Rohit Sharma-led Indian Cricket Team will depart for Dubai on February 15 for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 which is scheduled to start from February 19. The showpiece event is scheduled to take place in a hybrid model where India will play all their matches in Dubai.
Team India will start their Champions Trophy 2025 campaign against Bangladesh on February 20 at Dubai International Stadium in Dubai. There are chances that BCCI will host a press conference before their departure to Dubai for the marquee event.
Rohit Sharma-led side who are currently involved in an ODI series against England will not play any warmup game as all the teams will be in Pakistan for the showpiece event.
As per close sources to Sports Tak, the International Cricket Council (ICC) will announce the new prize money for the Champions Trophy 2025 winner this week.
The matches of Champions Trophy 2025 will take place in Dubai and Pakistan's Lahore, Rawalpindi and Karachi. Matches featuring India and one of the semifinals will take place in Dubai and the rest of the matches will take place in Pakistan. The venue for the final also depends on India's performance, if India reaches to the title decider it will take place in Dubai otherwise Pakistan will host the summit clash on March 9.
India's Champions Trophy 2025 schedule
The teams are divided into two groups where India are part of group A alongside Pakistan, New Zealand and Bangladesh. The Men in Blue will start their campaign against Bangladesh on February 20. After that, the side will face arch-rivals Pakistan on February 23. India will face New Zealand in their last league match on March 2.
India squad for Champions Trophy 2025: 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.