India have won the Champions Trophy 2025 in the semifinals, winning 3 consecutive matches. The team will face Australia in the knockout tomorrow, March 4. Australia beat India in the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup. However, the match is now in Dubai, where spinners are dominated. In this case, India can get 3 adventures.
Advantage-1: Pitch
The semifinals in Dubai, India did not lose a single match here India is playing all its matches under the Hybrid model at the Champions Trophy in Dubai. The team is also getting the benefit of playing in one place. The team didn't need to travel. The choice of Playing-11 is getting easier. Players are staying in one hotel, in one place. Not only that, they are practicing on the same field.
Team India's overall ODI record is very impressive at Dubai International Stadium. Here India played 9 ODIs and not a single one. India won 8 matches while one match was tie. However, the team will face Australia for the first time. However, 8 matches of the ICC tournament were played between the two teams. India have won 4 and Australia have won 4. Therefore, a difficult challenge can be encountered from kangaroos.
The slow pitch could not score more than 250 So far three matches of the Champions Trophy have been played in Dubai. Due to the slow pitch, all three matches could not be more than 250. Due to the slow pitch, Indian spinners can benefit from the semifinals.
- India played their first match against Bangladesh. Bangladesh was all out for 228 runs first. Nevertheless, India took 46.3 overs to chase a small score.
- India played their second match against Pakistan. Pakistan was all out for 241 runs first. With the help of Virat Kohli's century, India chased the target in 42.3 overs.
- India played their third match against New Zealand. Team India was able to score only 249 runs after losing 9 wickets for the first bat. In reply, the Kiwi team was all out for 205 runs. India's spinners took 9 wickets.
Advantage-2: Team has 5 Specialist Spinners
Indian spinners' economy rate less than 5 India offered 4 spinners in 3 matches on Dubai's slow pitch. Kuldeep Yadav, Akshar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja played all three matches. He gave a run at less than 5 economy rate and took 9 wickets. Varun Chakraborty had a chance against New Zealand, he made maximum use of the opportunity and only 5 wickets at an economy rate of 4.20.
Varun had a chance against New Zealand in place of fast bowler Harshit Rana. The team played 2 fast bowlers in the form of Mohammad Shami and Hardik Pandya. The team also has a fifth spinner in the form of Washington Sundar, which can also bat. However, since Playing-11 has four spinners, it is difficult to include a fifth player.
Lack of experienced spinners in Australia Team India has 5 specialist spinners. While Australia has only one experienced spinner in the form of Adam Zampa. Tanvir Sangha is also on the team but has only 3 ODI experience. In addition to these 2, the team has 5 part-time spinners in the form of Marnas Labushen, Glenn Maxwell, Cooper Conoli, Travis Head and Steve Smith. However, Australia will need an experienced and specialist spinner to support Zampa against India.
Advantage-3: 3 Indian batters scored a century on a slow pitch
Team India's batters are in form. He scored 2 centuries and 2 half centuries in 3 matches. Shubhman Gill (101*) scored a century against Bangladesh. Virat Kohli (100*) won his team by scoring a century against Pakistan. When Shreyas Iyer scored a Fifty against both Pakistan and New Zealand.
Australia's Betters are accustomed to fast bowling Australia have played only one match in the tournament so far. The team chased the target of more than 350 runs against England in Lahore. Due to Josh English century, the team had no problem winning. The remaining two matches were washed away due to rain against Afghanistan and South Africa. Now the team will play on a slow pitch in Dubai, where batters may face problems. Because before the tournament, the team lost the ODI series on a slow pitch in Sri Lanka.
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