england has announced the team for Champions Trophy 2025 and india tour. The team has handed over the captaincy to Jos Buttler. t20 and ODI series will be played between india and england from january 2025. While the Champions Trophy is in February. There has been a surprising entry of three players in the england team. The first name in this is Joe Root. Root played the last ODI for england in 2023. But now he has returned to the team. Along with him, Jacob Bethell and Jamie Overton have also got a chance.
Joe Root was out of England's ODI team for a long time. However, he was definitely a part of the Test team during this time. But now he has entered the Champions Trophy team. england played a series against australia and west indies in the year 2024. But Root was not a part of both these ODI series. However, he will now definitely be seen playing in the Champions Trophy to be held in Pakistan. Root is an experienced player. He has scored 6522 runs in ODIs for England. During this, he has scored 16 centuries and 39 half-centuries.
england gave Bethell and Overton a chance for the Champions Trophy -
The england team has given a chance to Jacob Bethell, who is just 21 years old, for the Champions Trophy. He does not have much experience of international matches yet. Bethell has played 8 ODI matches. During this, he scored 167 runs. Along with this, he also took 4 wickets. Now he is a part of the Champions Trophy team. Talking about Overton, he is 30 years old. He has played only 2 ODI matches for the team so far. During this, he has taken 1 wicket. He is a bowling all-rounder.
england squad for Champions Trophy 2025 and ODI series against India: Jos Buttler (captain), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Saqib Mahmood, Phil Salt, Mark Wood.
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