Champions trophy has started

Champions trophy started in South Africa in style. First match was a high scoring thriller in which the host team suffered defeat in the hands of sri lanka. Rain also marked its presence in the opener against Sri Lanka and south Africa.

India also sent a strong team to regain the champions trophy after it shared the trophy some years ago with Sri Lanka. Champions trophy is called mini world cup. Some critics feel its bigger than world cup as only the top eight teams plays for the trophy. In short it is the tournament for champion of champions Injury prone Indian team is now in South Africa. After virender shewag, zaheer khan, yuvraj singh also got some injury. He is advised to take six weeks of rest as he injured his finger. Virat kohli is named as replacement for yuvraj singh. How ever, india is one of the favorites for champion trophy. India's squad for champion's trophy is as follows:

The squad:

Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, vihrat kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Suresh Raina, Abhishek Nayar, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, RP Singh, Ishant Sharma, Amith Mishra, Dinesh Karthik.

Coach: Gary Kirsten.

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