{"id":218278,"date":"2025-01-18T09:45:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T09:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/18\/champions-trophy-2025-3-deserving-cricketers-who-didnt-make-it-to-india-squad\/"},"modified":"2025-01-18T09:45:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T09:45:27","slug":"champions-trophy-2025-3-deserving-cricketers-who-didnt-make-it-to-india-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/18\/champions-trophy-2025-3-deserving-cricketers-who-didnt-make-it-to-india-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions Trophy 2025: 3 deserving cricketers who didn\u2019t make it to India squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2025\/01\/untitled-design-2025-01-18t150201-1737192882.webp?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Champions Trophy 2025: 3 deserving cricketers who didn\u2019t make it to India squad\" title=\"Champions Trophy 2025: 3 deserving cricketers who didn\u2019t make it to India squad\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY<\/span> Mohammed Siraj<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\">Chief selector Ajit Agarkar on Saturday, January 18 announced India\u2019s squad for the Champions Trophy 2025. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/rohit-sharma\" rel=\"noopener\">Rohit Sharma<\/a> has been retained as captain and there were concerns regarding <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/jasprit-bumrah\" rel=\"noopener\">Jasprit Bumrah<\/a>\u2019s availability but the selectors have named him in the 15-member squad. The ace pacer however will undergo a scan, which will determine the intensity of the injury and it will also decide whether BCCI will back him for the mega tournament or announce his replacement later on.\u00a0  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>Apart from that, the selectors have shown faith in the majority\u00a0of the cricketers who featured in the ODI World Cup 2023. There are a few exceptions, such as\u00a0Axar Patel replaced Ravichandran Ashwin, who announced his international retirement after the Gabba Test, and Yashasvi Jaiswal and Washington Sundar replaced Ishan Kishan and Shardul Thakur respectively.\u00a0Interestingly, Arshdeep Singh was picked ahead of Mohammed Siraj.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, here are three deserving players who didn\u2019t make it to India\u2019s Champions Trophy 2025 squad.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>3. Sanju Samson<\/h3>\n<p>Sanju Samson was in the reckoning, especially after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/kl-rahul\" rel=\"noopener\">KL Rahul<\/a> contacted BCCI for not considering him a keeper in long formats. The Indian team management was happy with Samson\u2019s progress in white-ball cricket but his decision to skip the Vijay Hazare Trophy might have played a part in BCCI not considering for selection. Rishabh Pant has made the cut.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Karun Nair<\/h3>\n<p>Karun Nair had a phenomenal time in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025. The 33-year-old has made 752 runs in seven matches at a strike rate of 125.96. He has helped Vidarbha qualify for the final and was in contention to make it to India\u2019s squad. However, the middle order is currently stacked with Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/hardik-pandya\" rel=\"noopener\">Hardik Pandya<\/a>, and Nair failed to get into the squad for the same reason.    <\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">1. Mohammed Siraj<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The selectors interestingly dropped Mohammed Siraj from the Champions Trophy squad. Arshdeep Singh has been named in his absence. The pacer was struggling with form in red-ball cricket and it impacted his selection in ODIs as well. Arshdeep, on the other hand, was phenomenal for India in the T20 World Cup and picked up 20 wickets in seven innings in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/cricket\/champions-trophy-2025-3-deserving-cricketers-who-didn-t-make-it-to-india-squad-2025-01-18-971870\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY Mohammed Siraj Chief selector Ajit Agarkar on Saturday, January 18 announced India\u2019s squad for the Champions Trophy 2025. Rohit Sharma has been retained as captain and there were concerns regarding Jasprit Bumrah\u2019s availability but the selectors have named him in the 15-member squad. 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