Dubai:
The Indian team reached Dubai on Saturday for the ICC Champions Trophy (ICC Champions Trophy 2025) starting on February 19. India won the Champions Trophy 2025 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in 2013. The associate staff left for the hotel sitting in a waiting bus. Earlier, when Rohit Sharma, wearing a white T-shirt and black track, got off his car in Mumbai to leave, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj waiting near the entrance of the International Airport, fans waiting loudly Rohit Bhai And by saying Rohit sir, he caught his attention. The Indian captain moved to his comrades in a smiling departure lounge. However, with Team India reaching Dubai, now all the players will also have to deal with the ten -point challenge of BCCI. Every player has been given the list of SOP (Standard Operating Procedure). Under this list, the players have been given clear information about the rules related to the subjects related to travel, net practice etc. in the team bus. Till now, players used to go abroad without this ten -point agenda, but now this challenge has started chasing the team with foot in Dubai.
Indian team star fast bowler Jasprit has gone to play in the Champions Trophy without Bumrah. Bumrah was out of this tournament due to injury. The India will play their first match against Bangladesh on 20 February in the league phase, while on February 23, they will face arch -rivals Pakistan. India will play its last league match against New Zealand on March 2.
Rohit Sharma -led team recently won all three matches against England on their domestic soil, which has increased the confidence of fans and team. Supporters gathered at the Mumbai airport would be hoping that these giants under the leadership of Rohit and Kohli would win another as they did in the West Indies last year.
If India has to repeat the story of the T20 World Cup in the Champions Trophy, then both its star batsmen Rohit and Kohli will have to perform well. Due to failure in Test cricket, both of them also had to face criticism recently. In the ODI series against England, both of them, however, indicated to return to the form. Rohit scored 119 off 90 balls in the second ODI played in Cuttack while Kohli scored a half -century in the third ODI in Ahmedabad.
The performance of these two players in the Champions Trophy will be close to the selection committee led by Ajit Agarkar. Rohit and Kohli’s performance in the Champions Trophy, standing on the slope of their career, will also mean a lot for his future. Kohli needs 37 runs to become the third batsman to score 14,000 runs in ODI history, while Rohit is only 12 runs away from becoming the 10th batsman to complete 11,000 runs, but without the trophy, no one will look at these figures.
Some young players in the Indian team would like to strengthen their place by performing well. The vice-captain Gill would like to prove the decision of the selection committee to hand over this important responsibility to him by continuing his brilliant form. The absence of Bumrah due to injury is an opportunity for players like Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana, while Varun Chakraborty would like to prove that he is the team’s weapon.