Team India to Play Practice Match in Dubai Ahead of 2025 Champions Trophy: Preparations for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 include a practice match in Dubai for Team India. This will be the case as the BCCI decided that the team would not travel to Pakistan when the tournament started. Mostly over security and government advisories, but also the matches would not be in the same country. But instead in some of the places in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), with Dubai as a neutral venue.
The Champions Trophy will be held from the 19th of February to the 9th of March, 2025. It will be featuring eight teams hosted across various venues in Pakistan and also in Dubai. Matches in Pakistan shall be held in cities like Rawalpindi, Lahore, and Karachi. All matches featuring India in their group stage and the first semi-final will be held in Dubai. In the case India qualifies for the final, it will also be held in Dubai. Otherwise, Lahore will be the site for the final.
This therefore means that the matches for India would be played in Dubai because of the request from BCCI to shift the venues based on security concerns.
India to start preparations in Dubai for Champions Trophy 2025
However, India will use the facility in Dubai as part of its preparations for acclimatization to conditions and fine-tuning strategy before the tournament. This will also be beneficial in match practice and for setting up the final combinations for the team. Since this practice match will be played ahead of the tournament.
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This is a very significant outing as far as the ICC is concerned. With Pakistan hosting it after 28 long years. The hybrid model—whereby some matches will be played in Pakistan and others in the UAE. This is a comforting reminder of the very delicate negotiation going on between international cricket boards to keep the spirit alive of international cricket.
Excitement spreads among cricket fans all around the globe as they gear up for the awaited tournament. This features some of the best high-quality matches, continued by historic rivalries—in this the quintessential India-Pakistan matchup. The practice matches in Dubai will involve crucial preparation for Team India for a very exciting and intrepid Champions Trophy.
