{"id":8693,"date":"2025-03-04T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T04:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=571960"},"modified":"2025-03-04T10:00:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T04:30:01","slug":"champions-trophy-india-vs-australia-keeping-kuldeep-yadav-in-playing-xi-makes-team-balanced-explains-former-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/champions-trophy-india-vs-australia-keeping-kuldeep-yadav-in-playing-xi-makes-team-balanced-explains-former-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions Trophy India vs Australia: Keeping Kuldeep Yadav in playing XI, makes team balanced, explains former coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"103\" data-end=\"480\">Rohit Sharma-led <strong data-start=\"120\" data-end=\"129\">India<\/strong> is set to face <strong data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"172\">Steve Smith\u2019s Australia<\/strong> in the <strong data-start=\"180\" data-end=\"233\">first semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025<\/strong> at the <strong data-start=\"241\" data-end=\"300\">Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, March 4<\/strong>. With a place in the <strong data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"343\">final on the line<\/strong>, all eyes are on whether India will stick with their winning combination or introduce changes to counter the <strong data-start=\"453\" data-end=\"477\">Australian challenge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"482\" data-end=\"523\"><strong data-start=\"486\" data-end=\"521\">Kuldeep Yadav\u2019s Coach Weighs In<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"731\">Speaking ahead of the crucial semi-final, <strong data-start=\"566\" data-end=\"615\">Kuldeep Yadav\u2019s former coach Kapil Dev Pandey<\/strong> shared his thoughts on the match, highlighting the <strong data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"703\">spinner\u2019s impressive performance<\/strong> so far in the tournament.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"991\">\n<p data-start=\"735\" data-end=\"991\"><em data-start=\"735\" data-end=\"989\">\u201cThis match will be amazing\u2026 Millions of Indians want our team to win and reach the finals. Kuldeep\u2019s performance has been exceptional, especially against Pakistan when he took three wickets. I want him to keep it up\u2026 The whole team is balanced\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ICCChampionsTrophy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ICCChampionsTrophy<\/a> | Kanpur, UP: Ahead of the 1st semi-final clash between India and Australia today, Indian cricketer Kuldeep Yadav's former coach Kapil Dev Pandey says, \"This match will be amazing\u2026 Millions of Indians want our team to win and reach the finals.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2qt58k937m\">pic.twitter.com\/2qt58k937m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1896776805723537521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"993\" data-end=\"1054\"><strong data-start=\"997\" data-end=\"1052\">Harshit Rana vs. Kuldeep Yadav \u2013 A Tactical Change?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1055\" data-end=\"1335\">While <strong data-start=\"1061\" data-end=\"1078\">Kuldeep Yadav<\/strong> has been a key performer for India, reports suggest that <strong data-start=\"1136\" data-end=\"1152\">Harshit Rana<\/strong> might <strong data-start=\"1159\" data-end=\"1192\">replace him in the playing XI<\/strong>. Rana, who is <strong data-start=\"1207\" data-end=\"1250\">relatively new to international cricket<\/strong>, has impressed with his <strong data-start=\"1275\" data-end=\"1296\">pace and accuracy<\/strong> in the <strong data-start=\"1304\" data-end=\"1332\">ongoing Champions Trophy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1337\" data-end=\"1604\">India could opt for an additional <strong data-start=\"1371\" data-end=\"1394\">fast-bowling option<\/strong> against Australia, considering the <strong data-start=\"1430\" data-end=\"1459\">pitch conditions in Dubai<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1464\" data-end=\"1504\">Australia\u2019s proficiency against spin<\/strong>. However, Kuldeep\u2019s <strong data-start=\"1525\" data-end=\"1550\">wicket-taking ability<\/strong> in the middle overs makes him a <strong data-start=\"1583\" data-end=\"1601\">valuable asset<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1606\" data-end=\"1752\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">With <strong data-start=\"1611\" data-end=\"1640\">team balance and strategy<\/strong> at stake, India\u2019s final playing XI will be <strong data-start=\"1684\" data-end=\"1703\">closely watched<\/strong> as they aim to book their <strong data-start=\"1730\" data-end=\"1751\">spot in the final<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rohit Sharma-led India is set to face Steve Smith\u2019s Australia in the first semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":31499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3609,620],"class_list":["post-8693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-harshit-rana","tag-kuldeep-yadav"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}