India and Pakistan will face off in a marquee clash to be held on February 23 in Dubai. As with the other India-Pakistan matches, this match also holds a lot of significance and both teams will be looking to win at any cost.
During the Naman Awards recently, Gautam Gambhir was asked about the highly anticipated India-Pakistan match in the upcoming Champions Trophy and how the team is preparing for that game.
"We don't go to the Champions Trophy thinking the 23rd is the most important game. All five matches are important. Our mission is to go to Dubai to win all the matches, but if that is one game in the middle of winning the Champions Trophy, we're going to take it as seriously as possible," Gambhir said.
India vs Pakistan head-to-head in Champions Trophy
India and Pakistan have faced off five times against each other in the history of the Champions Trophy. Pakistan holds the edge here having won three games while India have won two matches.
Team India will begin its Champions Trophy campaign against Bangladesh on February 20. The team will then play the arch-rivals Pakistan on February 23. The Men in Blue will finish the league stage of the tournament with a match against New Zealand on March 2.
While all the other teams are playing in Pakistan, India will play all its matches in Dubai due to the hybrid model. The BCCI had declined to send the team to Pakistan after they didn't receive the required permission from the Indian government.
India squad for Champions Trophy 2025
Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja
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