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Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya Photograph: (X)
India's star players Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya were spotted practicing together in the nets ahead of the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025. The duo trained in Navi Mumbai, delighting fans with their reunion.
A video of their practice session went viral on social media, with fans expressing excitement at seeing two of India's best players back in action. While the squad for the Champions Trophy has not been announced yet, it is widely expected that both Sharma and Pandya will be part of the team.
Watch the video here:
ROHIT 🤝 HARDIK...!!!
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) January 16, 2025
- Rohit Sharma & Hardik Pandya working together ahead of the Champions Trophy. 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/VTU8tmLHVO
BCCI's vice president Rajeev Shukla spoke to the media about the same and mentioned that the selection meeting will be held on January 18 or 19. The Champions Trophy tournament will start on February 19, with the first game between Pakistan and New Zealand.
India will play all of their games in Abu Dhabi as the government refused to send the players to the neighbouring country due to safety issues. Even Pakistan haven't released the team for the tournament and there has been no communication on the announcement dates as well.
India's T20I series against England to begin on January 22
The Men in Blue played in the whites for more than two months now and it's time to get back to the donning the Blue once again. The Suryakumar Yadav-led Indian team will face the English team in a 5-match T20I series starting from January 22. The Board has released the squad for the upcoming series. This time, Axar Patel will be seen in the vice captain's role even though Hardik Pandya is present in the squad.
India’s squad for T20I series against England: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Sanju Samson (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel (vc), Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammad Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy, Ravi Bishnoi, Washington Sundar, Dhruv Jurel (wk)