ICC Champions Trophy 2025: India’s official Champions Trophy kit unveiled featuring Pakistan’s name
Published - 18 Feb 2025, 01:02 PM | Updated - 18 Feb 2025, 01:08 PM
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The Indian cricket team has officially unveiled its jersey for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025. BCCI unveiled its ICC Champions Trophy 2025 jersey on Monday, February 17, featuring Pakistan’s name on it.
There was a lot of speculation about whether the Indian cricket team would wear jerseys with Pakistan’s name as part of the official tournament logo. However, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia had already made it clear that the team would follow ICC’s guidelines.
India unveils ICC Champions Trophy 2025 jersey featuring Pakistan’s name
Now, putting an end to all speculations officially, the BCCI adhered to ICC’s guidelines, as the jersey design features the ICC Champions Trophy logo, along with the name of the host nation, Pakistan, which is displayed on the right side of the jersey.
The official social media handles of BCCI shared headshots of captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, and Arshdeep Singh, as they all proudly showcased the new kit in front of the cameras.
These pics from today 📸
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 17, 2025
How good 🤌🏻#TeamIndia | #ChampionsTrophy pic.twitter.com/yM50ArMIj5
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 17, 2025
This is the first time in more than two decades that the jersey features Pakistan’s name. During the Asia Cup 2023, no team had the host nation Pakistan’s name on their jerseys. Now, India’s ICC Champions Trophy jersey is crazily going viral on social media across the platforms.
Notably, according to the rules, every team playing in an ICC tournament must have the host country's name on their jerseys, even if the matches are held at neutral venues.
Morne Morkel leaves India camp ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Meanwhile, the Men in Blue will kick off their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign on February 20 with a match against Bangladesh. Their next game will be a high-stakes clash against Pakistan on February 23, followed by the final group match against New Zealand on March 2.
India will play all their matches in Dubai while Pakistan will host the rest of the seven teams under a hybrid model.
Just before the start of the tournament, the Men in Blue suffered a massive blow, as the bowling coach Morne Morkel left the camp in Dubai and flew back to South Africa due to a personal emergency. It is being said that Morkel returned home due to the tragic passing of his father.
Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh pose with ICC Caps
On the other hand, the International Cricket Council shared pictures of Indian players receiving their ICC awards and Team of the Year caps in their ICC Champions Trophy jerseys. Rohit Sharma was named in the ICC ODI Team of the Year, while Ravindra Jadeja was named in the Test Team of the Year. Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh were named in the ICC T20I Team of the Year.
Arshdeep also received the prestigious T20I Cricketer of the Year award for his outstanding performances in the shortest format. The pacer finished the year 2024 with 36 wickets from 18 matches. They all were seen posing with their caps in the Champions Trophy jerseys.
Looking good 😎
— ICC (@ICC) February 17, 2025
India stars received their ICC Awards and Team of the Year caps today 🧢
1. Rohit Sharma (T20I Team Of The Year)
2. Ravindra Jadeja (Test Team Of The Year)
3. Hardik Pandya (T20I Team Of The Year)
4. Arshdeep Singh (T20I Team Of The Year & Men’s T20I Player Of… pic.twitter.com/4fQAllyqr2
