India's Varun Chakravarthy celebrates the wicket of New Zealand's Matt Henry with his team mates during the ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between India and New Zealand at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. AP Photo/Altaf Qadri India's Varun Chakravarthy celebrates the wicket of New Zealand's Matt Henry with his team mates during the ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between India and New Zealand at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. AP Photo/Altaf Qadri India will take on Australia in an ODI for the first time since the night in Ahmedabad that saw Rohit Sharma’s men endure heartache in the final of the ICC ODI World Cup on November 19bra, 2023. (Full Coverage | More Cricket News)
15 months on, India take on Australia in another International Cricket Council (ICC) tournament knockout game, this time, in a semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, March 4.
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: SquadIndia 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),fef777 casino 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-headTotal matches: 151
India Won: 57
An improved batting performance will be on the mind of the Australian Under-19 team as they take the field for the final Youth ODI. Indian youngsters will like to continue on their good work and wrap up the series with another dominating performance at home.
Olly Stone was brought in for him, with Wood initially missing out due to a groin problem, though it was later confirmed that the elbow injury would rule him out of red-ball tours of Pakistan in October and New Zealand in December.
Australia Won: 84
No Result: 10
India Vs Australia, Champions Trophy Semi-final: Weather ForecastThere 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.
weather forecast Photo: Accuweather screengrab weather forecast Photo: Accuweather screengrab India Vs Australia, Champions Trophy Semi-final: Pitch ReportThe 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: PredictionGoogle 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 WatchThe India Vs Australia, ICC Champions Trophy 2025bra, 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.