New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- As India is set to play against Bangladesh in their first match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 today, February 20, all eyes are on the playing XI. With this, there has been speculation that Gautam Gambhir could drop Ravindra Jadeja and include Axar Patel in the playing XI, as there will be a lot of left-handed spinners in the game against Bangladesh.

The match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the UAE will start at 2:30 PM (India time).

The speculation came to rise as during the final practice session, the head coach was spotted having an extended conversation with Jadeja, before embracing him in a hug. On this, Star Sports experts Abhinav Mukund, Piyush Chawla and Mike Hesson felt that Gambhir could ...