India will take on Australia in an ODI for the first time since the night in Ahmedabad that saw Rohit Sharma라이브 바카라 men endure heartache in the final of the ICC ODI World Cup on November 19, 2023. (Full Coverage | More Cricket News)
India come into the all-important fixture after winning three on the bounce in the group stages of the competition and have been a dominant force at the peak of their spinning powers.
On the other hand, Australia who will be without the services of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, and Pat Cummins, will go into the fixture as the ultimate underdogs.
They completed the group stage with a monstrous chase against England, but were hampered game time, having two of their games washed out.
India Vs Australia, Champions Trophy Semi-final: Squad
India Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar
Australia squad: Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Adam Zampa.
India Vs Australia, Champions Trophy Semi-final: ODI Head-to-head
Total matches: 151
India Won: 57
Australia Won: 84
No Result: 10
India Vs Australia, Champions Trophy Semi-final: Weather Forecast
There is no chance of rain interfering in the proceedings around the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. However, it will remain a little hot during the game with temperature around 30 degree Celsius.
India Vs Australia, Champions Trophy Semi-final: Pitch Report
The surface in Dubai has not been batter-friendly as some of the Pakistan pitches in Lahore and Rawalpindi. With the ball getting older and softer, batting has been difficult.
Hence teams will look to bat first and put some runs on the board. India, having played in Dubai will have a better feeling of the conditions with four spinners, while Australia could bring in Tanveer Sangha into the mix.
India Vs Australia, Champions Trophy Semi-final: Prediction
Google gives India a 63% chance of winning the match making Men In Blue the favourites to progress to the ICC Champions Trophy final
India Vs Australia, Champions Trophy Semi-final: Where To Watch
The India Vs Australia, ICC Champions Trophy 2025, Semi-final 1 will be telecast on the Star Sports 2 and Sports 18 1 TV channels in India. It will be live-streamed on the JioHotstar app and website in India. Match begins at 2:30 pm IST.
