Australia captain Steve Smith gained the toss and opted to bat in opposition to India within the first semifinal of the Champions Trophy in Dubai on Tuesday (March 4, 2025).
Australia made two adjustments from their earlier match taking part in XI, bringing in Cooper Connolly for injured Matthews Short and Tanveer Sangha for Spencer Johnson.
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India fielded the identical taking part in XI of their earlier match.
The Teams:
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: Steven Smith (c), Cooper Connolly, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Tanveer Sangha.
Published – March 04, 2025 02:24 pm IST






