Bitter rivals India and Pakistan rarely play each other on the cricket field, but when they do there is an unparalleled thirst for tickets.

Not Kohli, but the main man in India’s middle-order in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be Shreyas Iyer, who is an excellent player of spin. But during the IND vs ENG ODIs, he also hammered the English pacers with disdain. Against England, he scored 181 runs at a strike rate of 123 with two fifties to his name.

The BCCI’s 10-point guidelines unveiled last month state that family members can accompany cricketers for up to two weeks in a tour comprising 45 days or more. Rohit Sharma and Co fly to Dubai on 15 February and will be in the UAE for less than a month.