Revealed- When will India travel to Dubai for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025?
India Cricket Team are all set to ply their trade in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 next. The eight-nation tournament will be played from 19th February, with the final to be played on 9th March. The games will be played across three venues in Pakistan along with Dubai.
India will be playing all their games in Dubai as a part of a hybrid model for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The Rohit Sharma-led side will be opening their campaign in the eight-nation tournament on 20th February against Bangladesh before taking on Pakistan on 23rd February and New Zealand on 2nd March.
India also has opted against playing the warmup games ahead of the ICC Champions 2025 while most of the teams will be playing it. The Men in Blue didn't agree to play practice games because they believed that the series against England was enough for them to serve as preparation, and they would be doing match simulation.
With the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 around the corner, many have been wondering when the India team will travel to Dubai for the tournament. However, it is learned that Rohit Sharma-led side will be boarding the flight on Saturday (15th February) in the evening and will begin the training on Sunday (16th February).
India has been one of the most consistent teams in the ICC tournaments. They reached the final of the ICC World Cup 2023 and then won the T20 World Cup 2024. The Rohit Sharma-led would be keen to replicate something similar this time around, too, and win the title.
India has named a pretty strong squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025
India has named a pretty strong squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Rohit Sharma will be captaining the team while Shubman Gill will be his deputy. The batting order features the likes of Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant.
While the all-rounder section will feature Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar. Along with these three spinners, Varun Chakravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav are also there. Mohammed Shami, Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh are pacers.
Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 due to a back injury. On the other hand, Mohammed Siraj wasn't picked for the team. It now remains to be seen what combination will India have in the first match of the tournament.