The Indian cricket team, led by Rohit Sharma, has arrived in Dubai for the highly-anticipated ICC Champions Trophy 2025, starting next week in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The ninth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will kick off on 19 February, with host and defending champions Pakistan taking on New Zealand in the curtain-raiser in Karachi’s National Bank Stadium.
The eight-team tournament will consist of 15 matches over 19 days and will take place in Pakistan and Dubai.
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In Pakistan, Rawalpindi, Lahore, and Karachi will be the three venues to host Champions Trophy 2025 matches. Each Pakistan venue will feature three group games apiece, with Lahore hosting the second semi-final.
Lahore will also host the final on 9 March unless India qualifies, in which case it will be played in Dubai.
Both the semi-finals and the final will have reserve days. The three group matches will involve India, and the first semi-final will be played in Dubai.
In a video posted to social media with the phrase “Touchdown Dubai,” the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) showed Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and other team members getting off their tour van and checking into their hotel.
It is pertinent to mention that Team India is considered a strong contender for the trophy title. However, they have suffered a huge blow ahead of the Champions Trophy as their key fast bowler, Jasprit Bumrah, has been ruled out of the mega event due to injury.
Team India, which is considered the strong contender for the Champions Trophy, has suffered a huge blow ahead of the mega event as their ace fast bowler, Jasprit Bumrah, has been ruled out due to an injury.
India’s cricket team is grouped with its arch-rivals Pakistan, New Zealand and Bangladesh.
The Men in Blue will start their campaign against Bangladesh on 20 February in Dubai, while the highly anticipated match between Pakistan and India will take place on 23 February.
Indian Team Squad For ICC Champions Trophy 2025 :
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.
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