India will play with Australia in the first semi-final of the Champions Trophy 2025 in Dubai on Tuesday. Australia is a tough opponent for India in ICC knockout matches in every ICC tournament, making this a crucial test for Rohit Sharma and the Indian team.

The big question is whether India will stick to their four-spinner strategy or take in an extra fast bowler to support Mohammed Shami and Hardik Pandya, especially with a fresh pitch ij the semi-finals.

India might go with Varun Chakaravarthy’s magical spin to challenge Australia in the Semi-finals. Indian spin attack played a huge role in defending the lowest total against New Zealand. Mohammed Shami hasn’t been in his best form, India is likely to go with its current bowling combination which played against New Zealand.

Australia replaced their injured opener Matt Short with Jake Fraser-McGurk, but they are more likely to play it safe by adding spin-bowling all-rounder Cooper Connolly in the middle order in the Semi-finals. If that will happens wicketkeeper Josh Inglis, who scored his first century in Australia’s opening match against England, could go for open the batting in this important semi-final against India.

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India predicted playing XI: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy 

Australia predicted playing XI: Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Steven Smith (capt), Marnus Labuschagne, Cooper Connolly, Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Spencer Johnson, Adam Zampa.

Squads

India Squad: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana.

Australia Squad: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Travis Head, Steven Smith(c), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson, Sean Abbott, Aaron Hardie, Tanveer Sangha, Cooper Connolly.