Dinesh Karthik issues a stern warning for team India ahead of ICC Champions Trophy 2025

After winning the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 last month, Team India will have their eyes set on another ICC trophy, the much-awaited Champions Trophy 2025. The tournament is due to be played in February-March next year.

It will be the first edition of the Champions Trophy since 2017. In the last edition, India suffered a humiliating defeat against Pakistan in the final and will be looking to make amends next year. The Men in Blue will be one of the strongest contenders for the title and will be looking to go all the way as they eye their first Champions Trophy title since 2013.

While India will be one of the favorites for the tournament next year, many believe that not playing enough ODIs before the competition could hurt their chances. India will be playing only six ODIs before the Champions Trophy.

The Rohit Sharma-led side will be playing 3 of those six games next month. After that, they will be playing only 3 more ODIs at home next year against England before participating in the Champions Trophy.

Former India wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik also believes that India would have liked to play more ODIs. However, he also said that the team is a well-oiled unit and backed it to do well in the tournament.

"A little bit, yes. Ideally, they would like to play more. But India is such a well-oiled unit and the confidence after winning the T20 World Cup is going to be really high," said Dinesh Karthik on Cricbuzz while responding to a fan's question.

India is going to be very hard to stop from here on: Dinesh Karthik

Speaking further, Dinesh Karthik also said that it would be tough for other teams to stop India in multi-nation events after their victory in the T20 World Cup. The victory in the 2024 T20 World Cup ended India's 11-year wait for an ICC trophy and many believe that it could start a dominating run for the Men in Blue in ICC competitions.

"I can tell you something, India is going to be very hard to stop from here on in multi-nation events. That World Cup is going to be the start of something very, very special in Indian cricket," said Dinesh Karthik.

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