Champions Trophy 2025: Indian Cricket Team Starts Training in Dubai

The Indian cricket team will start their first practice session at 2:30 PM IST on Sunday. Rohit Sharma and his teammates landed in Dubai on Saturday, set to pursue their dream of lifting their second ICC Champions Trophy. Their CT 2025 journey starts on February 20, with their first game against Bangladesh.

According to RevSportz, Team India will start their first practice session at the ICC Academy at 2:30 PM. They have decided not to take a rest day since the flight from Mumbai to Dubai was short. The report also mentions that there will be no press conference by the Indian camp today.

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No press conference but only practice session for #TeamIndia today.

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The first group of Indian players and support staff left Mumbai on Saturday afternoon. The players include Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Ravindra Jadeja, and Axar Patel. The support staff includes head coach Gautam Gambhir, bowling coach Morne Morkel, fielding coach T. Dilip, and assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate.

India is set to win the Champions Trophy for the second time, having last won in 2013. The Men in Blue also hope to move past the tough memories of the 2023 ODI World Cup final.

India’s squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.

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