IND vs AUS: dubai pitch is a disaster..? Confusion in team selection?

The first semi-final of the 2025 Champions Trophy series is to be held in dubai today. india and australia are set to clash in this match. Initial reports have revealed that the pitch for this match will be a challenge. This has created confusion in the selection of bowlers in the indian team.
So far, the indian team has played three matches in the ongoing Champions Trophy series at the dubai stadium. Different pitches were used in these three matches. All three of them cooperated with the bowling in different ways. Especially during the match against new zealand, the ball swung. No one expected this.

Uncertainty looms over dubai pitch conditions ahead of the Champions Trophy semi-final between india and Australia. Will it favor pacers or spinners? This pitch mystery creates a selection headache for Team india and Captain Rohit Sharma. However, it did not affect the indian team in any way. Both the teams used spinners in large numbers. The ground also cooperated with that. Although the spinners could not turn the ball, it was difficult for the batsmen when they bowled slowly. It is said that the pitch for the semi-final will be an already-used pitch. And the ground staff has also said that there are many cracks in it. If that is the case, then of course if the fast bowlers bowl on those cracks in a way that the ball is pitched, the ball will swing. Similarly, if the spinners use it, the ball will turn.

In this situation, there is confusion over whether to implement the plan of four spinners and one full-time fast bowler in the indian team or to implement the plan of three spin bowlers and two fast bowlers. So far, only three spinners have played in the first two matches of the three matches that the indian team has played in the group stage in Dubai.In the third match, four spinners were included and were a major reason for the indian team's victory against the new zealand team. There is confusion as to which of these two plans to implement and which plan the pitch will cooperate with. This seems to have caused tension for captain Rohit Sharma. He did not express a firm position while talking about the team selection in the press conference as well. Therefore, there may be last-minute changes in the indian team.

Although it seems like india is more familiar with the conditions and pitch at the dubai Stadium, the reality is that the situation is complicated. australia has always been a headache for india in series like the World Cup. The same situation happened in the 2023 ODI World Cup. Even though the indian team changed the pitch to their liking on home soil, it was a disadvantage for the indian team.
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Sowmiya Sriram

04/03/2025 10:11 AM