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ISLAMABAD: Cricketers from only three countries jointly formed the ICC Champions Trophy team of the tournament, with no players in the five countries there.
The Champions Trophy winner has been selected in the team. Black hats saw that four members of his squad form the team, including the Player of Tournament Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner was nominated as captain.
After the Asian nation won the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy match for the first time, two Afghan players also deducted it. No cricketer from Australia, South Africa, Pakistan, England and Bangladesh was able to find a place in the team.
In the upper part of the order, Ravindra was an expected election after scoring in two centuries and leading the run scoring chart with 263. The 112 knock against Bangladesh played a vital role in watching New Zealand on the line, and in the semi -finals against South Africa, it shows that wherever he is a batsman.
It also includes Ibrahim Zadran in the upper part of the order. The 23 -year -old Afghan left his mark in the tournament, knocking on a brilliant 177 match against England in the group stage.
India’s Virat Kohli Slots are ranked 3th after being ranked fifth in the run -scoring chart with an average of 54.50 with an average of 54.50. Kohli made an unbeaten century in his team’s group stage win against Pakistan and a significant 84 and a significant 84 in the semi -finals in the world champions Australia.
After the impressive tournament, team fellow Shariyas Air and KL Rahul joined the middle order with them. Ire was India’s top run scorer, in which two half centuries helped to score a total of 243 runs, while Rahul won the average 140 and the final thanks to an unbeaten knock of 42 and 34 respectively in the semi -finals.
New Zealand’s Glenn Philips has been selected at number six after a brilliant performance in the bat and field. In the final, Shubman Gul was one of the three catching to dismiss Gul, who was in the tournament, while the 28 -year -old scored a half -century against Pakistan and took two wickets against South Africa in the semi -finals to go with an unbeaten 49.
Azamullah Umarzai is the second nominated Afghan team. The fast bowling all -rounder had an excellent tournament with both bat and ball and seven wickets ended at 20 and 126 for 42.00.
Santner has been nominated captain of the team after finishing the tournament with nine wickets-the second most important thing is that he was raised in important times. His knock was to take a potential wicket that changed the game in the final. With the help of an excellent Philips Catch, he removed Shubman Gul and followed her with an air wicket.
After ending with nine wickets, Mohammad Shami of India won a successful return from injury. Matt Henry, unfortunately, lost the finals due to a shoulder injury, which won the semi -finals against New Zealand’s South Africa, but still ended at 16.70 with 10 wicketkeepers as the top wicketkeeper.
The team was completed by Varun Chakraborty, who took nine wickets in just three matches. The selection panel included observers and former international players Ian Bishop, Simon Doll and Aaron Finch, India Times journalist Rassh Mandani and ICC general manager events and corporate communications, Gorao Saxena.
ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 Tournament team: 1. Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand), 2. Ibrahim Zadran (Afghanistan), 3. Virat Kohli (India), 4. Shriyas Air (India), 5. KL Rahul (WK), 6. Glenn Flynn (WK), 6.