Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team won the title in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and won the title. In the final, India defeated New Zealand by four wickets to capture the trophy.
Although Pakistan was the host of this tournament, the Indian team played all their matches in Dubai under the hybrid model. After this historic victory, former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali announced his favorite playing XI.
The surprising thing is that not a single Pakistani player got a place in Basit Ali’s team. He included 6 Indians, 4 New Zealand and 1 Afghanistan players in their team.
The most interesting is that Basit Ali chose Rohit Sharma, the captain of his team, while the ICC made the captain of the ‘Team of the Tournament’ Mitchell Santner.
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Basit Ali’s playing XI: “There is only one man at number 3 – Virat Kohli”
Basit Ali announced his playing XI on his YouTube channel, saying,
“I have made my playing XI by looking at the performance of matches played in Dubai. Admittedly, there was a big performance in Gaddafi Stadium, but my team is what I felt right. If you like it, then you will forgive it. “
Basit Ali’s favorite playing XI:
- Rohit Sharma (captain) – scored a decisive innings of 76 runs in the final with a brilliant captaincy.
- Rachin Ravindra – Players who scored two centuries in the tournament, which Basit kept in his team.
- Virat Kohli – He said, “There can be only one man at number 3 – Virat Kohli. He told what is the batting. “
- Shreyas Iyer – Playing important innings in the semi -finals and finals contributed to India’s victory.
- KL Rahul-Along with wicketkeeping, he also performed brilliantly in batting.
- Glenn Philips – Apart from the best fielder, he also proved to be dangerous batsmen and bowlers.
- Ajmatullah Umarzai – Emerging all -rounder of Afghanistan, whose performance was excellent.
- Akshar Patel / Mitchell Santner – Both were the best all -rounders, but Basit gave 70% votes to Santner and 30% to Akshar Patel.
