India and Australia, the two familiar foes, will cross each other's path again in a crucial ICC encounter, this time in the semifinal of the Champions Trophy 2025.
The Group A champions India will be facing the 2nd placed team in Group B, Australia in Dubai on Tuesday (March 4), which promises to be a crunch encounter.

After winning their final group stage match against New Zealand, Rohit Sharma and his men are buoyant. They are the only team with a 100 per cent winning record but they are set to face Australia, who have been an achilles heel in the past, most recently in the World Cup 2023 Final. Australia won their first encounter against England but then saw their last two matches getting washed out.
Date: Tuesday, March 4
Time: 2:30 pm IST
Venue: Dubai International Stadium, Dubai (UAE)
India's stellar form makes them the outright favourites for this paramount encounter. The major departments of the Indian team have looked a class apart, and they will have the advantage of playing all their matches in Dubai as well.
Australia, on the other hand, are missing a lot of key players, but will be aiming to fight against the strong Indian side and secure a victory. And to be fair, the Aussies will take all the confidence from the World Cup 2023 final, when they stunned the Indian side at the jam-packed Ahmedabad and broke a billion hearts. But considering all of that, we believe India still are firm favourites to redeem themselves and seal their place for the final.
Rohit Sharma's team is a stronger unit compared to the Aussies and has an elite list of match winners in their ranks. Hence, the Australian team will have to play out of their skins to beat India.