Pakistan's left-arm pacer Riaz bowled a hostile spell against the hosts in the quarterfinal and had most of the Australian batsmen, specially Shane Watson, struggling.
"No doubt they'll try that. [But] around the wicket is going to be a bit harder than just having a left-hander there," said Dawes, who was India's bowling coach ahead of the Australian tour last October.
The former India coach said since India do not have left-arm paceman, it may be a disadvantage.
"They'll be doing their homework and will give it a crack. Fletch (India coach Duncan Fletcher) is a pretty astute coach, he'll be watching all of these things and he'll look to try and bring that in somewhere and give it a whirl. But the left-hander is a big advantage and that's where the Indians don't have anyone with real pace, or any left-hand bowlers here at the moment.