Star batter Virat Kohli leads a group of six Indian players selected for the 12-member tournament team of the Champions Trophy of ICC.
India won their third Champions Trophy title with a four -wicket win over New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday. His previous victory took place in 2002 as joint winners and in 2013, with runner-up Finnish in 2000 and 2017.
The team consists of Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, in the Indian party, Varun chakravartiAnd Mohammed Shami was nominated in the playing XI, while Axar Patel was named as the 12th man.
New Zealand contributed four players to the team, which included the Player of Tournament Rachin Rabindra. Mitchell Santner was appointed as the captain of the team.
Afghanistan made their first presence with two players who won their first ICC men’s Champions Trophy.
Rachin Ravindra earned his initial position after leading the run-scoring of the tournament with 263 runs, including two centuries.
Ravindra’s performance included an important 112 against Bangladesh and a brilliant 108 in the semi -finals against South Africa.
Ibrahim Zadran included Ravindra as an opener, in which 23 -year -old Afghan set a Champions Trophy record by scoring 177 against England in the group stage.
Kohli secured the number three position after finishing an average of 218 runs at 54.50 after finishing fifth in the run-scoring chart of the tournament.
His tournament highlights included an unbeaten century against Pakistan and an important 84 in the semi -final win over Australia.
The middle order stars Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul. Iyer topped India’s run-scoring with 243 runs, including two half-centuries, while Rahul maintained an impressive average of 140.
Glenn Philips of New Zealand earned the number six position with his all -round performance, including brilliant catch, half -century against Pakistan and important wickets against South Africa.
Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Omrajai performed his all -round capabilities, with seven wickets at 20 and 126 runs at 42.00.
Captain Mitchell Santner claimed nine wickets throughout the tournament, including significant dismissal in the final including Shubman Gill and Iyer.
Mohammed Shami made a successful comeback from the injury, making his place with nine wickets.
Matt Henry ended as a leading wicket -taker with 10 wickets at an average of 16.70, despite remembering the final due to a shoulder injury.
Varun Chakraborty completed the selection of the team, taking nine wickets in three matches while bowling his entire quota in each game.
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