India’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025 squad is yet to be announced with the tournament just over a month away.

With the return of Rishabh Pant to competitive cricket after missing out on the 2023 World Cup, the wicketkeeper situation for the Champions Trophy has become rather precarious.

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The first choice wicketkeeper in the World Cup, KL Rahul performed well throughout the tournament while Sanju Samson who averages 57 in ODIs finds himself in the fray alongside his Rajasthan Royals teammate, Dhruv Jurel.

Let’s have a look at the latest regarding the wicketkeepers’ situation for the Champions Trophy.

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KL Rahul & Sanju Samson OUT; Rishabh Pant & Dhruv Jurel IN?

Despite the deadline to announce the squads for the tournament being January 12, the BCCI had asked for a week’s extension and is expected to announce the squad by January 19.

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KL Rahul and Sanju Samson, as per the PTI reports, find themselves out of the consideration with Rishabh Pant who has only played 1 ODI since his injury, coming back into contention and Dhruv Jurel who is yet to make his debut.

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Rahul who scored 452 runs at the World Cup, interestingly, averages 54 at a strike rate of 95 for India while batting at number 5 in the ODIs, and only AB de Villiers with an average of 79 and strike rate of 109 has better numbers at 5 in ODI history with a minimum of 1000 runs.

Pant averages 33.5 in his 31 matches ODI career for his 871 runs while Samson averages 56.66 for his 510.

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