Team India captain Rohit Sharma has said that India doesn’t have unfair advantage by playing at same venue in the ICC Champions Trophy-2025.
While India played all its matches in Dubai, the rest of the teams travelled between Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi in Pakistan and to Dubai whenever they played India in the group stage.
Australia and South Africa both travelled to Dubai as they knew who would play India in the Emirate only after final group game between Rohit Sharma’s side and New Zealand. South Africa are now travelling back to Lahore to face New Zealand in the second semi-final.
“No, look, the three matches we played, the nature of the surface was the same. But in all three games, the pitch has behaved differently. Today, we saw that when the bowlers were bowling, their ball was swinging a little. We didn’t see that in the first two games when our bowlers were bowling. And in the evening, it’s a little cold in the air. So, there are obviously a lot of chances of that swing. We know this. But the three games we played, there are four or five surfaces that are being used. So, every surface has a different nature. We don’t know which wicket will be played,” said Rohit.
“In the semi-final, we don’t know which pitch is going to be played. Yes, we don’t know which pitch is going to be played in the semi-final. But whatever happens, we have to adapt and see what is happening. We will play on that. This is not our home, this is Dubai. So, we don’t play so many matches here. This is new for us too,” he said.
