IND vs AUS / Australia won the toss and decided to bat first - see playing 11

Australia captain Steve Smith won the toss against India and decided to bat first. Indian captain Rohit Sharma has thus lost the 14th consecutive toss in ODIs. Australia has made two changes in the playing-11 for the semi-final match. Cooper Connolly has replaced Matthew Short, while Tanveer Sangha has got a chance in place of Spencer Johnson.

IND vs AUS: The first semi-final of the Champions Trophy between India and Australia is being played at the International Stadium in Dubai. Australia won the toss and decided to bat. Rohit Sharma has lost the 14th consecutive toss in ODIs.

Australia captain Steve Smith said- 'We will bat. It looks like a very dry surface. India is a very good team.' The Australian team is coming with two changes. Cooper Connolly and Spencer JohnsonTanveer Sangha have got a chance in place of Matthew Short. At the same time, the Indian team has not made any changes in the playing-11 of the last match.

Here both the teams are facing each other for the first time. This match will be played on a new pitch. Both the teams will clash for the 9th time in the knockouts of the ICC tournament. In the earlier clash, both won 4-4. The last time the two faced each other was in the 2023 ODI World Cup final, when Australia won by 6 wickets. India has a chance to level the account of that defeat.

Playing-11 of both teams

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty and Mohammed Shami.

Australia: Cooper Connolly, Travis Head, Steve Smith (captain), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Tanveer Sangha.

Australia won the toss

Australia captain Steve Smith won the toss against India and decided to bat first. Indian captain Rohit Sharma has thus lost the 14th consecutive toss in ODIs. Australia has made two changes in the playing-11 for the semi-final match. Cooper Connolly has replaced Matthew Short, while Tanveer Sangha has got a chance in place of Spencer Johnson. The Indian team has not made any changes in the playing-11. This means that the team will play with four spinners in this match as well.

Rohit lost the toss for the 14th time in a row, Australia will bat

Australia won the toss and decided to bat. Captain Steve Smith decided to bat first. Rohit Sharma lost the toss for the 14th time in a row in ODIs.