India vs Bangladesh Live Streaming: How To Watch IND vs BAN Champions Trophy 2025 Match On TV And Online?

India will face Bangladesh in their opening game of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 game on Thursday. The IND vs BAN Group A encounter will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium from 2:30 p.m. IST onwards.

The inclusion of five spinners in India's Champions Trophy squad has attracted plenty of attention but captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday defended the selectors' call, saying three of them are all-rounders who add a lot of value to his team.

Varun Chakaravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav are the two specialists spinners while the other options in that department are Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel and Washington Sundar, who all are very capable batters.

The spin-heavy side has three fast-bowling options in the form of Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh and Harshit Rana with Hardik Pandya being the sole pace all-rounder.

"There are two spinners, and the other three are all-rounders, so I am not looking at them as five spinners, those three guys can bat and can bowl also. In the rest of the teams, the fast bowlers are all-rounders, so they say that they have taken six fast bowlers, which is good, but we play to our strength (spin)," Rohit told reporters when asked about the spin heavy composition of the side.

The injured Jasprit Bumrah's absence has put additional responsibility on Mohammed Shami, who is yet to regain his full rhythm following a comeback from injury.

Be it batting or bowling, Rohit said his team is ready to tackle the prevailing conditions and batting deep will only help them. Dew is also a factor at the Dubai International Stadium.

Although India are playing a strong brand of 50-over cricket of late, they have some selection riddles to solve before they face Bangladesh.

But India can take consolation from the fact that Bangladesh are going through turmoil of their own, weakened by the absence of stars like Shakib Al Hasan.

Bangladesh have quality pacers and all-rounders at their disposal and they will rely on them to outsmart formidable India in their tournament opener, skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto asserted on Wednesday.

"All departments we have to play well to have any chance against India. We have good memories against India. If we execute our plan we have a good chance," Shanto said during the pre-match press conference.

"We have got some good all rounders. We are depending on them. All teams are capable of winning. We fancy our chances. We are not thinking too much, we have some good fast bowlers. We are very happy to have a fast bowler like (Nahid) Rana. If he plays, then he will do the job. We have a good balance of spin and fast bowlers," he said.

Star Sports 1 and Star Sports 1 Hindi will broadcast the India vs Bangladesh Champions Trophy 2025 match live.

The India vs Bangladesh Champions Trophy 2025 match will be streamed live on the JioHotstar app and website.

Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (Wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Harshit Rana.

Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto (C), Towhid Hridoy, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mushfiqur Rahim, Jaker Ali, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Rishad Hossain.

(With PTI inputs)