ICC Champions Trophy 2025: If we talk about the 2 most successful teams of the Champions Trophy, they are India and Australia. Both the teams have won the Champions Trophy title 2-2 times. The Indian team last won the Champions Trophy in the year 2013. After this, Team India had a chance to win this title for the second consecutive time in 2017, but Pakistan won in the final and shattered the dreams of Indian fans. This time Team India will enter the tournament with the intention of winning the third title. However, this time Team India will not be able to get the support of that strong player who had the biggest contribution in reaching the finals of the last 2 tournaments. 

The team's eyes on the third title

Actually, the Champions Trophy is going to be organized after 8 years. It was last played in 2017 and before that the Champions Trophy was organized in England in 2013. Team India was successful in reaching the finals of both these tournaments. In 2013, Team India won the title for the second time by defeating England in the final, while in the 2017 final, the team missed out on winning the title. In both these tournaments, India's star batsman's bat spoke loudly and he became the highest run scorer. However, in 2025, Team India will definitely feel the lack of this dashing player. The player being referred to is none other than Shikhar Dhawan.

The team will miss Gabbar

Shikhar Dhawan was the top run scorer in the 2013 and 2017 Champions Trophy. It was Dhawan who helped Team India reach the finals both times. During this time, the team also became champion once but this time he will not be a part of the team because he has already said goodbye to international cricket and IPL last year. Dhawan scored 363 runs in 5 innings at an average of more than 90 in the 2013 Champions Trophy, while in 2017, 338 runs came off his bat. From these figures, it can be estimated how big a batsman he has been for India in the ICC Champions Trophy. 

India's Champions Trophy squad: 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.