Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final: Predicting Australia’s Playing XI for their clash against India

Australia and India will face each other once again in an ICC tournament on March 4 at the Dubai International Stadium, Dubai. India, who are unbeaten in the tournament, will be the favorite in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy 2025. However, in such scenarios, Australia turned out to be victorious. 

The Australian players have done well in the tournament, scoring tons of runs in the group stage. They’ll be worried about the bowling attack since they lack some proper bowlers, as per Dubai’s conditions. But they have Adam Zampa, who might work his way out in the semi-finals.

Here is the predicted XI for Australia for their clash against Afghanistan:

Top Order

Jake Fraser-McGurk, Travis Head, and Steve Smith are the top-order batters for Australia. Matthew Short is ruled out of the tournament due to injury. Hence, Jake might replace him who is an excellent batter. He will complement Head in the top-order, wreaking havoc on the Indian bowlers. Smith loves playing grounded shots and rotating the strike and he does it best against India. 

Middle Order

Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis, Alex Carey, and Glenn Maxwell are the middle-order batters. They have to hold the innings really well against Varun Chakaravarthy as he is in terrific form. They have been brilliant in the tournament so far, but the upcoming game will require more effort. The middle overs are the main time when Australia will have to be careful because India’s bowling is quite strong. 

Bowlers

Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, and Spencer Johnson are the main bowlers of the team. Ellis was wonderful against England and the same energy will be required in the upcoming game as well. Moreover, Zampa will come in handy because of the pitch conditions. 

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