Champions Trophy 2025 Semi-Final 1: India Beat Australia by 4 Wickets to Enter Final: On 4th March 2025, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, India outplayed Australia by four wickets in a nail-biting semi-final to earn its spot in the ICC Champions Trophy final. India emerged victorious while chasing a target score of 265. Virat Kohli was awarded the Man of the Match for his match-winning knock of 84 runs.
India entered the third consecutive final of the Champions Trophy. They will meet the winner of the other semi-final clash to be played in Lahore between South Africa and New Zealand. The final is on March 9. It promises to be an exciting contest as India tries to lay its claim on the prestigious title.
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Champions Trophy 2025 Semi-final 1: IND vs AUS Match Summary
Australia’s Innings
Batting first, Australia managed to post 264 runs and was bowled out by 49.3 overs. Steve Smith and Alex Carey were the main scorers with contributions of 73 and 60 runs, respectively. Their contributions couldn’t help the side to build up significant partnerships. With important wickets falling just at the right moments when Australia needed them the most. The Indian bowling attacks, which had Mohammad Shami and Varun leading them, effectively restricted the Australian batsmen from producing a solid total.
India’s Chase
India’s target of 265 began horribly. They lost both openers, Shubman Gill (8) and Rohit Sharma (28), within the first eight overs. A crucial partnership of Kohli and Iyer stabilized the innings. The experience of Kohli, who scored 84 runs off 98 balls, combined with Iyer’s 45, changed the whole course of the innings. Australia’s slow bowlers, particularly Adam Zampa, were constantly creating pressure and taking many crucial wickets. However, India’s depth in batting ensured that they continued on course.
They brought the final stages of the chase to conversions through KL. Rahul (42 not out) and Hardik Pandya (28), both of whom pressed on the scoring rate. Pandya quickly blazed away, lifting Zampa for two sixes, and eased the required rate. The chase was finally sealed when Rahul took a six off Glenn Maxwell as India reached the target at 267/6 in 48.1 overs.
Playing 11 of India and Australia
India: Rohit Sharma, Shubham Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Australia: Travis Head, Cooper Connolly, Steve Smith, Manus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis, Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshius, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Tanvir Sangha.
