Champions Trophy: Australia win toss, choose to bat first in semi-final against India

Pakistan(National Time)- DUBAI: Australia won the toss and chose to bat first against India in the first semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates. The last two times India and Australia clashed in a major knockout match, Australia emerged victorious, bagging both the 2023 World Test Championship final and the ODI World Cup final.

Playing XIs

Australia: Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Steven Smith (capt), Marnus Labuschagne, Cooper Connolly, Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Tanveer Sangha, Adam Zampa

India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakravarthy



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