Live: Australia to first hit Champions Trophy Semifinal Naid Wint Wint

Hardik Pandya to share the new ballt tasks in this semi -final.

During his career for India he was a bit of a golden arm.

Mohammad Shami to start things for India.

The archenemy for his side Travis Head will take the first ball for the Aussies.

Shami starts around the wicket and the first ball is a wide because he is struggling to check the outer body of the left -handed.

Chance! An early drop! Head gets the square and gets a front edge along the track and Shami sticks out of his right hand, but the ball squirts through the fingers. A big resignation early for the head.

Beat! A nice finish of the over from Shami while he beats Connolly on an attempt to drive through the off -side.

A tidy first from the experienced Zeeman. Only two of them.

The atmosphere is electric on the ground while the two parties are for the Indian and Australian folk songs.

We are now only a few minutes away from the first delivery!

Steve Smith confirms that Australia has made two changes on his side.

Cooper Connolly comes in for Matt Short, while Tanveer replaces Sangha Spencer Johnson.

The side of India is unchanged from the XI that defeated new -Zeeland a few days ago.

Here are the two who play Xis for tonight’s collision.

India: 1 Rohit Sharma (C), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 Axar Patel, 6 Kl Rahul (Wk), 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Ravindra Jadeja, 9 Mohammed Shami, 9 Mohammami Shami, 10 Kuldeep, 11 Culdeep, 11 Kuldeep, 11 Puldeep, 11 Puldep, 11 Puldeep, Yadav, 11AVAV, 11 Puldeph

AUSTRALIA: 1 Cooper Connolly, 2 Travis Head, 3 Steven Smith (C), 4 Marnus Labuschagne, 5 Josh Inglis (WK), 6 Alex Carey, 7 Glenn Maxwell, 8 Ben Dwarshuis, 9 Nathan Ellis, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Tanfeer Sangha

Ravi Shastri is roaring in the middle, which means it is time for the throw.

Always impressed by the pure beams that this man has for the coin throw.

There are the two captains, Steve Smith and Rohit Sharma.

Steve Smith calls heads correct and decided Australia will first hit in this semi -final.

Smith says that this pitch in Dubai looks much drier than the one they have seen before in the tournament in Pakistan.

Sharma says that he was ‘willing to both do (batting and bowling)’ if he had won the pitch and said it was a good pitch to lose for India because he was not sure about his decision.

There is little doubt about which team the majority of the crowd will support itself in tonight’s collision.

How is the guy here in the middle? With a striking parable with the legendary Indian opener Virender Sehwag.

Steve Smith and his charges will have to negotiate tonight about a spin-heavy attack from India.

This is what the Australian captain said about the threat that lies in this semi -final collision.

Good evening Cricket fans and Welcome to the live reporting from ABC Sport of the first semifinal of the ICC Champions Trophy!

Tonight’s collision sees two of the world’s best teams in action while Australia is facing India in Dubai.

The two teams are confronted with new -Zeeland or South Africa, which will be confronted in the second semifinal in Lahore tomorrow night.

We are just less than an hour away from the first ball, so strap yourself in it while we take you all the action.