India, Feb. 13 -- India joined England and Australia as captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Gautam Gambhir said no to practice games ahead of the Champions Trophy 2025. The BCCI decided against playing practice games as India are already playing a three-match ODI series against England which ended on Wednesday. The Indian team is scheduled to reach Dubai on February 15. They will play all their matches in Dubai.

India's stance of not prioritizing warm-up matches before even key bilateral series is nothing new, but this will be the first time in recent memory that they will enter an ICC tournament without playing any warm-up games. Despite their busy schedule, they managed to play one practice game against Bangladesh in the last edition o...