IND vs BAN Match Confirmed Playing 11 and pitch report, Champions Trophy 2025: Bangladesh opted to bat in Dubai but Rohit Sharma said he wanted to field first anyway. With no dew expected as per the pitch report, batting first was the recommended option by former England captain Nasser Hussain.
Bangladeshi all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz says all the opponents are ‘very happy’ Jasprit Bumrah is ruled out of India’s Champions Trophy squad
Basit Ali says people call him traitor for criticising Babar Azam.
Fakhar Zaman sustained the injury in the very first over on Wednesday while fielding in Pakistan’s opening match against New Zealand
Babar Azam's struggle in his new role as an ODI opener continued as he made a scratchy 64 off 90 balls.
India vs Bangladesh Champions Trophy 2025 Highlights: BAN slumped to 35/5 at one stage. Axar Patel nearly got a hat-trick. Towhid Hridoy scored a century. Shubman Gill scored a century for IND in the chase.
Pakistan will face India in a must-win match on Sunday at the Dubai International Stadium.
Ahmed Shehzad says Babar Azam has not performed for Pakistan in the past three years.
Cheteshwar Pujara says Babar Azam didn't showed any intent and looked under extreme pressure during his knock against New Zealand.
Babar Azam's struggle in his new role as an ODI opener continued as he made a scratchy 64 off 90 balls.
India will begin their Champions Trophy quest on Thursday as they take on Bangladesh at the Dubai International stadium. With India coming in with five spinners in the tournament, the conditions in Dubai might be more conducive for the pace bowlers.
India vs Pakistan: Sourav Ganguly, who was the captain of the team, revealed the uncertainty in the team about travelling to Pakistan: "'Wahaan pe kya hoga?' some players were thinking," he said.
Pakistan look slow and unsteady while New Zealand get off to a flying start.
The Champions Trophy 2025 match between India and Bangladesh will be aired LIVE on the Star Sports and Sports18 channels in India and Live Streaming on JioHotstar App.
The Indian Express predicts the Playing XI of India and Bangladesh for the second match of the Champions Trophy.
For a team that was arguably the strongest on paper before the tournament started, DC's start has been laboured, but having stumbled at the finish line for the first two years, maybe they are – as the cliche goes – looking to peak at the right time.
In their inability to seize the moments and deliver the knockout blows, in their shuddering strategies, in their lack of exigency plans, or in their sheer stage fright, Pakistan displayed naivety on their big night in Karachi.
The Champions Trophy could well be the face saving one or a tournament that pulls down the curtains for some players.
Local boy Priyank Panchal was not surprised by the lack of a crowd-infused glamour to his masterful 29th First-Class century that nearly reduced Kerala’s stoicism and grit to pieces.
The 43-year-old former captain, who led India to World Cup wins in 2011 (ODI) and 2007 (T20) along with the Champions Trophy triumph in 2013, last made his international appearance for the country in June 2019.
For Bangladesh to stand a chance against India, a lot rides on their pacers’s effectiveness, especially their pacer Nahid Rana, against some in-form batsmen.
Defending champion Mumbai, who resumed their innings at 188/7, saw their last three batsmen adding 82 runs. Anand and Tanush Koitan scored 67 of those runs, which enabled Mumbai to get closer to Vidarbha’s total of 383.
Varun Chakaravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav are the two specialists spinners while the other options in that department are Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel and Washington Sundar, who all are very capable batters.
New Zealand’s well-paced first-innings total is the sixth 300+ score in the last nine ODI innings in Pakistan.
Kohli has played three editions of the 50-over event in 2009, 2013 and 2017 and will take to the field for his fourth straight edition of the tournament when India take on Bangladesh on Thursday in Dubai.




