Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and opted to bat first in their opening game of the ICC Men's Champions Trophy 2025 campaign against India at the Dubai International Stadium on Thursday.
Ahead of India's opening match in the ICC Men's Champions Trophy 2025 against Bangladesh at Dubai on Thursday, cricket fans in Varanasi perform havan for their team's victory in the first match of the mega event.
Pakistan-origin bowler Shahid Shabbir and Afghanistan-based spinner Zainullah shared their experience bowling to star batters, including Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, and others, during the nets session before India's Champions Trophy clash against Bangladesh on Thursday.
India captain Rohit Sharma confirmed seasoned pacer Mohammed Shami and 'Chinaman' spinner Kuldeep Yadav are fit for the Champions Trophy opening clash against Bangladesh in Dubai.
On the eve of India's Champions Trophy opening clash against Bangladesh, captain Rohit Sharma revealed mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy bowls only one variety to batters during the training session and keeps his weapons to himself.
Former spinner Sarandeep Singh has voiced his concern over team management's apparent preference for KL Rahul as a regular wicketkeeper ahead of Rishabh Pant in the ODI fold ahead of India's Champions Trophy opening clash against Bangladesh on Thursday in Dubai.
India has hit rock bottom on the back of successive setbacks in Test format. Before hosting New Zealand, India's path to the World Test Championship final looked crystal clear.
It was a double whammy for Indian fans after the Rohit Sharma-led side fell to a 10-wicket defeat in Adelaide against Australia, and hours later, the junior team succumbed to a defeat.
The outfield at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur, which hosted a rain-curtailed Test between India and Bangladesh, was deemed as "unsatisfactory" by the International Cricket Council (ICC), which has led to one demerit point to the venue, according to ESPNcricinfo.
India captain Suryakumar Yadav reaffirmed the stance that no one is "bigger than the team" and having a "selfless" approach after the hosts handed Bangladesh a shellacking in the final T20I.
On a record-shattering night in Hyderabad, India emerged as the team with the most 200-plus in men's T20 cricket after blanking Bangladesh with a thumping 133-run victory.