India vs Australia Semi Final Champions Trophy: Weather Report and Pitch update of Dubai International Stadium
India vs Australia semi final: Team India, under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, is all set to take on Steve Smith-led Australia in the first semi-final of the ICC Men's Champions Trophy 2025. This highly-anticipated clash between the two fierce rivals will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Tuesday, 4th of March.
The Indian Team ended the group stage phase of the tournament in a flamboyant fashion as they dominated Group-A with a three-match winning streak and finished as the table toppers.
They started off their Champions Trophy campaign with a win over Bangladesh, followed by a dominant win versus arch rivals and defending champions Pakistan. In their final group stage game, they secured the top position by securing a solid 44-run victory over Mitchell Santner's New Zealand.
Australia, on the other hand, ended Group-B at the second position, behind South Africa. They have secured just a single win in three matches as their encounters against South Africa & Afghanistan were washed out due to rain. Their only match in the tournament so far was a high-scoring victory over arch rivals England.
They have not lifted the Champions Trophy since 2009 and despite missing the services of key players like Josh Hazelwood, Mitchell Marsh, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc, they will be looking to triumph over the Men in Blue in the first semi-final.
The most recent meeting of the two teams in ODI Cricket was the 2023 ODI World Cup final in Ahmedabad, where the Aussies outclassed the Men in Blue to lift the trophy. But, the current Australian side looks weaker in comparison to the one that defeated the Rohit Sharma-led side by a margin of six wickets in Ahmedabad in November of last year.
Indian players will still have the defeat in the final in their minds and they will be going all out against the Kangaroos to take revenge of that heart-breaking World Cup final defeat. Ahead of this mouth-watering clash, let's take a look at the Weather Forecast and Pitch report of the Dubai International Cricket Stadium
India vs Australia Semi Final Champions Trophy: Head-2-Head records in Champions Trophy
In the history of the ICC Men's Champions Trophy, India & Australia clashed versus each other four times, in which the Indian team has had the upper hand. In the four matches played, the Men in Blue have gone on to secure victories in two matches while the Kangaroos won one game. One match between the two arch rivals was washed out due to rain.
Total Matches Played: 4
India Won: 2
Australia Won: 1
No Result: 1
India vs Australia Semi Final Champions Trophy: Head-to-Head ODI Stats
Talking about the Head-2-Head stats between both teams in One Day Internationals, then the Australians have shown a dominating performance versus the Indians. They have taken part in a total of 151 One Day International matches against each other and out of these 151 games, the Mighty Aussies have triumphed on 84 occasions while the Men in Blue are quite far behind with 57 wins. 10 matches between the two teams have ended in a no result situation.
Australia Won: 84
India Won: 57
No Result: 10
India vs Australia Semi Final Champions Trophy: Weather Report of Dubai
The weather conditions are going to be perfect for the India vs Australia Champions Trophy semi final as no rain is expected on the day of the match, with the weather forecast reports predicting sunny & clear blue skies in Dubai. The temperature is anticipated to hover around the 30 degrees Celsius zone in the day period while once the evening period arrives, it's likely to drop to around 25 degrees Celsius.
India vs Australia Semi Final Champions Trophy: Pitch Report of Dubai International Cricket Stadium
The pitch of the Dubai International Cricket Stadium has provided a significant amount of assistance to the batters in the group stage matches of the Champions Trophy 2025. The batters make full use of the bounce offered by the surface to play their shots with ease.
As the game progresses, the spin bowlers start coming into play causing a significant amount of damage to the batters. The Indian team recently fielded four spin bowlers in their recently concluded group stage encounter versus New Zealand at this ground and while this decision was scrutinized by many, it worked our really well for Rohit Sharma and his men.
Keeping in mind the way the surface has played out in recent games, the toss-winning skipper would want to bat first and put up a strong total on the board.
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