Playing in Dubai 'is new for us too' - India captain Rohit

Captain Rohit Sharma has rejected suggestions that India playing each of their matches successful Dubai gives them an vantage successful the Champions Trophy.

India, who look Australia successful Tuesday's semi-final, refused to play successful Pakistan due to the fact that of governmental tensions betwixt the 2 countries and came into the tourney knowing each of their games would beryllium played successful the United Arab Emirates.

By opposition different teams person had to woody with the differing conditions successful Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi arsenic good arsenic Dubai.

While India won each 3 of their radical games to scope the semi-finals, Rohit does not deliberation his squad person benefited from playing each crippled astatine the aforesaid venue.

"The 3 matches we played, the quality of the aboveground was the same. But successful each 3 games, the transportation has behaved differently," helium said.

"There are 4 oregon 5 surfaces that are being used. So, each aboveground has a antithetic nature. We don't cognize which wicket volition beryllium played. The pitches look the same, but erstwhile you play connected it, it's played successful a antithetic way.

"So, you can't spell reasoning that we played similar this yesterday, and contiguous we'll play similar this. Every time, due to the fact that of the antithetic pitches, the transportation is giving you antithetic challenges arsenic a batsman.

"We don't cognize which transportation is going to beryllium played successful the semi-final. But immoderate happens, we person to accommodate and spot what is happening. We volition play connected that.

"This is not our home, this is Dubai. So, we don't play truthful galore matches here. This is caller for america too."

India, who person won 8 of the 9 ODIs they person played successful Dubai, instrumentality connected Australia successful the past 4 connected Tuesday with the winners facing either New Zealand oregon South Africa successful Sunday's final.

Australia's past ODI successful Dubai was a 20-run triumph implicit Pakistan successful 2019 and New Zealand played determination against India connected Sunday, but South Africa person not competed successful an ODI successful Dubai since losing to Pakistan successful 2013.

Should India win, the last volition beryllium held successful Dubai but an Australia triumph would spot the showpiece lucifer instrumentality spot successful Lahore.

There volition beryllium unrecorded ball-by-ball vigor sum of the Champions Trophy semi-finals, alongside a afloat unrecorded substance commentary with clips, connected the BBC Sport website and app.