Dubai [UAE], February 17 (ANI): Portraits of Team India's star players were unveiled in Dubai on Monday prior to the ICC Champions Trophy.
The official Instagram account of the Indian cricket team revealed the headshots of Indian cricket stars such as Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, team captain Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, and Mohammed Shami, all wearing their official ICC Champions Trophy jerseys and looking prepared for battle.
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The Indian team has arrived in Dubai and held a training session on Monday.
India's ICC Champions Trophy campaign will begin with a match against Bangladesh in Dubai on February 19, followed by matches against arch-rivals Pakistan on February 23 and New Zealand on March 2. According to the hybrid model, India will play all its matches in Dubai instead of Pakistan.
India will miss the services of its pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah as he has been declared unfit due to a lower back injury.
Young pacer Harshit Rana has been selected as a replacement.
Varun Chakravarthy, a talented spinner, has been included in the team after showcasing impressive performances in the T20Is against England at home.
Bumrah has been absent from on-field action since January. His last appearance was in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test against Australia in Sydney.
The A-Lister bowled 10.1 overs in the first innings and appeared to be in pain. He underwent scans, after which Australian doctors advised him to rest for the remainder of the Sydney Test. Although he batted in the second innings, he did not take part in bowling.
On the other hand, young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has been excluded from the team and placed in the non-travelling reserves after being initially included in the main squad. This comes after his ODI debut in the first match of the three-match series against England.
In his One Day International (ODI) debut, the young left-handed batsman struggled, scoring only 15 runs off 22 deliveries. In the second ODI, he was left out of the playing XI in favor of Virat Kohli, and Chakaravarthy made his ODI debut, taking 1 wicket for 54 runs in a 10-over spell.
India's squad for the ICC Champions Trophy, 2025: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill (Vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Axar Patel, Suryakumar Yadav, R Ashwin, Avesh Khan, Ishan Kishan, Prithvi Shaw.
The list of players includes Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, and Varun Chakaravarthy.
Reserve players: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammed Siraj and Shivam Dube. These three players will travel to Dubai as and when required.