India, March 4 -- Former India cricketer Dinesh Karthik feels the first semifinal match of the 2025 Champions Trophy will be India against Travis Head, and not Australia, as he reiterated Ravi Shastri's old remark. The two most prolific teams in Champions Trophy history will lock horns on Tuesday at the Dubai International Stadium for a spot in the final.

Head has long been India's nemesis across formats. In 2023, the Aussie batter denied India the title in the World Test Championship final. Later that same year, a ravishing century in Ahmedabad saw India incur a heartbreaking loss in the 2023 ODI World Cup final. And if that was not enough, he once again stood as the difference in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy earlier this year, where Indi...