The Indian cricket team arrived in Dubai last night to begin their challenge for the Champions Trophy 2025. The Men in Blue will play all of their fixtures in Dubai, and they jetted off for UAE from Mumbai. The first batch of Indian players left for Dubai earlier in the day as they were snapped at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport. Fans turned up at the airport in large numbers to wish the Indian team good luck. Following a three-hour flight, the Indian team touched down in Dubai and they received a warm reception with loud cheers and applause. It was a welcome fitting for the last edition's runners-up and champions from 2013. Watch – The Indian team have been in stellar form ahead of the Champions Trophy. Despite the series loss to Australia, the Men in Blue rediscovered their mojo with a 4-1 T20I series victory over England, followed by a 3-0 whitewash in the ODIs. Key players return to form The form of key players like Rohit Sharma, and Virat Kohli was the biggest talking point before the ODI series but the Indian captain scored a hundred while Kohli slammed a half-century to silence the critics in style. Jasprit Bumrah will miss the tournament with a back injury, the tear-away pacer has begun his rehabilitation at the NCA in Bengaluru and in his place, Varun Chakravarthy and Harshit Rana have been included in the side. Mohammed Shami returns to the team after a lengthy injury lay-off and he will have to shoulder the responsibility of leading the pace-battery with Arshdeep Singh and Rana in company. In a move that raised eyebrows, the Indian management decided to include as many as five spin options in the team with Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Washington Sundar and Varun all capable of tweaking the ball.Original Article