ICC Champions Trophy 2025 - Semi-final - India vs Australia - Key Players

The time has come for two of the cricket giants to come face to face in the 1st semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. India vs Australia will be the first semi-final of the tournament and we expect an absolute thriller between the two teams.

The memories of the loss in the ODI World Cup 2023 in the final game against Australia are still not forgotten by the team India. They are yet again on the crossroads with the same team and their arch-rivals in another ICC tournament.

Team India scored a phenomenal win against New Zealand in the last group stage fixture. The credit goes to Shreyas Iyer in the batting unit and Varun Chakaravarthy in the bowling unit. Shreyas Iyer scored 79 off 98 balls at a strike rate of 80.61 and helped team India to reach a respectable score. Varun Chakaravarthy scalped 5 wickets in the game in 10 overs at an economy of 4.20.

Australia’s qualification for the semi-final stage came after a no result in their previous game against Afghanistan. The team already scored two wins in the first fixtures and hence a no result didn’t hamper their campaign for the Champions Trophy.

India and Australia have played a huge amount of cricket against each other. Their last meeting happened in the red-ball format during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Aussies came out to be a superior power during the series, and the Indian team was left devastated.

They both carry an immense amount of knowledge of each other’s team and some key decisions from both ends will help both teams to gain an advantage against each other. In this article, we bring you the winning odds from the betting apps and a list of key players from both teams who will be part of the betting tips in every match prediction.

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 - India vs Australia - Winning Odds

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 - India vs Australia - Key Players

1) Ben Dwarshuis - Australia

Before coming for the Champions Trophy tournament, Australia had lost its pace attack to injuries. They came to play with a completely new pace attack and Ben Dwarshuis has come out as their key pacer. He is the leading wicket-taker for Australia in the tournament and overall he is the 3rd highest wicket-taker after Matt Henry from New Zealand and Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Omarzai.

2) Shreyas Iyer - India

India’s Shreyas Iyer has come out as the highest run-getter for the team. He is currently the 5th highest run-scorer in the tournament overall. Iyer also played a crucial role for India in their win against New Zealand. After the failure of the top order, Shreyas Iyer came at number 4 and scored 79 off 98 at a strike rate of 80.61. His ability to anchor the innings at number 4 is exceptional and against Australia, Shreyas Iyer will be the decisive factor.

3) Varun Chakravarthy - India

Life has come full circle for Varun Chakravarthy in Dubai against New Zealand. He lost his place in team India in 2021 after a horrible performance in Dubai against New Zealand. However, in the previous game against New Zealand in Dubai, Varun came out as the match-winner and was awarded the man of the match. He picked up 5 wickets in 10 overs at an economy of 4.20.

4) Shubman Gill - India

The performance of Shubman Gill against Australia will be very crucial. At the top order, Gill must give the team a solid start with skipper Rohit Sharma. He is currently the second highest run-scorer for India and the 6th highest run-scorer in the tournament overall. It has been observed that Shubman Gill has failed to give his best performance while being under pressure and hence a natural game can be expected from him on Tuesday.

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