In the ICC Champions Trophy tournament, considered difficult as the World Cup, 8 teams will be seen trying hard for the title. The tournament will see the emphasis for the next three weeks with the inaugural match between Pakistan and New Zealand on 19 February in Karachi. The Indian team’s matches will be held in Dubai, while the rest of the teams will play in Pakistan, where the first ICC tournament is being held after the 1996 World Cup.
India and Pakistan teams will clash on February 23 in the Champions Trophy. Between the two arch -rivals, the matches are always considered a ‘blockbuster’. In this, there will be emotions across the border, layers of memories will be opened and social media will not look less than any arena.
Apart from the team’s equations in this tournament, the players will also be eyeing, of which Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are at the top. It is believed that both the stalwarts of modern cricket are at the last stop of their career. In such a situation, the goal of both of them may be to leave with victory.
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Regardless of the result, after the Champions Trophy, Rohit and Kohli are not seen in the Indian ODI team. Playing poorly in this tournament can also affect his future in Test cricket. The selectors may be forced to consider the role of these giants before India’s tour of England in June.
At the same time, the failure of failure in the Champions Trophy can also fall on coach Gautam Gambhir. Gambhir may have got transient relief from a good performance in the domestic series against England, but the defeat of New Zealand and Australia cannot be forgotten so soon.
In such a situation, the ICC title can become a very helpful for them. The Indian team has also not won any ODI title after the 2013 Champions Trophy under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
The Indian team will land as a strong contender for the title, but a session or a bad game of a moment can spoil the entire equation- as the 2023 World Cup final, when the Indian team finally came under pressure after a great performance throughout the tournament. And the trophy did not come.