The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will start from February 19 under the hosting of Pakistan, for which 7 out of the 8 participating teams are reaching Pakistan, while the Indian team has left for Dubai on February 15, where it will play its matches in this tournament. Team India's squad was announced long ago, in which 2 changes were seen before departure. Rohit Sharma is handling the captaincy responsibility for the Indian team in this tournament, under whose leadership Team India won the T20 World Cup in the year 2024. Team India has to play its first match in this important tournament against the Bangladesh team on February 20.

Keeping in mind the conditions of Dubai, 5 spinners got a place in the Indian squad

The Indian team that left for Dubai under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma has got a place keeping in mind the conditions there, which includes Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel and Varun Chakraborty. When Team India's squad for the Champions Trophy was announced, Jasprit Bumrah got a place in it, but due to his not being fully fit, he was out of the tournament and Harshit Rana has been included in his place. Apart from this, Varun Chakraborty was made a part of the squad in place of Yashasvi Jaiswal. Before this important tournament, the Indian team has played a three-match ODI series against England at home, in which it was successful in winning all three matches and in this both captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were also successful in getting their form back.

Match with Pakistan will be held on 23 February

Fans of India and Pakistan are eagerly waiting for 23 February in the ICC Champions Trophy, in which on this day Team India will face host Pakistan in Group-A on the ground of Dubai. All the matches of Team India will start at 2:30 pm Indian time. The Indian team has to play its last match of the group stage against the New Zealand team on March 2. If Team India manages to reach the final, then it will also play the title match on the ground of Dubai.