The Champions Trophy has started in Pakistan and after the first match played in Karachi, the eyes are now turned towards Dubai, where the Indian cricket team will start their campaign. On Thursday 20 February, the Team India, captained by Rohit Sharma, will hit Bangladesh in their first match in the group stage of the tournament. This will also be the first match of Bangladesh. Before the match, Team India is believed to be the contender for victory, but the curiosity is that Team India gives a chance to the players in the playing XI? At the same time, there is an eye on how the pitch of Dubai behave because there is no match here and only Team India has to play their matches here.

Team India's form as World Cup

The second match of the tournament will be played at Dubai International Stadium on Thursday. Due to the current format of the Champions Trophy, every match is important and a single necklace can show the way out of the tournament. In such a situation, Team India will expect to start with a loud win. Nevertheless, this match will work for a big match to be held on 23 February. On the same ground, Team India will face Pakistan on Sunday, who suffered a crushing defeat to New Zealand in the very first match of the tournament.

The Indian team is coming down with excellent form in this tournament. Team India made a clean sweep against England by recovering from the crushing defeat in the Test series on the tour of Australia. Team India was seen playing cricket of exactly the same style in this series, which brought him to the final of the 2023 World Cup. Under the captaincy of Rohit, the team will once again want to do wonders in the Champions Trophy. In this, captain Rohit himself will try to create the atmosphere with the top order.

Do not interfere any weather

However, the eyes will also be on the weather of Dubai, which can make fun of interfering in this match. Dubai received rain on Tuesday and rain is expected on Thursday. If this happens, it will be worth seeing whether Team India emphasizes the pace attack or the spin chooses heavy bowling attack. In such a situation, there will be a competition between Mohammed Shami as another fast bowler between Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana. As far as the spinners are concerned, Akshar Patel is sure to get a place in the first match with Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav.

Will you be able to return after a hat -trick of defeat?

As far as Bangladesh is concerned, the way the country was seen in the recent months, the same situation has also been in the Bangladeshi cricket team. Shakib Al Hasan was found out of the tournament due to the bowling action being found illegal, while trying to bring back the team again after celebrating Tamim Iqbal. The performance of the team in the midst of all this was also similar. Bangladesh played against West Indies in his last ODI series in December 2024 but had to face a crushing defeat 0-3 in it.