The Indian cricket team performed brilliantly in the Champions Trophy 2025 and remained undefeated throughout the tournament to win the title. Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav and other players played an important role in the team’s victory. Former England captain Michael Vaughan was so impressed with the strength of the Indian team that he claimed that even India’s ‘B’ team could have reached the final of the Champions Trophy.
Michael Vaughan impressed with India’s bench strength
Despite the strong performance of the Indian team, veteran bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah were absent in the tournament. Despite this, the team displayed its strength brilliantly. Michael Vaughan praised India’s bench strength and posted on social media that India has so much depth that their second team could also have reached the final of the tournament.
What did Michael Vaughan write on ‘X’ (Twitter)?
Michael Vaughan wrote in his post – “Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Abhishek Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravi Bishnoi… I am confident that this team would have reached the final of the Champions Trophy. There is no match to India’s strength in limited overs cricket.”
This statement of Vaughan has created a stir in the cricket world and cricket fans are discussing it intensely.
Indian bowlers shine, bench strength is amazing
Team India’s bowlers performed brilliantly even in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah. India made only one change in the entire tournament when Harshit Rana was dropped and Varun Chakraborty was given a chance against New Zealand. Varun capitalized on this opportunity and showed a great performance of Team India’s bench strength by taking 5 wickets.
Apart from this, players like Arshdeep Singh and Rishabh Pant did not play a single match in the entire tournament, which clearly shows how much depth the Indian team has. Despite many great cricketers not being part of the team, the team proved its strength by winning the trophy.
Team India’s excellent performance in Champions Trophy
India won all the matches of the group stage very easily. In no match did it seem that the team could lose. In the semi-finals also, the Indian team registered a one-sided victory against Australia.
Even in the final match, the Indian team dominated from the beginning and at no point did it seem that they could lose the match.
The Indian team’s team selection and the combination of the playing eleven according to the conditions of Dubai has impressed all the legends.
Is India’s ‘B’ team really that strong?
The players mentioned by Michael Vaughan are all great cricketers –
- Yashasvi Jaiswal: Aggressive opener
- Tilak Varma: Young talented batsman
- Abhishek Sharma: Strong all-rounder
- Suryakumar Yadav: The T20 specialist who plays 360° shots
- Rishabh Pant: The explosive wicketkeeper-batsman
- Washington Sundar: Spin all-rounder
- Yuzvendra Chahal: Experienced leg spinner
- Arshdeep Singh: An excellent young fast bowler
- Jasprit Bumrah: One of the best bowlers in the world
- Ravi Bishnoi: Young leg spinner
If all these players play together, then this team can become a strong contender in any big tournament.
India’s strength – a mix of young and experienced players
The biggest plus point of Indian cricket is that there is a great mix of experienced and young players . On one hand, there are experienced players like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja , while on the other hand, young players like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tilak Verma, Arshdeep Singh and Ravi Bishnoi also strengthen the team.
Michael Vaughan’s statement proves how strong India’s hold on cricket has become. India’s ‘B’ team is also so strong that it can reach the finals of any major tournament.
Now it will be interesting to see whether India will be able to maintain this dominance in the coming years ? Will Team India repeat a similar victory in 2025?
