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Rohit Sharma misplaced his 14th straight toss as Steve Smith opted to bat first and introduced in two spinners into the taking part in XI.
Champions Trophy, IND vs AUS: India captain Rohit Sharma and Australia skipper Steve Smith (X/BCCI)
Australia captain Steve Smith gained the toss and determined to bat first in opposition to Rohit Sharma’s India within the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
Champions Trophy 2025 Semifinal: India vs Australia – Dwell Rating
Australia captain Steve Smith, after successful the toss, stated the appears a reasonably dry floor with dry squares and his workforce will look to place some runs on the board.
He provides that that the pitch would possibly take some flip as effectively and that Australia have made two adjustments – Cooper Connolly and Tanveer Sangha coming in for Matt Quick and Spencer Johnson respectively.
“Steve Smith: We’ll have a bat. Seems to be a reasonably dry floor. The blokes had a few periods, able to go. It ought to take flip. Excellent aspect – India. Two adjustments. Cooper Connolly is available in for Quick, Sangha is available in for Johnson,” Steve Smith stated after successful the toss.
Workforce India skipper Rohit Sharma, after dropping his 14th straight toss, stated that he and his aspect have been ready to both bat or ball and when one is in two minds, it’s higher to lose the toss.
Despite the fact that India have performed three video games thus far on the identical sq., Rohit stated the floor was a bit completely different. He added that India are unchanged.
“I used to be ready to do each. Once you’re confused, it’s higher to lose the toss. The pitch retains altering its nature. It’s important to play good cricket. We’ve performed good cricket in all three video games and that’s what we’ll attempt to do. It’s going to be difficult. We’re taking part in with the identical workforce. We wish to proceed from the place we left. Now that we’re bowling first, we now have to bowl effectively and prohibit them to as little as attainable,” Rohit Sharma stated after dropping the toss.
IND vs AUS – Taking part in XIs
Australia: Travis Head, Cooper Connolly, Steve Smith (C), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis, Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Tanveer Sangha, Adam Zampa.
India: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)