Explained: Why Jasprit Bumrah is at Dubai Stadium during India vs Pakistan Champions Trophy 2025 clash

India ace speedster Jasprit Bumrah shocked cricket fans as he was spotted alongside Rohit Sharma-led side at Dubai International Stadium in Dubai just before the high voltage clash against Pakistan. The speedster is currently on the road to recovery from the injury that he got during the fifth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 in Australia. 

Bumrah's injury ruled him out of the Champions Trophy 2025 and the speedster was recently spotted in the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. Bumrah travelled to Dubai to get his ICC awards for 2024 ahead of the marquee clash against Pakistan. 

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Bumrah will watch the India vs Pakistan clash from the stands in Dubai as he almost recovers from the injury he got in Australia last month. After collecting his awards, the India legendary speedster met Team India batters including Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma before the toss. 

Coming back to the match, Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan won the toss and opted to bat against India. The Men in Green were off to a steady start as Babar Azam smashed five fours before Hardik Pandya picked his wicket in the ninth over. After Babar Azam's wicket, Imam-ul-Haq also got out during Kuldeep Yadav's over.

Playing XIs

Pakistan (Playing XI): Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav