Gautam Gambhir Warns Rohit Sharma And Team India For Dressing Room Leaks Before Champions Trophy 2025

India head coach Gautam Gambhir, known for his outspoken attitude, responded to accusations of a schism within the team during their previous Border-Gavaskar Trophy trip to Australia. Gautam Gambhir has issued a harsh warning to Rohit Sharma and the rest of the squad to avoid dressing room leaks at the Champions Trophy.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has implemented a new ten-point guideline to improve discipline, unity, and the overall team environment. This policy will be imposed beginning with the ICC Champions Trophy in 2025. This action is in response to reports of a "divided team environment" in Australia.

Gautam Gambhir Warns Rohit Sharma and Other Team India Players

According to RevSportz, Team India met at a hotel in Mumbai before traveling to Dubai, where Gautam Gambhir instructed players to keep dressing room discussions private.

Following the disclosures in Australia, Gautam Gambhir stressed the need to maintain tight confidentiality among the group.

"Before coming to Dubai, the players assembled at a hotel in Mumbai, where according to sources, Gambhir’s team talk centered around how even a whisper shouldn’t go out of the dressing room. After the leak’s controversy in Australia, a foolproof measure has become the need of the hour. After landing in Dubai, India straightway decided to train from 1 pm local time on Sunday. There’s no time to waste," the RevSportz report read.

Team India arrived in Dubai on Saturday for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, where they will play at a neutral venue instead of traveling to host nation Pakistan.

📍 Touchdown Dubai! 🛬#TeamIndia have arrived for #ChampionsTrophy 🏆 2025 😎 pic.twitter.com/obWYScvOmw

— BCCI (@BCCI) February 15, 2025

India to open Champions Trophy 2025 against Bangladesh on February 20

The ICC Champions Trophy 2025, comprising eight countries, will be held in Pakistan from February 19 to March 9. Notably, the competition has returned to the international cricket calendar after its last appearance in England in 2017, which Pakistan won. The main competition will have 15 matches spread over 19 days.

Team India is in Group A alongside Pakistan, Bangladesh, and New Zealand. The Men in Blue campaign will begin on February 20 in Dubai against Bangladesh.

IND vs PAK to be the Marquee clash

They will face Pakistan in a high-stakes contest on February 23, followed by their last group-stage match against New Zealand on March 2. India will play all of their group stage and knockout round matches at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

The top two teams in each group will proceed to the knockout stage and the semi-finals will be contested on March 4 and 5, with the final on March 9, 2025.

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