India vs Australia Champions Trophy 2025 semifinal: India won by 4 wickets

Indian won by 4 wickets with a spectacular six by KL Rahul. Now the Men in Blue will play in the final match of the Champions Trophy 2025 in Dubai.

In a shocking turn of events, explosive batter Hardik Pandya has been dismissed, caught out by Glenn Maxwell. India 261/6 after 48 overs, need 4 runs to win.

Final 30 balls remain for Indian team of their innings. India 237/5 after 45 overs, need 28 runs to win.

Virat Kohli could not manage to score his century, as he got dismissed on 84 runs, caught out by Ben Dwarshuis. India 226/5 after 43 overs, need 39 to win.

As Virat Kohli is closing on his century, Indian team is also closing on to what seems to be a comfortable victory. As of now India has crossed 200 runs. India 200/4 after 40 overs, need 65 to win.

The Indian team has faced another setback as Axar Patel got dismissed, bowled out on the last ball of 34th over. India 178/4 after 35 overs, need 87 to win.

30 overs of the innings have passed, and the Indian team is currently at 150 runs for loss of 3 wickets. India need 115 to win.

Just a few moments after Virat Kohli secured a half-century, Shreyas Iyer has been dismissed, bowled out. India 134/3 after 27 overs, need 129 to win.

Star batter Virat Kohli finally seems like getting his form back, as he scored a half-century in this clash. India 131/2 after 25 overs, need 134 to win.

After 20 overs of play, Indian team has managed to cross 100 runs. India 103/2, need 162 to win.

First 15 overs of the game have passed. Indian team going fine as of now. Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer are doing their best to pile up runs. India 75/2 after 15 overs, need 190 to win.

Indian team is going fine as of now. 13 overs have passed and the team is at 64 runs, need 201 to win.

Cooper Connolly has come out as a shock, as he dismissed Rohit Sharma LBW. India 43/2 after 8 overs, need 222 to win.

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill had given the team a good start. With precise and calculated shots, the team reached 30 runs. However, Shubman Gill also got dismissed, bowled out. India 30/1 after 5 overs, need 235 to win.

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill have come on the pitch to open the innings as India begins their chase of 265 runs.

Australian players were seen using slog sweeps for a number of times during their innings. A total of 9 shots were were attempted throughout their time, where the team accumulated 35 runs from them.

As the Australian innings have ended, it is now time for an innings break, Indian team will begin their chase in almost 30-ish minutes.

The Australian innings have come to an end, as the team has been bowled out for a score of 264 on the board. Indian innings will begin soon.

The 49th over has also seen a player going down from the Australian side. This time, it was Nathan Ellis, who got caught out by Virat Kohli. Australia 262/9 after 49 overs.

Wickets have been flowing from the Australian team, as the side has lost 8 of their wickets, including all the key players. The 8th wicket was of Alex Carey, who got run out by Shreyas Iyer. Australia 252/8 after 48 overs.

Varun Chakravarthy has come in for the last over of his spell, and he came strong. On the second ball of his over, he took the wicket of Ben Dwarshuis, caught out by Shreyas Iyer. Australia 242/7 after 46 overs.

The last 5 overs/30 balls remain for Australian team. The score posted by now is 239/6, which is a chaseable target for India. Let’s see what happens in the last few overs.

40 overs have passed for Australia, as the team has managed to score 213 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.

Another fumble by Australian batter, poor shot selection this time as well. On a straight delivery off Axar Patel, Glenn Maxwell missed the connection and got dismissed, bowled out. Australia 206/6 after 38 overs.

Veteran pacer Mohammed Shami has strikes yet again, this time taking the wicket of Steve Smith. That was a poor shot selection by the Australian batter, and he got bowled out. Australia 199/5 after 37 overs.

The final 15 wickets for Australian team as they have played 35 overs of their innings. Australia 186/4 after 35 overs.

Ravindra Jadeja has taken yet another wicket, this time of Josh Inglis, caught out by Virat Kohli. Australia 144/4 after 27 overs.

Australian team has been given another shock, as Marnus Labuschagne has been dismissed LBW by Ravindra Jadeja. Australia 113/1 after 23 overs.

After 20 overs of play, Australian team has now crossed the 100-run mark. Australia 105/2 after 20 overs.

Australian team is now playing steadily. The team at 76 runs after loss of 2 wickets in 15 overs.

Powerplay has ended for the Australian team as the team has amassed 63 runs for the loss of 2 wickets.

Australian team has faced a massive shock as their star player Travis Head has been dismissed, caught out by Shubman Gill. Australia 58/2 after 9 overs.

First 5 overs have passed for the Australian team. After the loss of the first wicket, the team will be playing carefully now. Australia 31/1 after 5 overs.

Australian team has been given their first blow, as Cooper Connolly, caught out by KL Rahul. Australia 4/1 after 3 overs.

Cooper Connolly and Travis head have come to open the innings for Australia. Mohammed Shami to begin the proceedings.

Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy.

Cooper Connolly, Travis Head, Steven Smith(c), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Tanveer Sangha.

Australian team has seen 2 changes in their lineup. Cooper Connolly has come in place of Matthew Short and Tanveer Sangha has come in place of Mitchell Johnson.

Australia won the toss and have opted to bat first.

The weather is not too hot and gentle breeze are flowing through the ground. The pitch is very dry and cracked. Conditions look good for the spinners.

There are just 5 minutes remaining for the toss.

It has been reported that Indian team is going to keep their spin bowling lineup and take 4 spinners in the team.

A per Accuweather, the temperature is about to go up to 29°C. There will be clouds, but no chance of rain.

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