The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is going to begin from 19 February. The host country of this tournament is Pakistan but under the hybrid model, Team India will play all their matches in Dubai. The Indian team led by Rohit Sharma will start their campaign against Bangladesh.
Teams from India and Bangladesh will be face to face on Thursday. After this, the Indian team will field against Pakistan on 23 March. While India will play its last group stage match against New Zealand on 2 March. Let us know that, Team India will play its three group stage matches at Dubai International Stadium. Apart from this, the first semi -finals will be played on this ground.
The Dubai pitch was renewed before the Champions Trophy. At the same time, how will the pitch of Dubai be the biggest question till date. Will batting on this pitch be easily or bowlers will wreak havoc? How will the mood of the pitch be during the Champions Trophy? Actually, statistics show that Tej Gedambaj has been very successful on this ground, but this time the situation may seem to change. It is believed that playing spinners on this new pitch will be a big challenge for the batsmen. Especially, against the spinners who bowl at a fast pace.
The Indian team has selected 5 spin bowlers in their squad for the ICC Champions Trophy. Which includes the names of Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakraborty besides Ravindra Jadeja. Now the question is, who will get a place in the playing eleven among these 5 spin bowlers? The playing of Ravindra Jadeja and Akshar Patel in the Indian playing XI is considered to be almost fixed. Apart from this, Kuldeep Yadav can be as the third spinner.