Delhi: The Indian team played all their matches in Dubai in the recently ended ICC Champions Trophy 2025, as they refused to go to Pakistan. There has been a debate over this decision, where some former and current cricketers believe that Team India got special benefits.
Many players criticized the ICC, saying that India got advantage to play all matches in Dubai, while other teams were traveling in various cities of Pakistan and were coming to Dubai to face the Indian team.
Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, India remained invincible and defeated New Zealand by four wickets in the final and won the title. Australia’s Test and ODI captain Pat Cummins also reacted to this entire matter. He said that India got the benefit of playing in one place. However, he could not participate in the tournament due to injury.
However, Cummins’ fellow and veteran fast bowler Mitchell Starc expressed disagreement with this opinion. He said that in today’s era players play in many leagues and they experience playing under different circumstances.
Stark said on ‘Fantics TV’, “I don’t think playing at one place was a special benefit. Nowadays cricketers are playing in leagues around the world, but Indian players can only play IPL. Players from the rest of the countries get a chance to play in 5-6 different leagues a year, which gives them a good experience of white-ball cricket. ”
Apart from this, Mitchell Starc also praised Indian spinner Varun Chakraborty. He said, “I am not surprised by India’s victory. I did not see the entire Champions Trophy, but played last season with Varun Chakraborty in KKR. He is a great talent. “
It is worth noting that in the final of the Champions Trophy 2025, India defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets to win the title of this tournament for the third time.
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