Team India In Champions Trophy 2025 Finals After Beating Australia

Team India In Champions Trophy 2025 Finals: Team India dealt a crushing blow to Australia in the first semi-final between India and Australia as part of the Champions Trophy. It crushed the pride of the Kangaroos. India took revenge for the defeat at the hands of Australia in the 2023 World Cup final.

The Aussies were thrashed by 4 wickets in the 1st semi-final of the Champions Trophy 2025. With this defeat, the Kangaroo team was knocked out of the Champions Trophy. Star batsman Virat Kohli once again emerged as Team India’s chasing master. He played a brilliant innings of 84 runs that played a key role in the victory of the Indian team.

Indian Bowlers Destroy Aussie Batting

In the Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final 1 held at the Dubai International Stadium, Australia won the toss and elected to bat first. The Indian team once again stunned the hosts with its impressive bowling. Varun Chakravarthy and Mohammed Shami took crucial wickets to prevent the Kangaroo team from scoring a big score.

Varun Chakravarthy dismissed the aggressive Travis Head. Captain Steve Smith scored 73 runs and Alex Carey scored 61 runs in the innings as Australia scored 264 runs. The Indian bowlers excelled and the Aussies were bowled out without playing a full over.

Virat Kohli’s Brilliant Innings

Chasing the target of 265 runs, captain Rohit Sharma played brilliantly in the beginning.. He could not convert it into a big innings. He was dismissed for 28 runs. Then Virat Kohli, who came to the crease, took the Indian innings forward. He scored 84 runs in 98 balls with 5 fours and played a match-winning innings. However, after Virat Kohli’s wicket fell, the match looked close.

KL Rahul Finishes The Chase With A Six

Hardik Pandya, who came next, left the field after scoring a couple of sixes. Hardik, who was at the crease for a short time, scored 28 runs in 24 balls with 3 sixes and 1 four. KL Rahul stayed at the crease till the end of the match and gave India victory. He ended the match with a six. KL Rahul remained unbeaten with a brilliant innings of 42 runs. Virat Kohli, who played an innings of 84 runs, was named the Player of the Match.

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Team India In Champions Trophy 2025 Finals

Among the Indian players, Virat Kohli scored 84, Shreyas Iyer 45, KL Rahul 42* runs, and Hardik Pandya scored 28 runs. The Indian team won by losing 7 wickets in 48.1 overs and won by 267 runs. Among the Aussie bowlers, Ellis took 2 wickets and Adam Zampa took 2 wickets.

Team India qualified for the Champions Trophy 2025 final by defeating Australia. The second match of the Champions Trophy semi-final will be played between New Zealand and South Africa on March 5. The team that wins this match will compete for the title with India in the final.