India, March 3 -- The chorus continues to grow regarding India having a significant advantage of playing at just one venue in the ICC Men's Champions Trophy 2025. Nasser Hussain, Michael Atherton and Vivian Richards had earlier spoken about India not travelling and being well versed with the Dubai pitch. Ahead of the semi-final against India, Australia captain Steve Smith refrained from giving a definitive answer regarding the advantage bit. Still, he did say that India are very well versed with the conditions.

Smith also said that the pitch in Dubai is a dry surface, and hence, assistance is on the cards for the spinners. For the uninitiated, the 2023 ODI World Cup final pitch in Ahmedabad was also a similar track and Australia had mana...