Big blow to Hardik Pandya! BCCI can take a big decision before Champions Trophy

MN news January 7, 2025

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Hardik Pandya: The Indian cricket team is soon going to start preparing for the Champions Trophy. Although before this a series of five T20 matches will be played against England, but it is not very important. After the T20 series, the Indian team will play three ODI matches against England, which will be very special. These three matches will give an idea of how prepared Team India is. Meanwhile, good news is not coming out for Hardik Pandya. It is possible that BCCI may give another blow even before the Champions Trophy.

Team for Champions Trophy to be announced by January 12

The Indian team for Champions Trophy 2025 has not been announced yet. The ICC has already decided that all the participating teams have to announce their squads by January 12. After this some changes can be made. It is expected that the Indian team will be announced by BCCI by this date. It is almost certain that Rohit Sharma will be seen captaining the Indian team in this big ICC tournament. But who will be the vice-captain of the team? Many updates are coming out regarding this. It is being claimed in some media reports that Jasprit Bumrah can be the vice-captain of the team.

Shubman Gill took over the captaincy in the last ODI series.

Team India played only three ODI matches in the year 2024. There were three ODI matches between India and Sri Lanka, in which Team India lost the series. Rohit Sharma used to be the captain of the team and the responsibility of vice-captain was given to Shubman Gill. Although Hardik Pandya was a contender for vice-captaincy in the series, but he himself withdrew his name from this series. It was expected that when Hardik returns to the Indian ODI team in the Champions Trophy, he will be seen as the vice-captain. But now it seems that this will not be possible. This means that Shubman Gill will not only lose his vice-captaincy, but Hardik may also have to suffer loss.

Hardik’s card has been cut from T20 captaincy also

Hardik Pandya has also been the captain of India’s T20 team before this. It was believed that when Rohit Sharma leaves this format, the captain will be Hardik Pandya. But after the T20 World Cup 2024, when Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli announced their retirement from this format, Suryakumar Yadav was made the new captain. Now if Jasprit Bumrah is made the new vice-captain, then it will be no less than a big shock for Hardik. Although till now only such claims are being made, but it will be considered confirmed only when the team is announced by BCCI and the picture is made clear regarding the name of the captain as well as the vice-captain.