India chief selector Ajit Agarkar and captain Rohit Sharma have omitted fiery pacer Mohammed Siraj from the ODI squad, BCCI The 15-man squad for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025, which will be held from February 19, 2025, has been announced.
Sanju Samson and Mohammed Siraj are two big names missing from the Indian team in the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Siraj has been a regular in India’s ODI plans but he has not even been named as a substitute option for the prestigious tournament.
Fans are outraged after Mohammed Siraj was left out of India’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025 squad
“Mohammed Siraj is not very efficient and when the ball gets old, his efficiency goes down,” India captain Rohit Sharma told a press conference. After Siraj’s fall, fans were angry with BCCI, Ajit Agarkar and Rohit, saying they would regret throwing away the pacer.
After the news was announced, Indian fans have been saying that the BCCI and Ajit Agarkar will cry for making such a selfish mistake. Many fans attribute Siraj’s snub to Mumbai’s influence, while some are calling it KKR’s influence as Harshit Rana is better than the experienced player in the 2025 Champions Trophy Pacemakers are preferred as backup pacers.
Here’s how fans reacted to Mohammed Siraj snubbing the 2025 Champions Trophy:
DSP sahab has different functions for championship trophy #ChampionsTrophy2025#championshiptrophy pic.twitter.com/iAe6OURtcd
— Pawan Gurjar (@Pawangurjar_inc) January 18, 2025
Shubman Gill as vice-captain was the worst choice Ajit Agarkar could have made, mark my words.
Not picky
Not Samson
Not Karen Nair
Not Siraj#ChampionsTrophy2025#championshiptrophy #IndianSquad– About (@OmB09042914) January 18, 2025
There is no Mohammed Siraj on the Champions Trophy.
It would be a dream to see these three lift the ICC trophy 💔 pic.twitter.com/wpuN4MfTPl
— Johns (@JohnyBravo183) January 18, 2025
DSP Siraj to Rohit Sharma. #championshiptrophypic.twitter.com/5T5dziQExI
— Ham Binod (@BinodnotVinod) January 18, 2025
Feeling sorry for Siraj, he put in all the efforts and performances only to be betrayed by Bombay Hall 💔 pic.twitter.com/pCfWNLdvZN
——Steering. (@epickolly) January 18, 2025
Choosing two newcomers to join CT instead of Siraj is a decision that the management will regret. pic.twitter.com/jHJhLcTOtq
—𝐊𝐨𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭! 𝟎𝐧_👑🚩 (@bholination) January 18, 2025
This guy did nothing wrong but still didn’t make the team
Harshit rana is behind bumrah, not Siraj https://t.co/JciEvqSKBh pic.twitter.com/iavaSAQ6EX— Crosswork11 (@Crosswork11) January 18, 2025
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Only two of the past 17 ODIs have failed to qualify.Feeling MD. SIRAJ, he is not a member of CT Team! pic.twitter.com/7ZEEgalrhF
— Cric Informer (@CricInformer_) January 18, 2025
What a clown.
Jadeja and axar are both 15, for what?
Harshit performed well in t20 and is being picked in fir test and odi and is also considered to have played only 2-3 games before CT.
Why was Siraj eliminated? https://t.co/OMZCi3GsP4
— Mr. CONSISTENT(KK) (@RR_Since1998) January 18, 2025
I don’t know why Harriet Rana is in the Audi squad against England. You have Siraj, Prasidh. His performance in recent times has not been particularly good.
just because #KKR quota. #ChampionsTrophy2025 #INDvsENG— Yash Jagtap (@YashJag20546946) January 18, 2025
No Siraj? Really, Bcci thinks Harshit> Siraj can even be a backup for the odi series 🙄 He is Bumrah’s backup during 2022-2023 when Bumrah is injured. Is it just because Sri Lankans don’t play ball?#ChampionsTrophy2025 #championshiptrophy pic.twitter.com/6u8hwflEGi
— Anup Jha (@AnupJha_18) January 18, 2025
to be continued…