India's Squad For Champions Trophy: New Vice-Captain? Report Says Squad Announcement On...

The Indian cricket team slumped to a humiliating 1-3 series loss in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. However, the focus now shifts to white-ball cricket with England travelling to India and the Champions Trophy 2025 taking place in February after a series of controversies. According to a report by Times of India, the 15-member provisional squad for the competition will be announced by January 12 with the team allowed to make changes till February 13. The competition will start on February 19.

"All teams need to submit their provisional squads by January 12 but (are) allowed to make changes till February 13. It is up to the teams whether they want to announce the squad or not as the International Cricket Council (ICC) will release the submitted squads only on February 13," an ICC official told TOI.

The report further claimed that players in fray for Champions Trophy are expected to be included in the squad for the three-match ODI series against England with Jasprit Bumrah being the only exception. While Rohit is expected to lead the side in the competition, Bumrah is reportedly going to be his vice-captain unless there are any injury concerns.

That will be a big blow to all-rounder Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul who have previously served as Rohit's deputy in ODIs. However, with Bumrah emerging as a major captaincy option, the decision can be one taken by the selectors keeping the future in mind.

According to the report, Arshdeep Singh and Shreyas Iyer will be in contention for a spot in the ODI squad after good show in domestic cricket.

Meanwhile, Harbhajan Singh has urged the BCCI to end the "superstar culture" in the team and pick players for future assignments solely on the basis of performance and not on