By Kaif - Mar 04, 2025 11:59 AM
India playing 11 vs Australia: The Champions Trophy 2025 is all set for its biggest clash, with India taking on Australia in a thrilling semi-final clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday (March 4). India will look to avenge their loss in the 2023 World Cup final and the recent Border Gavaskar Trophy loss, where Australia won.
Both India and Australia are unbeaten in the tournament and will look to beat each other to make it to the grand finale. India are in full form in the tournament, while Australia have a psychological edge over India.
What will be the playing 11 of Team India in the semi-final against Australia?: Ahead of the semi-finals, the form of some players is a matter of great concern for India, one of them being KL Rahul. The team management has put their faith in Rahul recently, but his keeping has been below average. In such a situation, will India drop KL Rahul and include Rishabh Pant in the team? This will be a matter to be seen.
Well, Rohit Sharma and the team management are not known for making too many changes, so it is difficult to see much change in India's playing 11. The same team that played against New Zealand will be seen playing in the semi-finals in Dubai. Any change in the team will be made only in case of injury.
KL Rahul has performed averagely in the last three series before the Champions Trophy and his performance with the bat has also not been good. He scored 52 runs in 3 matches against England at an average of 17.33, 31 runs in 2 ODIs against Sri Lanka and 77 runs in 3 ODIs against South Africa at an average of 38.50.
Not only this, during the England tour and the Champions Trophy, coach Gautam Gambhir preferred to send Akshar Patel at number 5 instead of Rahul. Apart from this, his keeping has also been affected as he has dropped many catches in the last few Champions Trophy matches.
On the other hand, if we look at Pant, he has scored 871 runs in 31 ODIs at an average of 33.50 and a strike rate of more than 106. Whereas KL Rahul has scored 2967 runs in 83 ODIs at an average of 47.85 and a strike rate of 87.67.
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Master spinner Varun Chakaravarthy, who took 5 wickets in the match against New Zealand, will definitely be played in this match. Kuldeep Yadav's place in the team is also confirmed, but Kuldeep's statistics are surprising. Kuldeep Yadav has taken 168 ODI wickets before 2024 at an average of 26 and a strike rate of 30.
According to the statistics, Kuldeep has been performing poorly in ODI cricket since 2024. Till the 2023 ODI World Cup, he had taken 168 wickets at an average of 26 and a strike rate of 30. However, since 2024, he has only 11 wickets to his name and his average and strike rate have also increased.
Washington Sundar may not have the same cleverness as Kuldeep, but he can be used against Travis Head, as the off-break bowler usually plays well with left-handed batsmen. Sundar has experience of opening the bowling in T20 Internationals and he can use this experience against Head on Tuesday.
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