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India sets up Australia Champions Trophy semifinal with win over NZ11
Australia's early flight to Dubai has paid off, with India's victory over New Zealand
The Aussies decided to fly to the UAE from Lahore on Saturday, knowing it was possible they would have to jet back again to Pakistan on Monday, depending on the result of India's final group match with New Zealand.
But after India's 44-run win on Sunday in the Dubai International Stadium sealed a date with Australia in Tuesday's first semifinal at the same venue, the decision for the world champs to take the early flight and get in some crucial preparation was completely vindicated.
If they had only taken the three-hour flight to the Gulf on Monday morning after finally learning of their schedule, the Australians might not even have had time to practice there before being pitched into the semi less than 24 hours later.
But Rohit Sharma's side will still be hot favourites to avenge their 2023 World Cup final defeat in the rematch as their refusal to play any matches in neighbouring Pakistan has ensured they've played all three matches — and now won all three — at the Dubai arena.
Conditions there are very different, slower and trickier, to those that Smith's inexperienced side has experienced in Lahore, where they beat England and then were dominating against Afghanistan before rain forced an abandonment
Their other match in Rawalpindi against South Africa was washed out.
New Zealand, which will be playing at a fourth different venue in Lahore in Wednesday's other semifinal against South Africa, found the transition to play in Dubai too tricky against India's spinners as they could muster only 205 in their chase.
Rohit was enthused about the prospect of another blockbuster with the old rivals.
"It's going to be a good game. Australia we know has a rich history of playing ICC tournaments well. We do understand that," Rohit said.
"It's going to be a great contest, we're all looking forward to it."
In the India-New Zealand clash, spinner Varun Chakravarthy did most of the damage, taking 5-42 — his first five-wicket haul in only his second one-day international.
"The senior players helped me and, as the game went on, I felt better,” Chakravarthy said.
"I am not a big turner [of the ball] but if you bowled in the right areas, there was help from the surface."
Kuldeep Yadav took 2-56, while Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel took a wicket each, as India’s four-spinner attack shared nine wickets.
New Zealand was bowled out for 205 runs in 45.3 overs after Shreyas Iyer earlier scored 79 runs off 98 balls to anchor India to a competitive 9-249 in 50 overs.
"It spun a little more than we thought [under lights] and they squeezed us with four quality spinners," New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner said.
New Zealand had reduced India to 3-30 thanks to a magnificent catch from Glenn Phillips, who flew one-handed to dismiss Virat Kohli at backward point for 11 in what was his 300th ODI.
ICC Champions Trophy 2025: A Look At India vs Australia Head-to-Head Record And Stats In ODIs, Most Runs And Wickets
IND vs AUS, Champions Trophy 2025: Australia have the upper hand when it comes to head-to-head battle against India in the ODI format. They will be heading into the semifinal match with a psychological edge, having clinched a memorable win in the ODI World Cup final last year in Ahmedabad.
IND vs AUS Semifinal, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: The much-awaited India vs Australia clash will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
India vs Australia Semifinal, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: India and Australia will face off in the first semifinal of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, March 4. The Men in Blue will be looking to maintain their winning run and qualify for yet another final.
India have had an impressive campaign in the tournament so far, having won all of their first three matches. They first defeated Bangladesh in Group A before outclassing the arch-rivals Pakistan in Dubai. They will be heading into the semifinal on the back of a marvellous win over New Zealand in their previous fixture. They clinched a 44-run win with Shreyas Iyer (79) and Varun Chakravarthy (5/42) being their star performers.
Australia, on the other hand, were missing a few of their big names but did enough to reach the final four. They clinched a memorable victory over England in their first match but their next two matches against South Africa and Afghanistan were washed out due to rain.
Australia have the upper hand against India when it comes to head-to-head contest between the two teams in the Champions Trophy. They have met a total of four times in the tournament with Australia winning two games while India emerged victorious just once. Their last match against each other in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy was washed out as well.
Let's take a look at IND vs AUS Head-to-Head record in ODIs
Matches played: 151
India won: 57
Australia won: 84
NR: 10
Recent result: Australia beat India by 6 wickets (2023)
IND vs AUS HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD IN CHAMPIONS TROPHY
Matches played: 4
India: 1
Australia: 2
NR: 1
Recent Result: Match washed out due to rain (2009)
Most runs in IND vs AUS ODI Matches
Sachin Tendulkar: 3077 runs in 70 innings, Avg: 44.59
Rohit Sharma: 2379 runs in 45 innings, Avg: 58.02
Virat Kohli: 2367 runs in 47 innings, Avg: 53.79
Most wickets in IND vs AUS ODI Matches
Brett Lee: 55 wickets in 30 innings
Kapil Dev: 45 wickets in 39 innings
Mitchell Johnson: 43 wickets in 26 innings
IND vs AUS Major Stats in ODIs
IND (highest score): 399/5 (50) in 2023
IND (lowest score): 63 (25.5)in 1981
AUS (highest score): 389/4 (50) in 2020
AUS (lowest score): 101 (37.5) in 1991
IND (highest individual score): Rohit Sharma - 209 in 2013
IND (best bowling): Murali Kartik - 6/27 (2007)
AUS (highest individual score): George Bailey - 156 in 2013
AUS (best bowling): Ken MacLeay - 6/39 (1983)
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