The first semi -final count of the Champions Trophy 2025 begins. On March 4, this match will be held between India and Australia at the International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. Both these teams are still invincible in the tournament. And, now we are going to hit a match in which losing means to get out of the tournament. It is very important to have better team combinations in such an important match. From the perspective of Indian captain Rohit Sharma, he will hardly change his decision. Here, changing the decisions of captain Rohit means any change in the team. In the semi -finals against Australia, Rohit can also be seen feeding the same team that played the last group match against New Zealand.

Expectation of change in Team India for semi -finals

In the last match of the group stage against New Zealand, the Indian team landed with 4 spinners and 1 pacer combination. And, everyone saw the result. Team India defended the score of 249 and won the match with 44 runs. In this match, 9 out of 10 wickets of New Zealand were shocked by Indian spinners. In such a situation, the scope of any change in the team is rarely seen in the semi -final match against Australia.

This may be Team India's playing XI

If Rohit Sharma does not decide to change the team in the semi -finals, which is also expected, it would mean that Harshit Rana will have to wait for his turn. At the same time, Arshdeep Singh, Rishabh Pant can also be seen sitting on the bench as usual. Simply put, in the semi -finals of the Champions Trophy 2025, Team India's playing XI can be something like this.

Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Akshar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarti and Mohammed Shami.

Australia can make a change, see possible XI here

Talking about Australia team, a change is already decided there for the semi -final match. And that is because Matthew is out due to short injury. Short suffered an injury while injuring in a group match against Afghanistan. He has been replaced by Cooper Konoli in the Australian team, which may be seen batting in the Champions Trophy 2025. Another reason for Cooper Konoli playing is that he is a left -handed spinner. Meaning that they can also do the work for the team, which Matthew was doing short.

Travis Head, Cooper Konoli, Steve Smith, Marnas Labushen, Josh English, Alex Carrie, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarashuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam, Spensor Johnson