Former Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked his Staff of the match for the lately concluded 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan and Dubai. His taking part in XI included 4 from the champion Indian aspect – Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Kuldeep Yadav, and Varun Chakaravarthy.
Kohli produced two of the perfect knocks of the match together with his 100* in a good run-chase in opposition to Pakistan and an excellent 84 in India’s semifinal win over Australia. Iyer was arguably probably the most constant batter of the Champions Trophy, ending with 243 runs at a mean of 48.60, together with 4 40+ scores in 5 innings.
In the meantime, Varun completed because the second main wicket-taker regardless of lacking India’s first two matches. He picked up 9 wickets at a surprising common of 15.11 and an financial system of 4.53. Varun’s spin-bowling associate, Kuldeep, completed with seven wickets at a mean of 31.85 and an financial system of below 4.80.
Ashwin’s two openers have been the left-handed duo of Rachin Ravindra and Ben Duckett. Whereas the previous completed because the match’s main run-scorer with 263 runs, the latter was third with 227 runs.
The legendary Indian spinner went for Australia’s Josh Inglis and South Africa’s David Miller at No.5 and 6, due to their good centuries in powerful run-chases in opposition to England and New Zealand.
Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Omarzai and New Zealand’s Michael Bracewell made to Ashwin’s taking part in XI as the 2 all-rounders, whereas his specialist pacer was Matt Henry at No.11.
Ashwin picked New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner as his twelfth Man for the Staff of the 2025 Champions Trophy.
R Ashwin’s Staff of Match for 2025 Champions Trophy
Rachin Ravindra, Ben Duckett, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Josh Inglis, David Miller, Azmatullah Omarzai, Micheal Bracewell, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Matt Henry
twelfth Man: Mitchell Santner
ICC’s Staff of 2025 Champions Trophy contains 5 Indians
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ICC introduced their official staff of the match for the 2025 Champions Trophy on March 10. Just like Ashwin’s 11, the staff was dominated by Indian gamers, with 5 of them making the reduce.
Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, and Varun Chakaravarthy have been included within the ICC and Ashwin’s taking part in XI. Nevertheless, the ICC’s lineup differed from Ashwin’s by selecting KL Rahul and Mohammed Shami and excluding Kuldeep from their aspect.
Whereas Ravindra was frequent in each groups, the ICC went for Afghanistan’s Ibrahim Zadran as their second opener as an alternative of Ben Duckett. The opposite two variations have been the inclusion of Glenn Phillips and Mitchell Santner within the ICC’s staff as an alternative of Ashwin’s Inglis and Miller choices.
ICC’s Staff of Match for 2025 Champions Trophy
Rachin Ravindra, Ibrahim Zadran, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Glenn Phillips, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mitchell Santner (c), Mohammed Shami, Matt Henry, Varun Chakaravarthy
twelfth Man: Axar Patel
Edited by Vaishnavi Iyer