Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma
The ICC Champions Trophy will be started from February 19 hosted in Pakistan, compared to three cities of Pakistan, in Dubai of UAE. Team India left for Dubai on 15 February to participate in this important tournament where it is to play their first match against Bangladesh team on 20 February. The Indian team will be seen playing on the field without their biggest match winner bowler Jasprit Bumrah in the Champions Trophy, which is also considered a major setback for Team India. However, in the meantime, a big statement by former Australian team captain and Michael Clarke, who was the ODI winner captain in 2015, has come out, in which he has considered Team India the biggest contender to win the Champions Trophy despite being out of Bumrah.
Team India can win the Champions Trophy even without Bumrah
Michael Clarke, while talking about the Champions Trophy in Beyond 23 Cricket Podcast, said that I think there is no doubt that he will miss Bumrah and not play is a big shock for Team India. But despite this, without Bumrah, the Indian team is the biggest contender to win this trophy. While Shubman Gill is in good form, Rohit Sharma has also returned to the form, so you cannot forget to take him lightly at all.
Hardik Pandya can prove to be ex factor
In his statement about Team India, Michael Clarke further said that a player who can prove to be an X factor in this important tournament for the Indian team is all -rounder Hardik Pandya, because in big matches he appears on the field. The player who was missing Team India on the tour of Australia was Hardik Pandya because he only plays limited overs format. Because of this, I am saying that the biggest of winning the Indian team Champions Trophy is in the list of my contenders.
Team India will compete with Pakistan on 23 February
While the Indian team has to play their first match against the Bangladesh team on February 20, their second match will be held with hosts Pakistan on February 23. After this, Team India will field their Group-A last match against New Zealand on March 2. Team India has to play all their matches at Dubai International Stadium, in which if it manages to reach the final, then she will also play this match in this stadium. All the matches of the Indian team will start at 2:30 pm Indian time.
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