In the Champions Trophy 2025, Team India is playing all its matches in Dubai. Actually, the BCCI had decided not to send the Indian team to Pakistan. After which the ICC organized this tournament on a hybrid model. Team India has now also qualified for the semi-finals. In this big match, it will face the Australian team. Many veterans believe that the Indian team has played all its matches in the group stage at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, so it has the upper hand.
Even though the Indian team won all three matches played in the group stage, they cannot take Australia lightly at all. It is very difficult to defeat the Australian team in knockout matches. At the same time, this match is at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, which can prove to be a big tension for Team India. Actually, the Australian team has dominated this ground in Dubai. Australia lost the last and only match on this ground 16 years ago.
Australia has played 5 ODI matches so far at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. During this, Australia has won 4 matches and lost only 1 match. Australia lost this match in the year 2009, which was also their first ODI match on this ground. After this, the Australian team has dominated in all the 4 matches played. However, Australia played the last ODI in Dubai in the year 2019. That is, they will play an ODI match here after almost 6 years.
Australian Team is undefeated since last 14 years in knockouts
The biggest tension for Team India is that it has not defeated Australia in a single knockout match in the last 14 years. The Indian team last defeated Australia in a knockout match in the year 2011 World Cup. After this, there have been 3 ICC knockout matches between these two teams and India has lost all the matches. These three matches are the semi-final match of the 2015 World Cup, the final match of the 2021 Test Championship and the final match of the 2023 ODI World Cup.