Shubman Gill to the Indian Captain in the Champions Trophy 2025 match against New Zealand: Report

Last update:February 28, 2025, 17:11 isth

Shubman Gill was appointed Vicecapitan of India for the Champions Trophy ongoing 2025 on January 18, when the men of the provisional team of the Blue men were announced by the chief selector Ajit Agarkar.

Shubman Gill to the Indian Captain in the Champions Trophy 2025 match against New Zealand. (Image credit: AP)

The Indian male cricket team will face New Zealand in the third and last game of Group A of the Champions Trophy 2025 on Sunday, March 2. The match between the two teams is scheduled to take place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. According to multiple media reports, the captain of the Men Men Rohit Sharma Cricket team in the last group of the group stage due to an lesion in the hamstrings will play.

The 37-year-old right-handed batter was injured while collapsed during the India-Pakistan match in Dubai on Sunday (February 23). If Rohit decides to omit the game, then, in his absence, Shubman Gill will take men in blue.

Gill was appointed Vicecapitan of India for the ICC event of eight teams on January 18, when the provisional squad was announced by Chief selector Ajit Agarkar during a press conference in Mumbai.

Gill has never led India in Odi, but has the experience of leading men in blue in five T20i. Gill made his debut in Captaincy T20i for India during the five-game series against Zimbabwe in July of last year and helped men in Blue seal the series with a 4-1 score.

Gill, who has been in the form of Red live these days, is in position number 1 in the classification of the Batter Odi of ICC, and in five games of 50 superiors played so far in 2025, with the help of two centuries and two years fifty, he has scored 406 races.

Team India has already qualified for the semifinals of the Champions Trophy 2025 along with New Zealand after winning their first two games against Bangladesh and Pakistan by six Wickts each. In the match against Bangladesh, Gill scored an undefeated century (101) to help men in blue to persecution for the target of 229 races in 46.3 overs, and in the match against Pakistan on Sunday, Virat Kohli remained invest in 100 races of 111 balls to help India persecute 242 executions in 42.3 overs for the loss of four wickts.

India will play its semifinal game of the Champions Trophy 2025 on Tuesday, March 4 in Dubai, and the second semifinal match is scheduled for the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore on March 5.

Location :

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (EAU)