Published: Mar 05, 2025, 10:40 AM (IST)
Edited: Mar 05, 2025, 10:40 AM (IST)
India won over Australia by 4 wickets in the semifinal of the Champions Trophy. Australia had opted to bat first, and their lineup showed signs of reaching a score of 290+. However, a strike from India side caused the team get bowled out for 264 runs.
Meanwhile, Indian captain Rohit Sharma scripted history ad he led India to the final of an ICC event. Rohit became the first captain to lead a team to the final of the ODI World Cup, T20 World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy and World Test Championship.
Rohit was happy as he led India to the final of Champions Trophy 2025, and praised the batters for making chase easy. He highlighted the depth within the team, which makes up for a major element when choosing the squad for such a big event.
“Till the last ball is bowled, nothing is certain. That’s how this game is. Halfway through the game, we felt like it’s a reasonable score. We had to really bat well to get that score because the nature of the pitch doesn’t allow you to just come in and keep playing the way you want to play. We were very clinical with the bat. Yes, we got the runs in the 48th over, but I thought we were calm and composed in our chase,” Rohit said after the match.
“Looked better (pitch). That’s been the nature of the surfaces here – it’s very uncertain. The one which we played today played slightly better than the one we played against New Zealand. The talks that we are having within our group is about playing good cricket, understanding the situation and then taking it from there, not to read too much into what the pitch is doing,” he added.
There are a lot of experienced guys within the group, we’ll leave it up to them to make those decisions when they’re out in the middle. That’s something that I really wanted to have – six bowling options and at the same time how I can get batting till No. 8 as well,” he further added.
It was a bit challenging as well. When we were making up the squad, this is something that we discussed at length – how we can have six bowling options and at the same get that batting depth as well. The guys are there to know exactly what is required out of them.” he concluded.
Indian team has secured their place in the final of the event and will face the team that wins the 2nd semifinal, which is between South Africa and New Zealand. The final will be held on Sunday, March 9 in Dubai.
