The first semifinal of the Champions Trophy will be played between India and Australia today. The match will begin at 2:30 pm at Dubai International Stadium. The two teams will face each other for the first time.
Both teams will play them for the ninth time in the knockout of the ICC tournament. In the previous match, the two teams won 4-4. The two teams last faced each other in the 2023 ODI World Cup final, while Australia won by 6 wickets. India has the opportunity to avenge that defeat.
Match Details, Semifinal IND VS AUS DATE: 4 March Stadium: International Stadium, Dubai Time: Toss – 2:00 pm, Match Started – 2.30pm
Australia's hand over one-day So far, 151 ODIs have been played between India and Australia. India won 7 and Australia 10. Both teams are facing them in Dubai for the first time. India played all three matches in the tournament. Australia played all three matches in Pakistan.
Next to Australia in the ICC tournament The ICC has 2 ODI tournament, the World Cup and the Champions Trophy. In this tournament, both teams clashed 18 times, of which India won 7 and Australia 10 times. During this period, one match remained uncertain. However, this will be the ninth time when both teams will hit them in the knockout of the ICC tournament. The results of the first 8 matches played were the same. Both teams have won four or four times.
Iyer India's top scorer In the Champions Trophy, 2 players from India scored a century. Shubhman Gill and Virat Kohli. Shreyas Iyer scored a fifty against Pakistan and New Zealand. He is the top scorer of the team with 150 runs in 3 matches. Mohammad Shami, Varun Chakraborty and Kuldeep Yadav have taken 5-5 wickets from the team.
The highest wicket -taker bowler of Australia The Australia group was able to play only one perfect match at the stage. The team beat England by 5 wickets in the first match. The results of the team against South Africa and Afghanistan remained knockout. Josh English was the highest scorer in the Limited Over match. He scored 120*. Ben Dwarashis is the top bowler with 6 wickets.
Pitch report The Dubai pitch was helpful to the fast bowlers before, but in the Champions Trophy, the spinners dominated the pitch. In the first innings, Pace bowlers dominated and spinners in the second innings. In 3 matches of the tournament, the first batting team won 1 match and the chase team won 2 matches.
Yet, if the team bat first after winning the toss on the Dubai pitch, it can benefit. No team has been able to score more than 250 in the tournament here. In such a case, if the first batting team makes 265 or more runs, it can be a winning score.
Weather update There is no possibility of rain in Dubai on Tuesday. The temperature will be between 21 and 29 degrees Celsius. The wind will blow at 27 km per hour. There is no possibility of a mist at night.
Potential Playing-11 India (IND) of both teams: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubhman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana/Varun Chakraborty and Mohammad Shami.
Australia (AUS): Steve Smith (Captain), Travis Head, Jack Fraser Megark/Cooper Connoli, Marnas Labushen, Josh English (wicketkeeper), Alex Kerry, Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardy, Ben Dwarshis, Adam Zampa and Tanvir Sangha.
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