Semi-Final 1 of the International Masters League T20 2025 will be played between India Masters and Australia Masters at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur.
India Masters defeated West Indies Masters by seven runs in their last league stage match. With this win, they finished second on the points table, securing four wins and one loss from five matches.
Australia Masters won their final league stage match against England Masters by three wickets. With three wins and two losses in five matches, they finished third on the points table.
India Masters: Ambati Rayudu (wk), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Saurabh Tiwary, Yuvraj Singh (c), Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Stuart Binny, Pawan Negi, Rahul Sharma, Dhawal Kulkarni, Abhimanyu Mithun.
Australia Masters: Shane Watson (c), Callum Ferguson, Ben Dunk (wk), Daniel Christian, Nathan Reardon, Ben Cutting, Ben Laughlin, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Xavier Doherty, Bryce McGain, Ben Hilfenhaus.
The Raipur pitch is likely to be good for batting. The ball is expected to come well onto the bat and the batters will find it easy to play their shots. The winning team would probably opt to bat first and look to score a big total.
The temperature is expected to be around 33°C and the weather forecast shows no chances of rain.
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Both teams look strong based on their results and squads. Australia Masters beat India Masters in the group stage, but this time India Masters are expected to have the advantage.
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