India, Feb. 23 -- Jasprit Bumrah met the Indian players and had a light-hearted conversation with a few of them ahead of the high-octane clash against Pakistan in Champions Trophy 2025. Bumrah, who has been sidelined from the marquee ICC event, was present at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium to watch the mega clash as he also received his ICC honours, including the Men's Cricketer of the Year and Men's Test Cricketer of the Year awards, before the start of match.

Bumrah met his India teammates on Sunday during their warm-up drills before the match against Pakistan. Virat Kohli graciously hugged the star paceman and asked him about his back injury. The duo further chatted about the hot weather in Dubai.

Kohli said, "It's hotter to...