India Vs Australia: The two unbeaten teams of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 edition will face off in the first semi-final of this eight-team tournament. India won all the matches in the group stage, while the Aussies won their game against England. and two matches were washed out.
India has played and won all three matches at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai and Australia will play their first match at that venue. The Aussies won a match handsomely when they chased down 352 runs against England. The bowling might be an issue for the current World Cup and WTC winners.
But the batting is full of power hitters and match winners. No Indian can forget Travis Head, especially after what he did in the finals of the World Test Championship and ODI World Cup in 2023. Head can be the player to watchout for from the Australian camp because he loves playing against the Men in Blue across the three formats.
Steve Smith is another batter who India should be careful of. The current Aussie skipper too loves playing versus India like Head. In the recent matches of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, Smith has batted twice and scored 19* and five runs only. But against India, he has come back to his usual form and that’s why India shouldn’t take him lightly.
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India Vs Australia: Likely, Probable Playing XI Of The Aussies –
Travis Head, Jake Fraser McGurk, Steven Smith (C), Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglish (WK), Alex Carey, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Ben Dwarshuis, Spencer Johnson.
India Vs Australia: Likely, Probable Playing XI Of The Men in Blue –
Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakrabarthy/Harshit Rana.
India has been in superb form in the fifty overs format since the start of the ODI series against England. The Men in Blue are on a six-match winning streak in the One Day International format and they would aim to continue that in the semis and the finals of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
India should be careful if they bat first again in Dubai tomorrow. The Blues managed to score just 249 runs in their match versus the Kiwis yesterday. The set batters should not give their wickets away because it is difficult for a new batsman to get used to the pitch and the surface of Dubai.
Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel and Hardik Pandya gave valuable contributions with the willow in hand which helped India to reach that decent total. But the likes of in-form players, Gill, Kohli and skipper Rohit got out early. Against a powerful team like Australia, these batters should give a solid performance in a match like the semi-finals.
India’s bowling was extraordinary in Dubai yesterday. Varun Chakrabarthy picked up a five-wicket haul and he is just the third Indian bowler to get a five-fer in the ICC Champions Trophy. Jadeja and Shami are the first two bowlers from India to achieve this feat.
India might go with the same playing XI which faced the Blackcaps on Sunday at the same stadium in Dubai. Harshit Rana was dropped and India went with four pure spin bowlers which did the trick. Harshit Rana has also done a decent job. However, dropping him from the XI was a call taken because of the conditions.
India Vs Australia: List Of All The Matches Played In The History Of The ICC Champions Trophy –
India and Australia have played four matches in the history of the ICC Champions Trophy from 1988 to 2009. India has won two matches while the Aussies have won one match and 1 game was ended as a no result. The last match of an ICC event between these two nations was the ODI World Cup 2023 final in Ahmedabad.
- 2009 – No Result in Centurion
- 2006 – Australia won by six wickets in Mohali
- 2000 – India won by 20 runs in Nairobi
- 1988 – The Men in Blue won by 44 runs in Dhaka.
India Vs Australia: Fanstasy Playing Eleven For The 1st Semi Final Of The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 –
Batsmen – Travis Head, Steven Smith, Shubman Gill
Bowlers – Adam Zampa, Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Shami
All Rounders – Hardik Pandya and Glenn Maxwell
Wicketkeeper – KL Rahul
Vice Captain – Marnus Labuschagne
Captain – Rohit Sharma.
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