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Shubman Gill Vice Captain: Shubman Gill will be the vice captain of the Indian team in the ICC Champions Trophy. There was a lot of talk about this before the team selection. Chief selector Ajit Agarkar clearly said, Shubman was already the vice-captain in Sri Lanka, so…read more

Shubman Gill was made the vice-captain of the Indian team in the Champions Trophy.
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- Shubman Gill becomes vice-captain in Champions Trophy.
- Gill was also the vice-captain on the Sri Lanka tour.
- Decision based on feedback received from the dressing room.
New Delhi. India announced its squad for the Champions Trophy 2025 on Saturday 18 January. This tournament is to be played between 19 February and 9 March under the hosting of Pakistan. Rohit Sharma will be seen captaining the Indian team. Before the team selection, there was a lot of speculation about who would be the vice-captain of the team, but the selectors have expressed confidence in Shubman Gill. Players like Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah were involved in this race.
Shubhman Gill was the vice-captain of the Indian team in the T20 and ODI series against Sri Lanka. Chief selector Ajit Agarkar, who came to the press conference to announce the team, said that this role was natural for him. He also indicated that the decision to make Shubman the vice-captain has been taken on the basis of feedback received from the dressing room.
Agarkar said, “Shubman was already the vice-captain in Sri Lanka, so there is no need to say much about it. We get a lot of feedback from the dressing room. You always want to keep your options open. One challenge is that very few players are leading their state teams these days…but you are always looking for someone who has leadership qualities.”
Why Jasprit Bumrah is not the vice captain
Jasprit Bumrah captained the team in the recently concluded Test series in Australia. He is being seen as a future Test and ODI captain. In such a situation, it was expected that he could be given this responsibility for the Champions Trophy. Actually, due to injury of Jasprit Bumrah, there is doubt about playing in the initial matches of the tournament. In such a situation, someone else will have to take this responsibility. It would not be right to change the vice-captain in every match, that is why Gill has been made the vice-captain in place of Bumrah.
Indian team for Champions Trophy 2025:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), 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.
New Delhi,Delhi
January 19, 2025, 09:49 IST
Explainer: Why was Shubman Gill made the vice-captain of the Champions Trophy team?