NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket team, led by
Virat Kohli, will aim to defend its title when the
2017 ICC Champions Trophy gets underway on June 1 in England. India are scheduled to open its campaign on June 4 at Edgbaston against Pakistan.
India’s squad recently saw Manish Pandey drop out on account of injury, with wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik included as replacement.
In 2013, MS Dhoni lifted the Champions Trophy by beating hosts England.
SQUAD: Virat Kohli (capt), R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ajinkya Rahane, Umesh Yadav, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Shami
Likely starting XI: 1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 Rohit Sharma, 3 Virat Kohli (capt), 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 MS Dhoni (wk), 6 Kedar Jadhav, 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Ravindra Jadeja, 9 R Ashwin, 10 Umesh Yadav, 11 Jasprit Bumrah
Matches: June 4 v Pakistan, Birmingham; June 8: v Sri Lanka, London; June 11: v South Africa, London
Past record: 1998 - semi-finalists; 2000 - finalists; 2002 - joint winners with Sri Lanka; 2004 - league stage; 2006 - league stage; 2009 - league stage; 2013 - winners.
Most runs: Sourav Ganguly (665)
Most wickets: Zaheer Khan (15)
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