India's Champions Trophy 2025 jersey with 'Pakistan' imprint goes viral

India are all set to begin their Champions Trophy 2025 campaign on Thursday, February 20, when they take on Bangladesh at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai.

Ahead of the clash, the Men in Blue unveiled their jersey for the marquee event. The interesting feature of the jersey was that the host country's name - Pakistan - was imprinted on it. India skipper Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh were seen sporting the new colours as they posed for the cameras.

However, what hogged the limelight was the name of Pakistan on their jersey. There were speculations that India would not be wearing jerseys that feature the Pakistan imprint as part of the official logo of the tournament. Besides, the BCCI secretary had earlier confirmed in an interview that the Indian team will follow the guidelines set by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The ICC shared pictures of the Indian cricketers who were bestowed with ICC awards and 'Team of the Year' caps ahead of the Champions Trophy 2025.

Interestingly, India didn't have Pakistan's name printed on their jersey when they played the Asia Cup 2023. The Men in Green were the hosts of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC)-organised event.

Check out the images of viral India Champions Trophy jersey here:

India players bagged multiple ICC awards, Champions Trophy to begin on February 20 

In the ICC awards, Rohit was picked in the ICC ODI team of the year. Meanwhile, Jadeja was named in the Test lineup. Hardik and Arshdeep were named in the ICC T20I team of the year. The latter was also awarded the coveted honour of T20I cricketer of the year. He had a stellar outing in the shortest format of the game last year, helping India win the T20 World Cup 2024.

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The Champions Trophy gets underway on Wednesday, February 19, with Mohammad Rizwan-led Pakistan taking on Mitchell Santner's New Zealand at the National Stadium in Karachi. These two teams are placed in Group A along with India and Bangladesh. Meanwhile, Group B also consists of four teams - Australia, England, Afghanistan, and South Africa.