that UG Chahal can also say goodbye to this format after Champions Trophy 2025 and concentrate his entire attention on T20 format. This 34-year-old player played his last ODI for India against New Zealand on 24 January 2023, after which he has not been able to make a comeback in this format.
