Happy headaches for India in their quest to defeat enemy Australia

As far as memory serves, India last played Australia in an ODI match during the 2023 World Cup Finals; even now, it is a painful loss for 1.4 billion Indians to fathom. For the Australians, the competition had two goals, winning the World Cup and silencing the crowd of 130,000 who had filled the Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium. At the moment, India and Rohit Sharma do have some scores to settle and find themselves pitched against Australia in another ICC knockout round game. For more Details, Click Here

Comparing the Australia of 2023 to the Australia of 2025 shows a vital team difference. Furthermore, the author of “Nothing more satisfying than silencing 1.3 lakh people” and an enforcer of the Australian team script is no longer a member of the playing group. Without Pat Cummins and next to his new-ball mates Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood on the field, Australia now misses out on one of the all-time great new-ball partnerships in the world cricket. The loss of these legends, means, Australia’s edge with new ball has reduced a lot.

The Indian side is currently missing the services of Jasprit Bumrah and due to this, they may not have as much firepower in the team. However, by the look of things, it appears Rohit Sharma’s squad has got stronger ever since that evening in Ahmedabad. India has ample match winners and perhaps the most important x-factor is Varun Chakaravarthywhose specialty is high quality spin. Along with Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, and Kuldeep Yadav – the latter two also x-factors in their own right – India’s bowling depth is tremendous. Given that the conditions in the Dubai International Cricket Stadium (DICS) track is going to be suitable for spinners, this will be India’s game.

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No team has perfect players, each member has his own pluses and minuses. Here is how they can manage the issues. After he made the remark about concentrating on the bowling group, the management of the team needs to consider adding another spinner or pace bowler. In particular, it centers on whether or not to include Chakaravarthy after his exploits on Sunday night against New Zealand. The Tamil Nadu spinner has made two international appearances in ODIs, but he has already developed an ability to change the game. It’s the type of headache the captain is talking about or rather head happy as he says.

The feature that has drawn the attention of analysts is the determination and the form of the batters in the rest of the Indian squad leading to the semifinal. Even when the Top 3-0 scorers didn’t show up to perform, India still scored a Winnig match total against the New Zealand side. The way Shreyas Iyer has been batting, coupled with patient knocks from Axar Patel and Hardik Pandya should lift the hopes of India fans as they prepare for the next do or die clash.

Adam Zampa has proven to be quite a thorn in the side of the Indian battters and Kohli in particular. With Zampa dismissing Kohli another player was bound to also get eliminated and that player was Dhoni, as Zampa has eliminated Kohli five times – more than any other Indian batsman. When India needs Kohli to deliver gives a Vengance to Zampa and claims Kohli as another eliminatio.

Also, Rohit Sharma has had issues facing left arm pacers recently, and Australia has two of them, Spencer Johnson, and Ben Dwarshuis. Similarly, he often tries to play these games with a T20 approach when there is a lot more time available to him.

As Rohit Sharma quoted, “Australia have been a great team over the years. So, we will expect some fightbacks. As well some nervy times in the middle.”

When: March 4, 13:00 Local, 14:30 IST

Where: Dubai International Cricket Stadium