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The Champions Trophy is starting in Pakistan and UAE from Wednesday. Before that, Team India’s bowling coach Morne Morkel has returned to his country South Africa from Dubai.
Private reason behind this is being given. But it seems that Morne Morkel’s father may have passed away. Was involved in the practice match with the team on Saturday Earlier, Morne Morkel reached the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday. At the same time, Morne Morkel was not during the practice session of the Indian team on Monday. However, it is not yet clear what has really happened to Morne Morkel?
When will you join, no official information No information has been given by BCCI about when Morkel will join the team and why he has gone. India will play all its matches in Dubai.
The Indian team will play their first match against Bangladesh in the Champions Trophy. The match will be played at Dubai International Stadium on 20 February. The second match of the team will be with Pakistan on 23 February and the third match will be with New Zealand on 2 March. India is placed in Group-A with Pakistan, Bangladesh and New Zealand. The 2 semi -finals of the tournament will be held on March 4 and 5. At the same time, the final will be played on 9 March.
Team India for Champions Trophy Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarti And Kuldeep Yadav.
Reserve: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammad Siraj and Shivam Dubey.
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