India captain Rohit Sharma plans to take teammate Axar Patel to dinner to make amends after denying the spinner a hat-trick in Thursday's Champions Trophy match against Bangladesh.

India captain Rohit Sharma and superstar batsman Virat Kohli enter the Champions Trophy this week with intense focus on their dwindling powers and speculation over when they will retire.

India's captain Rohit Sharma, left and Pakistan's captain Babar Azam talk before the coin toss during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between India and Pakistan in Ahmedabad, India,

India captain Rohit Sharma rued putting down an "easy" catch at slip to deny Axar Patel a hat-trick in his side's win against Bangladesh in the Champions Trophy. "That was an easy catch, I should have taken that,

Watch as India's Axar Patel is denied a hat-trick, after captain Rohit Sharma drops the ball at the slip in their opening game against Bangladesh in the Champions Trophy.

As India prepares for their final group-stage match against New Zealand in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, doubts are growing about the availability of their opening duo.

We have discovered that the most expensive player in the current ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is neither Virat Kohli nor Rohit Sharma, nor is he from England or Australia.

India will face New Zealand on March 2 in their final league-stage match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. After dominant wins over Bangladesh and Pakistan, Rohit Sharma’s men are on the brink of semi-final qualification.