Rohit Sharma-led India are currently in Dubai preparing for the Champions Trophy 2025 where they will start their campaign against Bangladesh on February 20. With the ICC tournament making its comeback after almost eight years. The Men in Blue will enter as last edition's finalists.
The marquee event will take place in a hybrid model where matches featuring India and one of a semifinal will take place in Dubai and the rest of the matches will be played in Pakistan's Rawalpindi, Lahore and Karachi. The Champions Trophy 2025 final will be played in Lahore unless India qualifies. If India qualifies for the summit clash, it will also take place in the state of UAE.
There is a very small margin of error as each team's fate for the tournament depends on just three league matches. As India prepares for their opener clash, skipper Rohit reveals that India's plan in the mega event is to win a game and move forward.
"CT is happening after almost 8 years. Every ICC title is important and it's no different here. You come here thinking about winning the trophy but our goal is to win a game at a time and keep moving forward" said Rohit on India vs Bangladesh Champions Trophy match eve.
After the Bangladesh clash, India will face arch-rivals Pakistan in their second league match which will take place at the same venue on February 23. The Men in Blue will face New Zealand for their last league match on March 2.
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.