Why Was Yashasvi Jaiswal Dropped? Gautam Gambhir Explains India’s Squad Changes

Gautam Gambhir on Yashasvi Jaiswal:  The excitement of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 tournament begins on February 19. Before that, many players had to withdraw from the tournament due to injuries. A total of 5 players from Australia were eliminated from the tournament. Three were injured. One retired.

While the other clarified that he would not play citing personal reasons. Two South Africans will not be able to play due to injuries. 1-1 players from both Afghanistan and Team India will also miss the tournament due to injuries.

Why Was Yashasvi Jaiswal Dropped? Gautam Gambhir’s Explanation

The BCCI announced on February 11 that Team India’s fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy due to a back injury. The BCCI made a total of 2 changes in the Indian team for the Champions Trophy.

The selection committee included Harshit Rana instead of Jasprit Bumrah. The second decision was unexpected for Indian cricket fans. The selection committee dropped young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal from the main team.

Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy was included in place of Yashwasi. How can a spinner replace a batsman? This question was raised on this occasion. Also, why was Yashwasi dropped? Cricket fans also wondered. India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir answered this question.

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Gambhir supported the decision to drop Yashwasi from the Indian team for the Champions Trophy. The only reason for this is that we needed an alternative as a wicket-taking bowler. Everyone knows that Varun Chakravarthy can be an alternative. Yashwasi has a great future and we can only select 15 players,” Gambhir said.

Team India’s Strong Form Before the Champions Trophy

Meanwhile, Team India has made a splash ahead of the Champions Trophy. Team India has clean-swept England in the 3-match ODI series at home. India has won the series by a margin of 3-0.

Team India Squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana.