Former Indian Off-Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took the tournament team for the recently integrated 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan and Dubai. XI’s game included four from the champion’s Indian side – Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy.
Kohli He produced two of the best bumps of the 100* tournament in a tight execution against Pakistan and a brilliant 84 in India’s semifinals over Australia. Iyer was undoubtedly the most consistent trohyd champions hit, finishing with 243 trips on average 48.60, including four 40+ scores in five entries.
Meantime, Intermittent Completed as the second top Wicket-taker despite India’s first two matches. It got nine Wickets with an amazing average of 15.11 and a 4.53 economy. Varun-Bowling’s partner, Kuldeep, ended with seven wickets on average 31.85 and economy below 4.80.
The two open of Ashwin was his left twin Rachin ravindra And Ben Duckett. While the former ended as the top scorer in the tournament with 263 runs, the latter was third with 227 runs.
The legendary Indian Spinner went for Josh Inglis of Australia and David Miller of South Africa in No.5 and 6, thanks to their brilliant centuries on hard journeys against England and New Zealand.
Azmatullah Omarzai of Afghanistan and Michael Bracewell of New Zealand did in the Ashwin Xi game as two rounds, while Pacer’s expert was Matt Henry at No.11.
Ashwin chose New Zealand Governor Mitchell Santner as his 12th man for the 2025 Champions Trophy team.
Ashwin Tournament team for 2025 Trophy Champions
Rachin Ravindra, Ben Duckett, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Josh Inglis, David Miller, Azmatullah Omarzai, Micheal Bracewell, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Matt Henry
12th Man: Mitchell Santner
2025 Champions Trophy ICC team includes five Indians
The ICC announced the official team of the Trophy Champions tournament of 2025 on March 10. Similar to 11, the team was dominated by Indian players, with five of them cutting the cut.
Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and Varun Chakaravarthy were included in the ICC and Ashwin’s game. However, the composition of ICC was different from Ashwin’s picking Kl satisfied And Mohammed Shami and excluding Kuldeep on their part.
While Ravindra was common to both teams, the ICC went to Afrahim Zadran of Afghanistan as their second opener instead of Ben Duckett. The other two differences were the inclusion of Glenn Phillips and Mitchell Santner in the ICC team instead of the choices of Ashwin Inglis and Miller.
ICC Tournament Team for 2025 Trophy Champions
Rachin Ravindra, Ibrahim Zadran, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Glenn Phillips, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mitchell Santner (C), Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed
12th Man: Axar Patel
Edited by Vaishnavi Iyer
