Sourav Ganguly supports KL Rahul over Rishabh Pant as India's first-choice wicketkeeper-batter in the Champions Trophy due to Rahul's impressive ODI statistics. Ganguly believes India, with its incredible depth in batting,

It also robbed Axar of a hat-trick after he dismissed Mushfiqur Rahim and Tanzid Hasan off successive deliveries. Hridoy had the fortune when he was grassed by Hardik Pandya at mid-off off Kuldeep Yadav when he was on 23.

KL Rahul bags 'Fielder of the Match' medal after Bangladesh clash (Photo Source: BCCI) India played their first Champions Trophy 2025 match against Bangladesh on Thursday, February 20. The Men in Blue started with great content and spirit as they beat the opponents by six wickets.

Indian cricket team 's head coach, Gautam Gambhir, has backed KL Rahul as the team's first-choice wicket-keeper for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025. This comes after Rahul was preferred over Rishabh Pant in a recent ODI series against England.

Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer shine for India with the bat in their run chase by scoring 100* and 56 respectively. In the end, Virat Kohli and Axar Patel provided the necessary impetus to the innings,

India make a winning srat to their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign, as Rohit Sharma's men hand Bangladesh a 6-wicket win on Thursday, February 20, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai.

India kicked off their Champions Trophy campaign with a six-wicket victory against Bangladesh in a Group A match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Electing to bat, Bangladesh slumped to 35-5 but went on to post 228 all out riding Towhid Hridoy's heroic 100 while battling cramps.