The Champions Trophy is to be finalized on March 9 at the Dubai International Stadium between India and New Zealand. But before this match, Sunil Gavaskar, who was India’s opener, has advised Rohit Brigade and said to improve some companies.
Gavaskar said- India has performed brilliantly in the tournament, while all four matches have been easily won. But Rohit Sharma’s form is a bit messed up. Rohit has scored 104 runs in 4 matches of Champions Trophy at an average of 26. Where his highest score is 41.
Gavaskar said- When you look at the openers, you find that he did not give the Indian team the kind of start he expected. It has not happened, I think there is something lacking there.
Gavaskar also described the second shortage. He said- I want to take wickets in the first 10 overs with the new ball, but this is not happening.
At the same time, Gavaskar also said- We did not get wickets in the middle overs, although runs were not being scored, so these are such Aria in which you will perform better, the possibility of winning the final will be equally better.
At the same time, Gavaskar advocated to play 4 spinners in the team during this period. Gavaskar said- I think it will have 4 spinners. This must happen, why will there be changes now? The involvement of Chakravarti shows how effective he can be, so why should there be a change in the team now.
India’s possible playing 11 in the Champions Trophy final: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Akshar Patel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty
Teams winning Champions Trophy so far
Year | Winner | outcome |
1998 | South Africa | Defeated West Indies by 4 wickets |
2000 | New Zealand | Defeated India by 4 wickets |
2002 | India-Sri Lanka Joint Winner | The match remained inconclusive |
2004 | West Indies | Defeated England by 2 wickets |
2006 | Australia | Defeated West Indies by 8 wickets |
2009 | Australia | Defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets |
2013 | India | Defeated England by 5 runs |
2017 | Pakistan | Defeated India by 180 runs |