Champions Trophy 2025: What is India’s record vs Australia in ICC knockout matches?

In the ICC events’ knockout stage, Team India’s record versus Australia is not very good. In the 2023 ODI World Cup final, they faced the Australians in the knockout rounds of an ICC competition for the first time. In front of their home crowds at the massive Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the Men in Blue succumbed by six wickets as Australia won a record-tying sixth ODI World Cup.

The Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final 1 between Australia and India is scheduled for Tuesday, March 4, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. Before this match, consider India’s dismal record against Australia in ICC tournament knockout matches.

India’s record versus Australia in the ICC knockout stages:

With a head-to-head record of 4-3, Australia leads India by a slim margin in ICC knockout matches. India has won three of the seven times the two sides have faced each other in the knockout stage of an ICC competition, while Australia has won four.

In the quarterfinal of the 2011 ODI World Cup, India defeated the Australians in the ICC event’s knockout stage for the last time. Yuvraj Singh’s all-around display helped MS Dhoni’s India defeat Australia by five wickets in Ahmedabad.

In the 2000 Champions Trophy quarterfinal and the 2007 T20 World Cup semifinal, the Asian powerhouses also triumphed over Australia.

In the meantime, in the 2003 ODI World Cup final, Australia defeated India in the knockout stage of an ICC event, their largest victory to date. In the 2023 World Test Championship final and the 2015 ODI World Cup semifinal, Australia also triumphed over them.

India won three straight games against Bangladesh, Pakistan, and New Zealand to go to the Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final. Australia, on the other hand, defeated England in their first match with five wickets remaining, achieving an incredible victory. They lost their next matches against Afghanistan and South Africa, though.