Ravi Shastri on Team India Playing XI: Ravi Shastri, former head coach of the Indian senior men’s cricket team, believes that Rohit Sharma -led team should land in the Champions Trophy with the winning team without any change against Australia. The reason for this, he explained that the team recently had a good experience of the circumstances of Dubai during the 44 -run win against New Zealand.
India defeated New Zealand by 44 runs in the last match of Group A of the 2025 Champions Trophy and made it to the semi -finals against Australia on Tuesday. This match will be played at Dubai International Stadium. The special thing is that after the 2023 ODI World Cup finals, this is the first clash between India and Australia in any 50 -over ICC knockout match. In that match, India had to face defeat in Ahmedabad.
Shastri said in a video posted on ICC’s Instagram, “I think there should not be any change in the team because there is only 48 hours for the next match. The players have been affected by the running of the players and the same pitch will be used in the next match. In this case, the role of the spinners will be important again.”
In the match played against New Zealand on Sunday, India fed four spinners – Ravindra Jadeja, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakraborty – in view of Dubai’s slow pitch. These four took 9 wickets in total, Chakravarti was the most successful. He took 5 wickets for 42 runs in 10 overs, which is the best bowling performance ever in this tournament.
Shastri also praised the team management for giving Chakraborty a chance at the right time. He said, “If you look at his current form, it is fantastic. I always believe that the current form is the most important. Their confidence and body language is excellent. Teams like New Zealand, Australia and South Africa are made in this tournament, but none of them have not played much of Chakravarti nor have they studied much.”
He further said, “His performance is impressing me a lot. The team management showed confidence in him at the right time. He is a bowler to take wickets in the middle overs and now that he got a chance, he took five wickets. He thinks that he has now confirmed his place in the team.”
Shastri also said that scoring 240-250 while batting first on Dubai pitch can be the key to win in the semi-finals. He said, “If you bat first and score more than 240-250 runs, then it will be a very challenging target in such a big match.”
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