Champions Trophy 2017: Preview of all 8 participating teams

India

The defending champions India will enter into the tournament without any international limited overs practice in their last couple of months of play. All players were involved in the IPL and will want to adapt to the conditions and formats soon. Skipper Virat Kohli has had a lean patch in the recent times but in the Indian colors, he goes into a different mode altogether. Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan have fond memories of the tournament. Dhawan, in particular, had a dream run in the 2013 edition. This could be his second coming.

In the middle-order, they have the experience of Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni, who have turned into destructive finishers in the recent times. As skipper Kohli rightly pointed out, the addition of Kedar Jadhav and Hardik Pandya has balanced the side more. The spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja will be lethal. In the pace department, the team looks in ominous state. Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are proven death overs specialists. Mohammad Shami and Umesh Yadav have been perennial performers with the new ball.