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Shubman Gill was appointed as India’s vice-captain for the continuing Champions Trophy 2025 on January 18, when the Males in Blue’s provisional squad was introduced by chief selector Ajit Agarkar.
Shubman Gill to captain India in Champions Trophy 2025 match towards New Zealand. (Image Credit score: AP)
Indian males’s cricket workforce will face New Zealand within the third and remaining Group A match of the Champions Trophy 2025 on Sunday, March 2. The match between the 2 groups is scheduled to happen at Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium. Based on a number of media reviews, Indian males’s cricket workforce captain Rohit Sharma is unlikely to play within the final group stage match attributable to a hamstring harm.
The 37-year-old right-handed batter injured himself whereas fielding in the course of the India-Pakistan match in Dubai on Sunday (February 23). If Rohit decides to skip the match, then in his absence, Shubman Gill will lead the Males in Blue.
Gill was appointed as India’s vice-captain for the continuing eight-team ICC occasion on January 18, when the provisional squad was introduced by chief selector Ajit Agarkar throughout a press convention in Mumbai.
Gill has by no means captained India in ODIs, however he has the expertise of main Males in Blue in 5 T20Is. Gill made his T20I captaincy debut for India in the course of the five-match sequence towards Zimbabwe in July final 12 months and helped the Males in Blue seal the sequence with a scoreline of 4-1.
Gill, who has been in red-hot type lately, sits on the No. 1 place within the ICC ODI batter’s rating, and in 5 50-over matches performed thus far in 2025, with the assistance of two centuries and two fifties, he has scored 406 runs.
Workforce India has already certified for the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy 2025 together with New Zealand after profitable its first two Group A matches towards Bangladesh and Pakistan by six wickets every. Within the match towards Bangladesh, Gill scored an unbeaten century (101) to assist the Males in Blue chase down the goal of 229 runs in 46.3 overs, and within the match towards Pakistan on Sunday, Virat Kohli remained unbeaten on 100 runs from 111 balls to assist India chase down 242 runs in 42.3 overs for the lack of 4 wickets.
India will play its semi-final match of the Champions Trophy 2025 on Tuesday, March 4, in Dubai, and the second semi-final match is scheduled to happen at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on March 5.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)