Champions Trophy 2025 SF 1: Great Performance By Indian Team

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The Indian Cricket Team defeated the Australian team in the first semi-finals of the Champions Trophy 2025 played at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai on 4th March.

Australian captain Steve Smith won the toss and decided to bat first. Cooper Connolly opened the innings along with Travis Head. Mohammad Shami dropped a tough chance of the very first delivery of the match. Hardik Pandya and Shami kept pressure on the Australian opening batters. Shami struck a big blow dismissing Connolly with a lovely catch by KL Rahul.

Travis Head showed intent against Shami and Hardik Pandya putting them under pressure. Kuldeep Yadav bought early into the attack, but Head looked in great touch keeping the scoreboard ticking along with Steve Smith. Ravindra Jadeja missed a great chance to run out Head. Varun Chakvarthy got the massive wicket of Travis Head providing a simple catch to Shubman Gill at long-off. Head and Smith added 50 runs for the 2nd wicket. At the end of the first 10 overs, Australia scored 63 for 2.

After the field restrictions, Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith steadied the ship against disciplined Indian bowling. Both batters kept the scoreboard ticking and hit boundaries with ease. Smith and Labuschagne survived a few anxious moments.

Ravindra Jadeja got the massive wicket of Labuschagne hitting in front of the stumps. Labuschagne and Smith put on 56 runs for the 3rd wicket. Josh Inglis looked in good touch taking singles with ease. On the other hand, Smith kept the scoreboard ticking, reaching fifty off 68 deliveries. Jadeja struck again to get rid of Inglis with a simple catch to Kohli at covers. Inglis and Smith added 34 runs for the 4th wicket.

Alex Carey looked in good touch with the spinners with attacking shots while Smith showed his intent not allowing bowlers to settle. Shami delivered the goods with a lovely delivery shattering the stumps. Smith and Carey added 54 runs for the 5th wicket. Axar struck a massive wicket dismissing Glenn Maxwell to leave Australia in trouble.

Ben Dwarhsuis struggled against the Indian spinners able to hit shots. Varun Chakvarthy struck in his final over dismissing Dwarhsuis with a simple catch by Shreyas Iyer at deep midwicket. Carey looked in good touch reaching half-century off 48 balls. A superb direct hit by Shreyas Iyer ended the innings for Alex Carey in an attempt for the second run. Shami and Hardik Pandya finished off the innings as India bundled out Australia for 264 in 49.3 overs.

Virat Kohli’s Brilliant Batting

Chasing down 265 runs to win, Rohit Sharma showed intent right from the word go putting Aussies bowlers under pressure. Sharma was dropped twice by Connolly and Labuschagne.

Ben Dwarhsuis struck the opening blow getting rid of Gill taking an inside edge onto the stumps. Rohit and Gill put on 30 runs for the opening wicket.

Cooper Connolly got the big wicket of Indian captain Rohit Sharma. Virat Kohli looked impressive along with Shreyas Iyer taking singles and keeping the strike rotating. At the end of the first 10 overs, India scored 55 for 2.

After the field restrictions, Kohli and Shreyas maintained the pressure on their bowling by taking singles and hitting boundaries. Kohli showed his class reaching fifty off 53 deliveries. Adam Zampa got the big scalp dismissing Shreyas. Shreyas and Kohli added 91 runs for the 3rd wicket.

Axar Patel played a vital role along with Virat Kohli taking singles and hitting boundaries to keep the scoreboard ticking. Nathan Ellis finished the innings for Axar, giving some hope. Axar and Kohli put on 44 runs for the 4th wicket.

With the required run rate under control, Kohli and KL Rahul steadied the ship by taking singles and hitting boundaries. Zampa got a much-needed breakthrough dismissing Kohli with a simple catch to Dwarhsuis at long-on. Kohli and KL Rahul added 47 runs for the 5th wicket.

Hardik Pandya struggled initially before launching three big sixes against Zampa and Tanveer Sangha. Hardik tried to finish off the match but provided a simple catch to Maxwell at long-on. Hardik and KL added 34 runs for the 6th wicket. KL Rahul finished off the match with a six as India won the match by 4 wickets with 11 balls to spare.

For his 84 off 98 deliveries, Kohli was named the player of the match award. India qualified for the finals that will take on 9th March 2025 in Dubai.

India 267 for 6 in 48.1 overs (Kohli 84, Shreyas Iyer 45, KL Rahul 42*, Nathan Ellis 2/49, Zampa 2/60) beat Australia 264 for 10 in 49.3 overs (Steve Smith 73, Alex Carey 61, Mohammed Shami 3/48) by 4 wickets.

 


 





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