Champions Trophy 2025: The start date of Champions Trophy 2025 is getting closer. Now about 1 month is left in the tournament and a total of 7 countries including India have announced their team. The team has not been announced by the host Pakistan yet. A total of 8 teams will participate in the Champions Trophy which have been divided into 2 groups. India and Pakistan have been placed in the same group. This time the tournament will be played in hybrid model. India will play all its matches in Dubai while the remaining matches will be played in Pakistan. India will start its campaign in the tournament against Bangladesh on 20 February. India and Pakistan will face each other in Dubai on 23 February, which the fans are eagerly waiting for.

Waiting for the title for 12 years

The Indian team will play in the Champions Trophy under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma where it will be eyeing to capture the title for the first time after 12 years. In 2013, India won the Champions Trophy title under the captaincy of Dhoni. Since then India has not been able to win this title. However, this time Rohit will try to end this title drought. In this tournament, Rohit will be aiming for a big world record which is unbroken since 2015. This world record is currently registered in the name of former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi.

Rohit on the verge of breaking the world record 

Actually, Shahid Afridi holds the world record for hitting the most sixes in ODIs. Afridi has hit 391 sixes in 398 matches. Rohit is second after Afridi in this matter. If Rohit manages to hit 21 sixes in the upcoming Champions Trophy, then Shahid Afridi's world record will be shattered. Rohit has hit 331 sixes in just 265 matches.

The Indian squad for Champions Trophy 2025 is as follows: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal.