Yashasvi Jaiswal shockingly dropped as India make surprise change in Champions Trophy squad

Yashasvi Jaiswal shockingly dropped as India make surprise change in Champions Trophy squad
Yashasvi Jaiswal shockingly dropped as India make surprise change in Champions Trophy squad

New Delhi: Indian spin bowler Varun Chakravarthy has been named as a replacement for opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed on Tuesday (February 11).

As all the participating teams were required to finalise their squads and submit them to the International Cricket Council on February 11, the BCCI’s men’s selection committee has finalised the 15-member squad with a couple of changes made from the provisional squad named on January 18.

“Team India have also named Varun Chakaravarthy in the squad. The spinner will replace Yashasvi Jaiswal who was initially named in the provisional squad,” BCCI stated in its media release.

India’s squad for ICC Champions Trophy, 2025: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (Vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy

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 The BCCI has made a couple of changes to the Indian men’s team final squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. In a shocking move, young Indian batter Yashasvi Jaiswal lost his place in the 15-member squad led by Rohit Sharma.  Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today