India has to play its first match in the Champions Trophy against Bangladesh on February 20, but before that, the problems of Team India are continuously increasing. The Indian pace battery, which looked weak without Jasprit Bumrah, got the next blow when the team's bowling coach Morne Morkel left for his home in South Africa due to a family emergency. The team's morale is down at this critical time.

When will Morkel join the team again?

Morne Morkel was made the bowling coach of India in September last year. He reached Dubai with the Indian team on Saturday and was also present in the initial practice session before the Champions Trophy starting on Wednesday. He was not with the Indian team in the second practice session on Monday. When will Morkel join the team again? Whether he will come to Dubai for the Champions Trophy or not, nothing can be said about this at the moment.

Now all the responsibility is on Shami.
Jasprit Bumrah, who is suffering from a lower back injury, is out of the tournament, due to which the responsibility for the fast attack is on Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, and Harshit Rana while Hardik Pandya is the fourth option. Shami himself is making a comeback from injury, he has been able to play only a few matches since the ODI World Cup in November 2023.

All India's matches will be held in Dubai.
In this tournament, which is considered as tough as the World Cup, eight teams will try to compete for the title and will try to write a golden chapter in their cricket history. The Indian team's matches will be held in Dubai while the rest of the teams will play in Pakistan where the first ICC tournament is being held after the 1996 World Cup.

India vs Pakistan on 23 February
In the first match, Pakistan's talented team will play against New Zealand while on February 23, there is a match between India and Pakistan, which is always considered the 'blockbuster' of the tournament. In this, emotions will surge across the border, layers of memories will be unraveled and social media will seem no less than an arena.