Star India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was spotted with his wife and ICC broadcaster Sanjana Ganesan, alongside ICC chairman Jay Shah in Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. Bumrah joined Sanjana and Jay Shah before the iconic India vs Pakistan clash started in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
The video of the moment when Jasprit Bumrah posed for a photograph with Sanjana Ganesan and Jay with the tournament trophy, is also making rounds on social media as soon as it was shared by a user on X (formerly Twitter).
Here’s the video:
Notably, India’s key pacer Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 due to his back injury, which he sustained during the fifth and last Test of the BGT 2024-25 against Australia. He was replaced by the young pacer Harshit Rana in the Indian squad for the prestigious cricket quadrennial.
Speaking of India’s performance in the tournament, they started their journey on a winning note with a 6-wicket win over Bangladesh in their campaign opener in Dubai on Wednesday. Now, The Men in Blue are in action against the arch-rivals Pakistan in the high-octane clash of the tournament.
Returning to the ongoing action of the game between India and Pakistan, the Men in Green skipper Mohammad Rizwan won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, Pakistan had scored 22 runs for no loss, in 4 overs, with their openers Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam there in the middle at individual scores of 6 and 10 runs, respectively.
India are playing with their unchanged playing XI which played in the campaign opener against Bangladesh. However, Pakistan have made a change, including Imam-ul-Haq in the playing XI to replace the injured and ruled-out star opener, Fakhar Zaman.
Here’s a look at India’s playing XI against Pakistan:
Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Kl Rahul (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, and Kuldeep Yadav.