Champions Trophy 2025: Semi-final 1, IND vs AUS Match Prediction

IND vs AUS Match Preview:

The league stage is finally over and both the fixtures of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final have been decided. After thrashing New Zealand (NZ) in the last league match of the tournament, India have finished at the top of the points table in group A and have confirmed their semi-final fixture against Australia which will be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on March 4. The Men in Blue are coming after three back-to-back wins in the group stage. On the other hand, Australia won just one game in the league stage while their remaining two matches were washed out due to rain.

As India face Australia in the Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final, they will come with bitter memories of the 2023 ODI World Cup where the Aussies stunned Men in Blue in front of their home crowd to lift the sixth title. Now, India will look to avenge the previous final defeat and enter the final by defeating Australia in the semi–final. Let’s have a look at today’s cricket match prediction, pitch report, head-to-head and key players ahead of the semi-final 1 of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 between India and Australia.

IND vs AUS Match Details:

Match	India vs Australia, Semi-Final 1
Venue	Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Date & Time	Sundai, March 4, 2:30 pm (IST)
Live Broadcast & Streaming Details	JioHotstar (app and website) and Star Sports Network

IND vs AUS Pitch Report

The surface of the Dubai Stadium looked suitable for the bowlers in the last three matches played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. At the start of the game, the pace bowlers get much support from the pitch. However, as the game progresses further, it becomes suitable for the spinners as seen in the New Zealand vs India clash where the spinner took nine out of 10 wickets in the second innings. The team winning the toss will prefer to put runs on the board and defend them in the semi-final Out of the 61 matches played at this ground, the team batting first won 23 times while the chasing team came out victorious on 36 occasions.

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IND vs AUS Weather Report:

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IND vs AUS Head-to-Head Records in ODI:

India and Australia have faced each other 151 times in the ODI format. In these 151 matches, Australia have defeated India 84 times while the Men in Blue come out victorious on 57 occasions, with 10 matches ending in no result.

Total Matches played	151
India Won	57
Australia Won	84
No Result	10

IND vs AUS Probable 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:

Matthew Short, Travis Head, Steven Smith (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson

IND vs NZ Full Squads

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, Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana

Australia

Cooper Connolly, Travis Head, Steven Smith (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Sean Abbott, Tanveer Sangha

Key Players:

Shreyas Iyer: Shreyas Iyer has proved himself to be the saviour of the Indian middle-order in the last couple of years and also impressed with his knock against New Zealand. He is currently also India’’s leading run getter in the Champions Trophy 2025 and will be looking to play a big knock in the semi-final against Australia.

Ravindra Jadeja: Spin bowler Ravindra Jadeja can play a crucial part in the semi-final clash against Australia and will look to spin-friendly conditions of the Dubai stadium. He will aim to dominate the Australian batters in the middle overs of the match.

Travis Head: Australian batter turned out to be a nightmare for the Indian fans in the last few years and is set to play against Men in Blue in the knockout of another ICC event. Head is also coming after scoring an aggressive fifty in the last matches against Afghanistan and will look get another winning knock against India.

Adam Zampa: Adam Zampa can turn out to be a crucial bowler in the semi-final against India. The leg spinner has great ODI stats against the Men in Blue and will be looking to deliver a match-winning spell for Australia to get into the final.