It is time for the first semi-final in the ICC Champions Trophy between two cricketing giants India & Australia who'll be battling out for the first time in an ODI since that eventful night of 19th November 2023. On the form front, Team India topped the group stages with 3 wins in as many games while the Australians just played 1 game their remaining encounters against South Africa & Afghanistan were washed out due to rain. Who's gonna win the match? who'll score the most runs & most wickets let's find out in our prediction.
Day & Date: Tuesday, 4th March 2025
Venue: Dubai International Stadium, Dubai
Timings: 2:30 PM (IST)
Both these sides have clashed against each other 4 times in the ICC Champions Trophy where the Men In Blue have come out on top twice, while Australians have managed to win 1 game & one match yielded no result at Centurion in 2009.
Categories | India | Australia |
---|---|---|
Matches Played | 151 | 151 |
Matches Won | 57 | 84 |
Tied | 0 | 0 |
No Result | 10 | 10 |
IND vs AUS CT records | 2 | 1 |
The surface in Dubai has been relatively slow & low, the game against New Zealand was a testament to the same. Since there is a short turnaround between the previous clash & this one expect the pitch to be on the slower side once again. The team that wins the toss will look to bat first on this pitch.
The weather in Dubai is good for playing Cricket. The temperatures will hover around 28°C, as there are no chances of rain on the matchday.
Australia has a good record against India in ODI cricket but, the Men in Blue have the upper hand when it comes to the head-to-head record in the champions trophy. Based on this analysis both teams have a 50-50 chance of winning this match.
India (IND)- Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakravarthy, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav
Australia (AUS)- Travis Head, Cooper Connolly, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey, Nathan Ellis, Spencer Johnson, Ben Dwarshuis, Adam Zampa
India (IND)- Rohit Sharma & Kuldeep Yadav
Australia (AUS)- Steve Smith & Adam Zampa
Player Name | Team Name | Fantasy Points | Innings |
---|---|---|---|
Axar Patel | India | 271.0 | 3 |
Shubman Gill | India | 265.0 | 3 |
Shreyas Iyer | India | 252.0 | 3 |
Josh Inglis | Australia | 244.0 | 2 |
Virat Kohli | India | 241.0 | 3 |
Hardik Pandya | India | 205.0 | 3 |
Kuldeep Yadav | India | 193.0 | 3 |
Mohammed Shami | India | 190.0 | 3 |
Varun Chakravarthy | India | 183.0 | 1 |
Ben Dwarshuis | Australia | 175.0 | 2 |
Player Name | Team Name | Runs | Innings |
---|---|---|---|
Shreyas Iyer | India | 150 | 3 |
Shubman Gill | India | 149 | 3 |
Virat Kohli | India | 133 | 3 |
Josh Inglis | Australia | 120 | 2 |
Matthew Short | Australia | 83 | 2 |
Rohit Sharma | India | 76 | 3 |
Alex Carey | Australia | 69 | 2 |
Travis Head | Australia | 65 | 2 |
Lokesh Rahul | India | 64 | 3 |
Axar Patel | India | 53 | 3 |
Player Name | Team Name | Wickets | Innings |
---|---|---|---|
Ben Dwarshuis | Australia | 6 | 2 |
Mohammed Shami | India | 5 | 3 |
Kuldeep Yadav | India | 5 | 3 |
Varun Chakravarthy | India | 5 | 1 |
Axar Patel | India | 4 | 3 |
Adam Zampa | Australia | 4 | 2 |
Harshit Rana | India | 4 | 2 |
Hardik Pandya | India | 3 | 3 |
Glenn Maxwell | Australia | 2 | 2 |
Ravindra Jadeja | India | 2 | 3 |