Champions Trophy: The Indian team has to play T20 and ODI series with England early next year, after which the team has to tour UAE for the Champions Trophy.
The team has not been announced for this tournament yet. However, there are constant reports regarding its selection that some star players may be dropped from this tournament. Let's know what is the complete news-
Ravindra Jadeja out of Champions Trophy
The Champions Trophy is starting from February 19, in which India will play its first match with Bangladesh on February 20 in UAE. Let us tell you that before the start of this tournament, news is coming that the star player of the team Ravindra Jadeja will not get a place in this tournament, but in his place, such an all-rounder will be given in the team who has the ability to hit long sixes along with his bowling.
This player can replace
According to media sources, news is coming that in the Champions Trophy, Akshar Patel can get a chance in the team in place of all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. Akshar can be selected for this tournament because Akshar knows how to show amazing performance in batting as well as bowling.
Let us tell you that Akshar was recently seen playing for Gujarat in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, in the last match of which Akshar played a half-century innings and also took 2 wickets. Let us tell you that Akshar Patel has played 60 ODI matches in his cricket career in which he has been seen batting in 39 innings. In which he has scored 568 runs at an average of 19.58 and has taken 64 wickets with an economy of 4.49.
Probable Indian team for Champions Trophy
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Jaspreet Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Disclaimer: The Indian team has not been announced yet for the Champions Trophy. This is the probable team made by the author. Soon BCCI can announce the team for this big tournament.