India and Australia are once again in the cards of the semi-final where Australia would be hoping to keep their dominance on India. On the other hand, India won't forget the injury that was caused on the eve of the World Cup final in Ahmedabad where India lost the World Cup in their backyard. This will be a fiery contest between these two teams. As there have been few changes in both the side's squads. 

India has lost their pace attacker Bumrah who has been sidelined due to a back injury. And there in Australia has lost their Captain Pat Cummins, and pace bowlers like Hazelwood and Mitchell Starc. It would be more of a contest with the bat. Australia chased a difficult target of 375 in their first encounter of the Champions Trophy against England. England's batting was firey at their innings. It seemed a lost game for them but this team is unpredictable and can pull off anything as different individuals rise on hard occasions. 

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Smith With A Special Message To India 

Their second and third match were whitewashed due to rain and they had to face South Africa and Afghanistan. Due to a better run rate Australia secured the top spot on Pool A. India won their all matches and secured the top spot in Pool B. It's Australia and India once again in the cards will it be a repeat of 2023 or India will seek their revenge? Through their ongoing presser meet it was been asked of a message to captains for each other. It all started when captain of Australia Pat Cummins made a statement " Nothing More Satisfying Than A Big Crowd Go Silent"

And won the World Cup 2023 in India and silenced the crowd He asked current Australian skipper Steve Smith whether he has any special message for India this time. Smith responded Yeah, I don't have a message, to be honest. Smith was dropped from captaincy after the sandpaper scandal which became the talk of the town both Steve Smith and Warner were banned for 1 year by Cricket Australia, and after that, Pat Cummins was appointed as captain for Australia. 

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Smith is Back On Guard

 Due to the ongoing injury of Pat Cummins which happened in a recent BGT series, Steve Smith has been called to captain Cricket Australia. It was too asked about the advantage that India possesses in the Champions Trophy. Smith says ya they have a slight edge as they have played all their, games here and accessed the pitch very well. India has quality spinners. 

Our priority will be taking on their spinners and playing into our merit. He said India is a tough team to challenge but we too had our preparation spot on. We too have included the spin department. The morning I spoke to the groundsman and he stated it was a dry pitch and spinners will come into play, we are looking for a good game.