Ind vs Aus 1st Semi Final: Australia won the toss, decided to bat first, what did Rohit Sharma say?

Sports News. First match of the Champions Trophy between India and Australia is going to start shortly. Australia's captain and Team India's captain Rohit Sharma came to the field for the toss. Australian skipper Steve Smith has won the toss and opted to bat first.. Rohit Sharma has lost the toss once again. No change has been made in Team India's playing eleven. 

What did Steve Smith say about the pitch?

After winning the toss, Steve Smith said that we will bat. It is a very dry surface, a very dry ground, we would like to put some runs on the board. The players played some sessions in the academy, are ready to play, it should be a good match. It looks quite dry, there should be more turn in it. India is a very good team and we like playing against them. We are excited for this, we have made two changes. Cooper Connolly has come in place of Short, Tanveer Sangha has come in place of Spencer Johnson.

We have to play good cricket- Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma said that I was ready to do both the things. When you are in two minds, it is better to lose the toss. The pitch keeps changing its nature. You have to play good cricket. We have played good games in all three matches and we will try to do it today as well. It is going to be challenging. We are playing with Australia. We want to play from where we left. Now that we are bowling first, we have to bowl well and stop them at as low a score as possible.

Playing XI for India and Australia

Team India Playing 11- Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty.Australia Playing 11- Cooper Connolly, Travis Head, Steven Smith (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Tanveer Sanga