Michael Atherton has pointed out that other teams are traveling across multiple venues and adjusting to different conditions in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025; India has been granted the rare luxury of playing all their matches at a single venue in Dubai.
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He also highlighted that India already knows their semifinal venue, which gives them an extra edge in many aspects, and that’s totally unfair to the other teams. The former England captain said that the Indian cricket team will prepare according to the conditions in Dubai while other teams won’t have that luxury.
It’s kind of hard to quantify how big an advantage: Michael Atherton
He signed off by saying, “And obviously, they’ll know where they’re playing their semi-final as and when they get through to that. That seems to me to be an undeniable advantage, but, you know, it’s kind of hard to quantify how big an advantage.”
Notably, the Indian government didn’t give NOCs to the BCCI to send the Indian cricket team to Pakistan for the ongoing Champions Trophy 2025 due to security reasons. This led to a lot of delay in confirming the status of the tournament, and eventually, ICC and PCB had to shift India’s matches to Dubai.
India, New Zealand, South Africa, and Australia set to qualify for the ICC Champions Trophy semifinals
Indian players are familiar with Dubai’s conditions, and they already have a strong team, they made the most of it by winning their first two games against Bangladesh and Pakistan in the tournament to secure a spot in the semifinals.
Notably, from Group A, India and New Zealand are certain, while Australia and South Africa from Group B are likely to make it to the Top-4 of the ongoing Champions Trophy 2025.
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