OPENERS: GAUTAM GAMBHIR(C) AND SHIKHAR DHAWAN

With Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane having a lean patch with the bat, it is Gambhir and Dhawan who had made their presence felt by their form. They should surely have been opening pair for the Champions Trophy. While the KKR skipper has scored an emphatic 411 runs from just 11 innings, Dhawan isn't far behind in the race with a great 369 runs under his name in just 10 matches. Though with Dhavan in team, Gambhir is fighting to forge his way back to the national team and going by his IPL performance so far, he should surely have made it. Rahul Tripathi could have been another contender as per me but his experience rules him out from my personal team.