ICC Champions Trophy 2025:
Even if he is in the team, he will not be able to take the field in the Champions Trophy. What is the reason for an indian star ?
BCCI announces final squad for Champions Trophy | Two changes have been made to the preliminary squad | Harshit Rana replaces injured Jasprit Bumrah and Varun Chakraborty replaces Jaswati Jaswal
However, even if India's final squad is announced, a big star may not be able to take to the field. He may have to spend the entire competition sitting on the bench. At least, that is what coach Gautam Gambhir has indicated. In fact, there are two wicketkeepers in the 15-member Indian team. KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant. Gautam Gambhir announced at the end of the ODI series against England that they are keeping Rahul as the first wicketkeeper. Gautam Gambhir said that KL Rahul is our first choice wicketkeeper. That's all I can say at the moment. Rishabh Pant will definitely get a chance. But KL Rahul has performed well enough for India so far. There is no other way open for Rishabh Pant for now, it is as clear as day. Pant is a regular member of the Indian Test and T20 team, but Pant is not going to be a regular member of the first XI in the ODI team. In context, KL Rahul scored 2 runs in Nagpur and 10 runs in Cuttack against England. |It was thought that Pant would get a chance in the third match but that did not happen |Rahul played a blistering innings of 40 runs off 9 balls in Ahmedabad |At the same time, it proved how much confidence the coach has in him |