India vs Australia Semi Final, Champions Trophy 2025 Pitch Report & Playing XI: Will Rohit Sharma Play Four Spinners?
Photo : AP
India are all set to take on Australia in the first semi-final of the Champions Trophy 2025 on Tuesday (March 4) at the Dubai International Stadium from 2.30 PM. This will be the first time that the two sides are clashing since the heartbreaking night of the 2023 ODI World Cup final. India come into this game on the back of a fantastic win vs New Zealand, where the spinners dominated, picking 9 of the 1o wickets, with Varun Chakravarthy picking u a five-wicket haul. The question on everyone's mind is that whether India would go for four spinners, or bring another pacer back.
India Vs Australia Pitch Report
The pitches in Dubai for all the three games in the Champions Trophy 2025 have been slow and sluggish. The pitch is expected to be a rank turner in the semi-final as well. Hence, it will be the spinners whp will be key to the teams in the all-important clash. The team who would win the toss would look to bat first, an put a total of 250+ on the board, which would be hard to chase for the team batting second. The dew will also not be a factor.
India vs Australia LIVE Score
India Vs Australia Weather Report
The weather in Dubai is expected to remain sunny during the day, and a clear sky dyruing the night, according to Accuweather.com. There is absolutely no chance of rainfall throughout the duration of the match. Hence, there will be a full 50-over a sinde game in the crucial semi-final. This would mean that Australuia would play their first full match of the Champions Trophy 2025 since their win vs England in the opening encounter.
Predicted Playing XI:
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel , KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
Australia: Jake Fraser McGurk, Travis Head, Steven Smith (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Sean Abbott, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Tanveer Sangha.
Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from Cricket, Sports and around the world.
