- India
The Indian Cricket team are the defending Champions that they won under the captaincy of MS Dhoni in 2013. They have won this tournament twice sharing with Sri Lanka in 2002 and winning the title 4 years ago. In total their performances during Champions Trophy history has been good playing 23 matches winning 15 , losing 2 and No result 2 times. The Men in Blue are the most successful team in Champions Trophy history with a win percentage of 71.42. The Indian team under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly were the runners- up in 2000 losing to New Zealand at Nairobi. This time the Indian team will be led by Virat Kohli. The batting looks strong with the likes of Rohit Sharma (177 runs in 5 and Shikhar Dhawan with 363 runs were the backbone of Indian batting line up during the last edition.
Rahane will be third back up opener. Virat Kohli would be looking to perform well in England conditions, they have the experience of Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni with 582 ODI matches between them. Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya would be looking to ease the pressure from MS Dhoni. In the bowling department, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami , Hardik Pandya and the 2 spinning options would be looking to put pressure in the middle overs.
