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India captain Rohit Sharma revealed that the team will treat the Champions Trophy 2025 clash against Pakistan like a normal game. Champions Trophy is scheduled to start from February 19 in a hybrid model where one of the semifinal and matches featuring India will take place in Dubai and Pakistan's Lahore, Rawalpindi and Karachi will host the rest of the tournament. The venue for the final depends upon India's chances of qualifying in the title decider. If India manages to feature in the final it will take place in Dubai otherwise, Lahore will host the title decider of the mega event on March 9.
India will lock horns against Pakistan on February 23 at Dubai International Stadium in Dubai and Rohit revealed that Team India will try to do what is required for any cricket team to do on that particular day.
"Look, I think in the past two or three years, I've spoken a lot about that game. It's just a game for us. We will try and do what is required for any cricket team to do on that particular day," Rohit told Star Sports during the BCCI's annual Naman Awards.
"No special mentioning about, from our side at least, about that particular game. We just want to show up there and show up well," he added.
India last faced Pakistan in Dubai during the 2021 T20 World Cup under Virat Kohli's captaincy where Babar Azam-led Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets. India last faced Pakistan during the T20 World Cup 2025 where Rohit Sharma-led side defeated Pakistan by six runs.
India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja.
