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ICC champions trophy 2025: Team India is ready to spread its flame in the Champions Trophy. The Champions Trophy will begin in Karachi from 19 February. The Indian team will start their campaign against Bangladesh in Dubai on 20 February a day later. A total of 8 teams are participating in the Champions Trophy. India is placed in Group A of the Champions Trophy. Apart from India and Bangladesh, the group also includes teams from Pakistan and New Zealand. At the same time, the second Group-B has teams from Australia, Sri Lanka, England and South Africa.
Team India has a great record in the history of the Champions Trophy. The Indian team has won this title 2 times. Team India first became a joint winner with Sri Lanka in 2002, while in 2013, the Indian team won the title by defeating England in the final under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. Team India will now start its campaign in the Champions Trophy with the intention of winning the title once again. However, it will not be easy for India to win the title as Team India’s group has great teams. There is a team in it from which India has never won. This team is none other than New Zealand team.
There will be a fight again after 25 years
In fact, in the history of the ICC tournament, the New Zealand team has given India many big shocks many times. In the 2019 World Cup semi -finals, the Kiwi team defeated India and dropped India out of the tournament. Now both teams will face face-to-face on March 2 in the Champius Trophy 2025. Let me tell you, 8 versions of the Champions Trophy have been played so far, but you will be surprised to know in the history of the Champions Trophy, there has been only once a fight between India and New Zealand. The match was the final of the year 2000, in which New Zealand defeated India by 4 wickets to win the Champions Trophy title. Now both teams will face each other again after 25 years.
Group A
- India (India)
- Pakistan (Pakistan)
- New Zealand (New Zealand)
- Bangladesh (Bangladesh)
Group B
- Afghanistan (Afghanistan)
- Australia (Australia)
- England (England)
- South Africa (South Africa)
Team India schedule in Champions Trophy 2025
- 20 February: India vs Bangladesh (2:30 PM Indian time)
- February 23: India vs Pakistan (2:30 PM Indian time)
- March 2: India vs New Zealand (Indian time 2:30 PM)
India’s updated team for ICC Champions Trophy, 2025: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice-Qetan), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicket-keeper), Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakraborty.
Non Traveling Substitute: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammad Siraj and Shivam Dubey. The three players will go to Dubai if needed.
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