After two consecutive days of practice sessions, the India cricket team will have a rest day on Tuesday. The team arrived in Dubai on Saturday for the ICC Champions Trophy. Rohit Sharma and co. wasted no time as they hit the ground the very next day at the ICC Academy to commence their preparation. India’s campaign will kick-start with their tournament opener against Bangladesh.
On the first day itself, star batter Rishabh Pant suffered a freak injury, after being hit by a shot from Hardik Pandya. He limped back, but then returned to practice the next day. On the other hand, team India bowling coach Morne Morkel suffered a personal loss, as he lost his father, and returned to South Africa.
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India squad for Champions Trophy
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Non Travelling Substitutes: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammed Siraj and Shivam Dube
India schedule for Champions Trophy
- India vs Bangladesh – February 20
- India vs Pakistan – February 23
- India vs New Zealand – March 2
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No Hardik Pandya for IND vs AFG ODIs as all-rounder suffers leg sprain
