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Reasons why India can win the ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Will India win the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 despite its current dip in form?


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India may only win Mickey Mouse trophies like World T20.

They are unlikely to win any big trophy (ODI WC, CT, or WTC) anytime soon.
 
Clear favourites. If they don't win, Indian fans should be really disappointed.
 
Hard to say who'll win .. top 5 ranked teams all have plenty of matchwinners. I'll go for .. South Africa.
 
Cricket is not all about skill so any of WI,Australia,India,England,New Zealand,S Africa and Pakistan can win.The pitch,umpiring,weather and toss are important factors in cricket.In football the weather and pitch play no role.
 
I whole heartedly agree and congratulate the OP for his brilliant assessment.

Now that India has broken the jinx of not winning ICC trophies, I expect us to win multiple ones back to back. My prediction is India will win upcoming Champions Trophy and WTC Finals.

For WTC Finals, I can already envision Rohit Sharma lifting the trophy in Lords Balcony on June 2025.

However, the only question remains is where will he lift the Champions Trophy? Will it be in the podium of Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore or Dubai International Stadium?

Some very exciting times coming up for Indian cricket.

How's that working out pal?
 
India looking a bit weak this time around tbh.

The top 3 is kinda avg, Pant isn't anything special in odi either, and the no 7 role isn't that strong.

I never imagined I'd see india become a bowling powerhouse but their batting would be avg.

Don't get me wrong still a good side but I remember when it use to

1) Dhawan
2) Rohit( Prime)
3) Kohli (prime)
4) Yuvi
5) Raina
6) Dhoni
7) jadeja
8) Ashwin

Man what a strong lineup

Haha each of the top 6 was a match winner. Incredible.
 
I whole heartedly agree and congratulate the OP for his brilliant assessment.

Now that India has broken the jinx of not winning ICC trophies, I expect us to win multiple ones back to back. My prediction is India will win upcoming Champions Trophy and WTC Finals.

For WTC Finals, I can already envision Rohit Sharma lifting the trophy in Lords Balcony on June 2025.

However, the only question remains is where will he lift the Champions Trophy? Will it be in the podium of Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore or Dubai International Stadium?

Some very exciting times coming up for Indian cricket.
For WTC Finals, I can already envision Rohit Sharma lifting the trophy in Lords Balcony on June 2025.

Did you also envision him losing back to back tests anddoing gamguly level celebrations for a rained out test match followed by dropping himself in the final game so he can save face for a 2-1 loss rather then a 3-1 loss on his record?
 
As per revsportz all the usual suspects will be in.jaiswal will be the back up opener and nitish reddy will be in squad.Axar,jadeja,washi, Kuldeep will be the trio .shami,arshdeep, siraj will be the pace trio . ct squad minus siraj will be picked for eng odis.I hope rohit will be as horrible as ever in odis and Jaiswal will be included in playing eleven.
 
I don't think India will win the tourney. They are carrying 2 premium batsmen (Rohit and Kohli) who are playing like number 11 these days. Completely out of form - meaning india is playing with 9 players. The selectors/coach does not have the courage to drop them either. The juniors maybe performing here and there but not on a consistent level. Bumrah alone can't do it all. Basically, India is going through a transition period. I don't think i've seen any team win any ICC tourney during a transition period.
 
Bumrah most likely is out of champion trophy.

@Rajdeep :kp
Champions trophy is only 5 games and that too if a team reach all the way till final. I think they will take the risk with Bumrah, play first 2 group matches and then see where we stand. If we already qualified for semi, then he can skip the last group game. I would dearly want him to rest in IPL but won't happen.
 
TBH i dont see any solid reason for India to win this tournament... they are not favourites anymore
 
Champions trophy is only 5 games and that too if a team reach all the way till final. I think they will take the risk with Bumrah, play first 2 group matches and then see where we stand. If we already qualified for semi, then he can skip the last group game. I would dearly want him to rest in IPL but won't happen.
Don't think they will risk. Frnakly not worth it. If he needs a rest for 6 month then he needs 6 months. Pushing him for 1 match will not only break him down for longer time and also India will be one bowler less if he is injured.
 
It has come to the point where any sensible fan would bet on Australia to win every ICC tournament. Of course they aren't going to actually win every ICC tournament, but the bet is still on them. Astonishing how a country of much minuscule population, that too where cricket isn't the most popular sport, has managed to dominate the game in such manner.​
 
It has come to the point where any sensible fan would bet on Australia to win every ICC tournament. Of course they aren't going to actually win every ICC tournament, but the bet is still on them. Astonishing how a country of much minuscule population, that too where cricket isn't the most popular sport, has managed to dominate the game in such manner.​
I don't think they are unbeatable. We need a very good team to beat.their openers and most of the players are definition of ftb.a good spin pitch or pace pitch should rattle them .we should have decent batsmen with technique.
 
I don't think they are unbeatable. We need a very good team to beat.their openers and most of the players are definition of ftb.a good spin pitch or pace pitch should rattle them .we should have decent batsmen with technique.
They play as a team compared to others in a final. Their fielding generally is the main catalyst. Team India always goes with the mind set "What if we lose.." mentality. So they play timidly. I want England to meet Australia to see how they go at each other. NZ will certainly lose, SA will certainly lose in the final.
 
They play as a team compared to others in a final. Their fielding generally is the main catalyst. Team India always goes with the mind set "What if we lose.." mentality. So they play timidly. I want England to meet Australia to see how they go at each other. NZ will certainly lose, SA will certainly lose in the final.
I think if we get rid of rohit and kohli , our mindset will change. they are rotten to the core and they infected the team with negative mindset. They wants to save their skin at cost of others.in finals, it won't work. Eng don't have any consistency to deal with extra effort /gear by Aussies in finals.
 
#1 Reason

Saim Ayub will probably miss the tournament.

The only reason India won't be winning would be because we will be picking the useless trio of Rohit/Kohli/Gill.

Not because some no name random hack from a mediocre team missing the tournament..
 
They will win it if they just play with their deserved XI rather than privileged XI.
 
Champions trophy is only 5 games and that too if a team reach all the way till final. I think they will take the risk with Bumrah, play first 2 group matches and then see where we stand. If we already qualified for semi, then he can skip the last group game. I would dearly want him to rest in IPL but won't happen.
No bumrah 🤣🤣, no shami, no kuldeep, only siraj 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.
 
We are meeting in Dubai on 23rd right?

If India wins, you will treat you in some fancy restaurant.

If Pakistan wins, I get you a candy.
Lol, I didn't know you were serious.

For dubai, I genuinely do not know.

I'm only booked for PK, I'm trying my hardest for dubai though. I do wanna visit it for travel + match.
 
We are meeting in Dubai on 23rd right?

If India wins, you will treat you in some fancy restaurant.

If Pakistan wins, I get you a candy.
If India wins, you will treat you in some fancy restaurant.
If Pakistan wins, I get you a candy.


Are indians really that cheap? Sharam karo. Asking money from a kid.
 
If India wins, you will treat you in some fancy restaurant.
If Pakistan wins, I get you a candy.


Are indians really that cheap? Sharam karo. Asking money from a kid.

Remember, the 6 qualities you have and why you are better than everyone else (as per your own post) and no.3 on that list being you are richer than everyone else.
 
If Shami and Bumrah are not fit for the CT, then I would say that India's bowling is in some real trouble.

If it spins, then I think we should be fine. But I don't know how much spin will be there on offer in Dubai early summer. ILT20 will be played on same pitches before CT...so there may be few wear and tear on pitches. Lets see.
 
Bharat will enter the Champions Trophy as a dark horse. We are not a contender this year but we are a team capable of pulling off upsets and on a given day we can beat anyone which makes us the most dangerous team going into the tournament.
 
If it spins, then I think we should be fine. But I don't know how much spin will be there on offer in Dubai early summer. ILT20 will be played on same pitches before CT...so there may be few wear and tear on pitches. Lets see.
Spin is necessary to control the middle-overs. You still need wickets upfront and at the backend. A pace attack of Siraj, Arshdeep and whoever else they select wouldn't fill me with alot of confidence if I was an Indian fan.
 
Spin is necessary to control the middle-overs. You still need wickets upfront and at the backend. A pace attack of Siraj, Arshdeep and whoever else they select wouldn't fill me with alot of confidence if I was an Indian fan.
Bumrah is leader of Indian bowling attack, without him we are helpless .
 
If it spins, then I think we should be fine. But I don't know how much spin will be there on offer in Dubai early summer. ILT20 will be played on same pitches before CT...so there may be few wear and tear on pitches. Lets see.
If it spins, we are in soup ala sri lanka odis.if it's pacers paradise ,we don't have pacers.if it's batting track,we don't have batsmen in form and others are washed up.
 
If it spins, we are in soup ala sri lanka odis.if it's pacers paradise ,we don't have pacers.if it's batting track,we don't have batsmen in form and others are washed up.

Brother you worry too much. You need to trust our players and high in josh 24*7 like brother @Devadwal and I.

:kp
 
what about the billions spent on MRF pace academy over the last few decades?
Have not we won the two test series down under due to them .we are in transition, it will take time. We have sufficient options for t20s.we have not played much odis after wc with new pacers .
 
Have not we won the two test series down under due to them .we are in transition, it will take time. We have sufficient options for t20s.we have not played much odis after wc with new pacers .
It is all Bumrah or nothing really for India if I am being brutally honest.

I think the two series win in Australia will now hide the weaknesses in India’s strategy and system going forward. Whenever somebody will question anything, the answer will be, “oh have we not won down under”.

This mentality does not suit a cash rich cricket board and its fans.
 
It is all Bumrah or nothing really for India if I am being brutally honest.

I think the two series win in Australia will now hide the weaknesses in India’s strategy and system going forward. Whenever somebody will question anything, the answer will be, “oh have we not won down under”.

This mentality does not suit a cash rich cricket board and its fans.
Bumrah was not there in 21 gabba decider.Shami completely missed this year bgt.siraj was too emotional. See if there is an experienced pacer and carted around (aka venkatesh prasad) then system is not working. We have pacers who were quick and young but don't have experience to win the test matches .in odis, pacers are still getting adjusted as we have played only 6 odis after wc and its not sufficient to build new crop .In test matches it will take more time to build a complete set. for t20s , thanks to ipl, we have multiple options as shown against sa .
 
Bumrah was not there in 21 gabba decider.Shami completely missed this year bgt.siraj was too emotional. See if there is an experienced pacer and carted around (aka venkatesh prasad) then system is not working. We have pacers who were quick and young but don't have experience to win the test matches .in odis, pacers are still getting adjusted as we have played only 6 odis after wc and its not sufficient to build new crop .In test matches it will take more time to build a complete set. for t20s , thanks to ipl, we have multiple options as shown against sa .
Reliance is on Bumrah. Shami has his best years behind him. Siraj is ok as a support bowler. The pace academy was built not find T20 bowlers but to find genuine pacers who can then be turned into quality. India has failed with all the money in the world.

The sooner they realise this, the better.
 
Reliance is on Bumrah. Shami has his best years behind him. Siraj is ok as a support bowler. The pace academy was built not find T20 bowlers but to find genuine pacers who can then be turned into quality. India has failed with all the money in the world.

The sooner they realise this, the better.
Bro I dont think mrf pace academy have anything to do now.Nca will take care of all those stuff.mrf pace academy worked when there is no system for pacers .Now under 19 pacers are also getting tracked and there is a pace unit contract for the upcoming pacers. All the 3 pacers along with ishant ,umesh have carried 10 years of workload.now it's next gen to take responsibility.it will take time for sure as dravid and rohit haven't bothered about pacers as much as kohli.on the side note mrf pace academy have taken care of spin bowling too as bedi and venkatraghavan worked on it in short stints.
 
It is all Bumrah or nothing really for India if I am being brutally honest.

I think the two series win in Australia will now hide the weaknesses in India’s strategy and system going forward. Whenever somebody will question anything, the answer will be, “oh have we not won down under”.

This mentality does not suit a cash rich cricket board and its fans.

India has won miracle matches when main bowler was not there. Missing Bumrah, Ashwin, Zaheer khan. But difference is batsmen did bare minimum job there. Even in the last test without Bumrah India took 12 wickets. But difference between last tour and this tour is when one of the bowler was injured after 6 overs at the Gabba India had extra seamer to cover his absence. But this time no extra seamer. India was expecting a typical MCG/SCG pitch where spinners would come into play and went with 2 spinners. THen ended up using neither reguarly leaving 3 fast bowlers to toil as Reddy was not much of a bowler.

Fact is India even with Bumrah was a fast bowler short. They unnecessarily went with Sundar to cover the batting inadequacy of the top order. When you play boxing day test and SCG test you need 4 fit fast bowlers as there is literally no gap between Boxing day and new year test. In the end India ended up with tired Siraj, First timer Prasidh as main bowlers with literally nobody to support. I don't think Australia would have won had Boland been injured in that test so early.

Most bizarre team selection had a logic behind it. Kohli, Rohit, Gill not having enough runs mean they needed cushion down the order. THey went with Sundar at 8 who cannot add more than 20 runs or so with tail at that position. Atleast should have been used up the order.
 
Can anybody guess the exact Indian squad for CT 2025, will help others to make their CT predictions
 
Can anybody guess the exact Indian squad for CT 2025, will help others to make their CT predictions
Here is my attempt:

Rohit Sharma
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Shubman Gill
Virat Kohli
Shreyas Iyer
KL Rahul
Rishab Pant
Hardik Pandya
Axar Patel
Washington Sundar
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravi Bishnoi
Mohammad Shami
Mohammad Siraj
Varun Chakravarthy
 
Jadeja - useless
Sundar - not a viable ODI option
KL Rahul - perennial choker who bats at low strike rate
Jaiswal - yet to get a gig
Rohit/Kohli - washed up
Pandya - fragile fitness
Shami - unknown fitness level
Siraj - mediocre
 
Jadeja - useless - Yes
Sundar - not a viable ODI option - Sundar is a good allrounder
KL Rahul - perennial choker who bats at low strike rate - 100%
Jaiswal - yet to get a gig - This is the right time to play him
Rohit/Kohli - washed up - True
Pandya - fragile fitness - He seemed okay recently. But yes, we need to watchout.
Shami - unknown fitness level - I believe he will be okay.
Siraj - mediocre - Yes, incocistent. But he is better than the others that played recently.
 
issue with india will be that they havent played ODI format in a while and i am not sure they can pace inning in 270 type pitch at UAE..secondly not having bumrah will hurt them..i think they should look to get varun chakraborty in odi set up and a wild card choice will be karun nair..he has been soring multiple hundreds in their domestic tournament
 
issue with india will be that they havent played ODI format in a while and i am not sure they can pace inning in 270 type pitch at UAE..secondly not having bumrah will hurt them..i think they should look to get varun chakraborty in odi set up and a wild card choice will be karun nair..he has been soring multiple hundreds in their domestic tournament

Yes. In entire 2024 India played just 3 ODIs all 3 on deterioating track.
 
Yes. In entire 2024 India played just 3 ODIs all 3 on deterioating track.
That is one of the most pathetic schedule I ever saw.knowing very well that they have to play odis after bgt and not worrying about a thing for new crop testing.
 
India won't struggle because of the bowling. It's the lack of batting depth and batting allrounders that will cost us much more

Even second string Indian attacks will defend par scores and above
 
India won't struggle because of the bowling. It's the lack of batting depth and batting allrounders that will cost us much more

Even second string Indian attacks will defend par scores and above
We have enough batting depths if we can choose right playing eleven.

Pandya
Nitish
Axar

Good finisher down the order and all three can give us 20 overs combined.

Problem is Rohit and Virat has passed their prime so they are liability for us .
 
Nice but some good names missing, like Samson, Arshdeep etc
Here is my attempt:

Rohit Sharma
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Shubman Gill
Virat Kohli
Shreyas Iyer
KL Rahul
Rishab Pant
Hardik Pandya
Axar Patel
Washington Sundar
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravi Bishnoi
Mohammad Shami
Mohammad Siraj
Varun Chakravarthy
 
We have enough batting depths if we can choose right playing eleven.

Pandya
Nitish
Axar

Good finisher down the order and all three can give us 20 overs combined.

Problem is Rohit and Virat has passed their prime so they are liability for us .
Problem is cricbuzz reported that Nitish Reddy is not in contention. So , we won't have that depth
 
Here is my attempt:

Rohit Sharma
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Shubman Gill
Virat Kohli
Shreyas Iyer
KL Rahul
Rishab Pant
Hardik Pandya
Axar Patel
Washington Sundar
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravi Bishnoi
Mohammad Shami
Mohammad Siraj
Varun Chakravarthy
r u sure rohit and kohli will make it to the squad after such a horrible show?
 
Make Pandya the captain, the real team man like Rohit but not a reckless wicket thrower
 
India played just 3 ODIs last year. These oldies got older by another year. Form has declined. I know it is a different format. But when the reflex is poor in Tests it is going to be poor in ODIs as well. Sure they can edge a few fours with no slips. But you would rather go with young bright talents. Having Rohit and Kohli is a serious disadvantage as they stifle the potential with their own way of batting.
 
India played just 3 ODIs last year. These oldies got older by another year. Form has declined. I know it is a different format. But when the reflex is poor in Tests it is going to be poor in ODIs as well. Sure they can edge a few fours with no slips. But you would rather go with young bright talents. Having Rohit and Kohli is a serious disadvantage as they stifle the potential with their own way of batting.
Fresh pitches won't be helping much also to them.they will serve as a pointer.playing 3 odis and 5 potential matches in ct alone is quite tough for rohit.scrutiny will be more and more .every failure will be followed by a retirement noise by fans.
 
India is not winning. All the big names but washout player's.

Shami is coming up from the injury so is kuldeep. Bumrah is already injured .

Rohit and Kohli are walking wickets. Jadeja is another fraud.

Don't know how is india favourite to win? I don't think we can win even against Pakistan.

:kp
 
India is not winning. All the big names but washout player's.

Shami is coming up from the injury so is kuldeep. Bumrah is already injured .

Rohit and Kohli are walking wickets. Jadeja is another fraud.

Don't know how is india favourite to win? I don't think we can win even against Pakistan.

:kp

To win against Pakistan, we don’t need to be in form. They get intimidated even playing Venky Prasad and Mohanty in tournaments historically speaking.


:kapil
 
India is not winning. All the big names but washout player's.

Shami is coming up from the injury so is kuldeep. Bumrah is already injured .

Rohit and Kohli are walking wickets. Jadeja is another fraud.

Don't know how is india favourite to win? I don't think we can win even against Pakistan.

:kp
How mate, Rajdeep is putting himself on Guiliton for this squad? 🤔
 
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