IND vs AUS: Virat Kohli's innings broke Australia's pride, Indian team in the final of Champions Trophy for the 5th time
Thanks to Virat Kohli's 84 runs and Mohammed Shami's bowling, India defeated Australia by 4 wickets in the first semi-final of the Champions Trophy 2025. In this way, the Indian team has reached the final. On March 9, the Indian team will face the winner of the second semi-final. In the second semi-final, South Africa will face New Zealand on March 5.
Ankush Pandey
Thanks to Virat Kohli's 84 runs and Mohammed Shami's bowling, India defeated Australia by 4 wickets in the first semi-final of the Champions Trophy 2025. In this way, the Indian team has reached the final.
On March 9, the Indian team will face the winner of the second semi-final. In the second semi-final, South Africa will face New Zealand on March 5. Along with defeating Australia, the Indian team has also avenged its defeat in the final of the ODI World Cup 2023.
Australia scored 264 runs
Talking about the match, Australia, who won the toss and batted first, were all out for 264 runs in 49.3 overs. Captain Steve Smith played an innings of 73 runs in 96 balls. During this, he hit 4 fours and 1 six. Apart from him, Alex Carey scored 61 runs in 57 balls. However, he was run out due to his mistake. Shreyas Iyer's rocket throw sent him to the pavilion.
The Kangaroo team had a bad start and Cooper Connolly, who was playing his debut match, could not open his account. Travis Head, the biggest headache of the Indian team, also did not play a big innings. Head scored 39 runs in 33 balls. Marnus Labuschagne scored 29, Jose Inglis scored 11 and Glenn Maxwell scored 7 runs. Mohammed Shami took 3 wickets for India. Apart from him, Varun Chakraborty and Ravindra Jadeja got 2-2 wickets each. Axar Patel and Hardik Pandya also got 1-1 wickets.
In response, the Indian team got an average start. Captain Rohit Sharma started hitting boundaries with a bang, while Shubman Gill batted with restraint. However, Gill returned to the pavilion after scoring 8 runs in 11 balls. India got the second blow at the score of 43. Rohit Sharma scored 28 runs in 29 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six.
After losing 2 wickets early, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer took charge of the innings. Both added 91 runs for the third wicket. Adam Zampa bowled Iyer in the 27th over. Shreyas missed the fifty and scored 45 runs in 62 balls. After this, all-rounder Akshar Patel, who came to bat, faced 30 balls and scored 27 runs.
