IND vs AUS Ball by Ball Commentary

SIX! INDIA ARE THROUGH TO THE FINAL OF THE ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2025! KL Rahul hits the glory shot and the celebrations start in the Indian dressing room. Glenn Maxwell darts it in, fuller and on the middle and leg stump line. KL Rahul shimmies down a bit and lofts it over cow corner for a cracking six. Hits it clean as a whistle and clears the ropes with ease to get his team over the line.

Around the wicket, speared in fuller and on middle, Ravindra Jadeja pushes it to mid on and scoots off for a quick single. Oh, wait! An overthrow as Ben Dwarshuis picks up the initial throw on the back-up and throws it wayward to the keeper's end. With no proper back up there, the batters take another run.

OUT! GONE! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! Ellis bowls it fuller again, and gets the ball to jag back in a touch, around middle and leg. Hardik Pandya tries to kill the game with the glory shot, but ends up mistiming it badly. Hits straight in the air, but the connection is off the toe-end, hence, he doesn't quite get the distance. Ends up offering a dolly of a catch to Glenn Maxwell who moves a bit to his left from long on. Takes a simple reverse cup catch. India need 6 off 13 balls now.

Pace on, too full and outside off, almost a yorker. Hardik Pandya fails to carve it out.

FOUR! Effortless! Into the single figures now, then! Ellis serves it on the stumps, on a fullish length, nipping back a bit off the deck. Hardik Pandya positions himself well and holds his shape to loft it over the bowler's head for a boundary. Just a hit away now, is India!

WIDE! A close call? Ellis is not quite convinced, but it is clearly over the head! Shortish on the top of off, climbs on the batter. Hardik Pandya opts to let it be as it passes above his head height.

Swing and a miss! Ellis takes pace off, and bowls a fuller-length delivery, around the leg stump line, Hardik Pandya tries to loft it over the bowler but misses due to the lack of pace, and gets beaten on the inside edge as the ball nips back in a touch.

Back of a length, on top of off, KL Rahul leans back and cuts it to the left of point for a single.

SIX MORE! CLEARS THE FENCE WITH EASE AGAIN! Too full from Zampa again, on the stumps, Hardik Pandya picks it up nicely and deposits it into the stands behind long off. It traveled more than 100 meters. Just 12 needed to win now off 18 balls remaining.

SIX! BANG! This time he connects, and connects so well! Zampa offers it right into the wheel house, floated fuller and on off, Hardik Pandya clears his front leg and smashes it over long off for a huge six. He struggles a bit right after playing the shot, but looks fine to continue.

Another dot delivery! Slower through the air, drifting on the pads, Hardik Pandya sits down to smash the slog sweep, but connects thin air.

Back of a length, on off, KL Rahul backs away and cuts it to deep point for a single.

On the shorter side, outside off, stays low as well. Hardik Pandya stands tall and lofts it over cover for a single. He looks for the second run but is sent back on a sharp call from KL Rahul. Has enough time to turn around and retreat back to the bowling end, before the throw.

Pitched on a length, flatter and quicker on off, KL Rahul smashes it down to long off for a single.

What an excellent over from Ellis! Just a solitary run from this one! Aims the stumps, on a fullish length, pushed straight back again by Pandya. He hasn't been quite able to knock it around the gaps to rotate the strike so far. India need 27 runs off 24 balls now.

And suddenly, three dots on the trot from Ellis! Fuller and on off, Pandya prods ahead and pushes it off the inner half of the bat to the bowler. A hint of reverse as well there for Nathan Ellis to cramp up the batter.

Fuller and on the stumps, Hardik flicks it to mid-wicket.

Back of a length, on middle and leg, Hardik punches it to mid off.

Fuller on the stumps, KL Rahul eases it between cover and point for one. 3000 ODI RUNS FOR KL RAHUL! He becomes the 20th Indian batter to achieve this feat in this format.

A dot to start from Ellis! Follows KL Rahul who shuffles to open the off side, bowls it on the leg stump line, a back-of-the-hand delivery, with seam up, KL Rahul waits for it and adjusts to dab it on the surface.

Two more to end the over and India now need 28 off 30 balls. Fractionally short and turning away, Hardik Pandya rocks back and cuts it hard behind deep point for a couple of runs.

SIX! Always a risk to bowl Tanveer Sangha at this stage and all Hardik Pandya needed was one ball in his arc and he's dispatched it. Tossed up, straight and just a bit too full, Hardik is able to swing through the line and whacks it a long way over the bowler's head for a biggie.

Flatter delivery, pushed through on middle, jammed away towards mid-wicket by Pandya.

Three dots to begin with and the pressure starts to build on the batter. A shortish ball, quicker ad outside off, Pandya slaps it away to cover.

Flighted ball, full and on off and middle, Pandya leans on and plays it away to point.

Bowled flat and on a nagging length, onto middle and leg, Hardik Pandya rocks right back and keeps it out.

Hard length, angled in at the pads, Pandya flicks it away stylishly and through square leg for a single. 36 needed now off 36 and the Aussie bowlers are trying to make the most of what's left to defend.

Banged in short of a length and outside off, Hardik Pandya gets up on his toes and cuts it down hard in front of point where the fielder makes a sharp stop.

Slightly full and fairly straight at the stumps, Rahul pushes it on the up and straight back past the bowler for a quick single.

Oh, there was a noise for sure but not that loud of an appeal from the keeper. Nathan Ellis darts the ball in on leg and angles it down, KL Rahul fails to flick it away and the ball just seems to have brushed his pad on its way to Josh Inglis. Ellis seems excited but Steve Smith doesn't review it and later on, UltraEdge confirms that it was the right decision.

Good running! Slower one, pitched up around middle, Pandya leans on and defends it gently in front of point before scampering through for the single.

Pitched-up delivery, on off and angling it in, Hardik gets forward and drives it straight back to the bowler.

Shortens the length and bowls it around off, Pandya presses back and punches it away through covers for one. 39 needed now off 42 balls.

Flatter delivery, pushed through around off, Pandya cuts it to point.

OUT! CAUGHT! What was Kohli thinking there? There was already a six in the over and all Kohli needed was to tick things over but Adam Zampa has got the wicket and this could breathe new life into Australia. Zampa tosses the ball on off and it is the wrong'un that Kohli picks but slogs it flat towards long on. The ball goes straight to Ben Dwarshuis who takes a crucial low catch and Virat Kohli has to walk back disappointed after a well-made 84 off 98 balls. Zampa gets his second wicket and breaks this 47-run stand for the fifth wicket.

This is bowled into the pitch over off, Rahul rocks back and swats the pull, flat and on the bounce to long on for one.

SIX! Up and away! KL Rahul is taking the game away from the Aussies now. Tossed up at the stumps, Rahul is early to come down the pitch and holds his shape brilliantly to lift it straight over the bowler's head for a biggie.

Flatter one on off and middle, a bit full and slower too, Kohli hops back and across and tucks it to the right of deep mid-wicket, looking for two. Glenn Maxwell does well to keep it down to a single.

No run there! Good length on off, darting back in, Rahul looks to drop and run but Kohli says no as Marnus Labuschagne charges it quickly from point and collects the ball. 48 needed now off 48 balls.

FOUR! Well then, KL Rahul has taken matters into his own hands after that drinks break. Floated up on the stumps, angling in, Rahul advances and swings it away off the bottom part of the bat but well over wide mid on for a boundary.

Nicely done! Back of a length, angling back into off, Kohli stays back and plays it really late, dabbing it down to deep third for another single.

These two doing it comfortably without much risk at the moment. A bit slower and back of a length around off, played from the crease and square through the off side for one.

Back of a length and outside off, Rahul backs away and stays deep in the crease before tapping it late and wide of deep third for a couple of easy runs.

Uppish but safe enough! Short of a good length and wide outside off, Virat Kohli comes forward and looks to loft it over covers but slices it off the outer half of the blade and on the bounce to deep third for a single.

Sliding it in, a bit too straight, flicked down to fine leg for a couple of runs by KL. 7 off that over!

On the shorter side and around off, grips a bit, Rahul cuts it uppishl;y in front of the cover-point fielder.

FOUR! Powered away! Tossed up on off, KL Rahul skips down the track again and just hammers it straight down the ground, to the right of long off for a boundary. That's a boundary for India after 6.4 overs!

Oh, almost gets chopped on! Pushed through quicker and flatter around off, Rahul advances down the pitch but has to adjust and looks to jam it out but gets an under edge past the strip on the off side.

Floated up a bit quicker and on leg, Kohli lunged and plays it down to long on for another single.

Tossed up, quite full and straight, KL takes the front leg out and drives it through wide mid off for one.

A very good over from Ben Dwarshuis! Just a couple of runs off it! Length-delivery at the stumps, Virat Kohli works it across to mid-wicket. India need 65 runs in 60 balls remaining.

Hard length, outside off, Virat Kohli weighs on the back foot and hits it straight to the cover fielder.

Good length, holds up a bit on the surface, on off, Virat Kohli is a bit early to play the shot. He closes the bat face to work it to the leg side, and gets it off the leading edge towards cover on a couple of bounces.

Pitched fuller and outside off, KL Rahul plays the expansive cover drive, but gets just a single. The 200 is up for India!

Back of a length, from around the stumps, on top of middle, punched back straight by KL Rahul.

Back of a length, at a gentle pace, on middle, Virat Kohli lets the ball arrive and turns it away to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Tossed up, a conventional leg spinner, full and outside off, driven out straight to cover.

Fuller and on off, Virat Kohli leans on and pushes it through widish mid off for a single.

Full, on off, knocked down to long on for a single.

Slow, on a length, outside off, punched away to deep point by VK. Another single milked. Out of 78 runs, this is Virat's 50th single. That is almost 65 percent of runs through singles for him.

Floated up, fuller and just outside off, Virat Kohli squeezes it past the right of backward point for a couple of quick runs.

A leg-break on a good length, outside off, KL Rahul punches it away to the cover region for one. Good effort from Marnus Labuschagne who dives to his right.

Too full and too slow, around off and middle, KL Rahul drives it inside-out through covers for a single to end the over.

Floated up, fuller and slower, around off, pushed to backward point by KL Rahul. He wants a single but Marnus Labuschagne is quick on the ball and KL retreats back safely before the throw.

Flatter and outside off, on a nagging length, Virat rocks back and cuts it to deep point for another single.

On middle and on a length, KL punches it past Smith for a single at deep cover.

On a length, around off, Virat Kohli has enough time to rock back and pull it away to deep mid-wicket for one.

Dishes out on a length, outside off, KL Rahul shimmies down a bit, but adjusts his shot and slashes it away to deep point for a single.

Length-delivery, on the pads, KL Rahul nudges it past Glenn Maxwell, who dives to his right at mid-wicket. A single taken.

On a back of a length, just outside off, Virat Kohli punches it on the up and through covers for a single.

And now takes a single! Fuller on middle and leg, KL Rahul pushes it off the inside half of the bat to the left of mid on for a quick run.

Good length, on a tight straight line, on off, KL Rahul hangs back and knocks it back to Ellis.

Back of a length, outside off, Virat Kohli dabs it away to deep third for one.

Goes short and outside off, Virat prepares to smash it to the off side, but mistimes it on the bounce to the bowler.

Pushed through with a lot of flight on it, full in length, KL Rahul carves it away to cover. 5 singles off Connolly's 7th over. India need 82 more runs from 84 balls remaining.

Flighted up, full and on the stumps, Virat Kohli lunges ahead and drills it to the right of the bowler. Rotates the strike again with a single.

Tossed up, on middle and full in length, KL hits it off the inside half of the bat through mid-wicket for another single.

And another single. Excellent running! Full, and tossed on off, Virat Kohli leans forward and taps it between cover and point and maneuvers the strike.

Off the mark, is KL Rahul with a single! Slower length ball, outside off, KL Rahul rocks back and cuts it to deep backward point for one.

Length ball, on the stumps, Kohli stays back and punches it wide of mid-wicket for a single.

OUT! TIMBER! Nathan Ellis comes back in and gets the crucial breakthrough for Australia. Ellis stays around the wicket to the left-hander and hits the hard length, bowling it in the channel around off. Axar Patel stays put and looks to swing across the line but the ball skids on and angles in just a bit, sneaking past the willow and hitting the top of the stumps. The on-air commentators were just speaking about how important a player Axar has been in white-ball cricket for India but it seems like the so called commentators' curse has gotten to Axar. He departs for 27 (30) and India now 178/4!

Bowled into the pitch again and over middle, Axar presses back and pushes it down firmly to mid on.

Seemed like the back-of-the-hand slower ball, bowled a bit shorter and outside off, this one grips and moves away from the right-hander. Kohli waits back and dabs it down to deep third for one.

Seam-up delivery, hits the deck hard and bowls it outside off, Kohli punches it down and straight to short cover.

Around the wicket to the left-hander, bowled on a good length and angled into off, Patel hits it on the up and down to long on for one more.

Slower one, back of a length and over off, Kohli punches it down the ground with a straight bat and picks up a single.

FOUR! Axar Patel really hurting Australia with these boundaries in between. Tossed up outside off, Axar stays put and just uses those long levers to go after the ball and lofts it over covers, bisecting the two fielders in the deep perfectly for a boundary.

Flighted, fuller and on leg, worked away in front of square leg for a single.

On the shorter side and wide outside off, enough time for Axar to rock back and cut it down to deep third for a run.

On a dragged length, sliding it in from around off, Axar hops back and pushes it down into the off side.

Pushed through flatter and on middle, Kohli rocks back and swats it down to long on for one more.

Length ball, straight at the stumps, driven down to long on for one.

Six singles in the over! Flatter one, angled into middle and leg, nudged away off the inside edge to square leg for one.

Spears this one in, full and on middle and leg, Kohli clears the front leg and plays a whippy drive down to long on for yet another single.

Shortish length in and around off, hit away off the back foot through backward point for a fourth straight single in this over.

Good length on the pads, Kohli presses back and just taps the ball on the head, playing it through backward square leg for one more.

On a length and on off and middle, Axar Patel rocks back and swats the ball flat and wide of mid-wikwt down to wide long on for a single.

Starts around the wicket, bowling it flat and on middle and leg, Kohli goes back in his crease and flicks it to deep square leg for one.

Flighted up on the pads, tickled away down to fine leg for a single.

A loud appeal for LBW but the umpire turns it down. Steve Smith quickly brings the keeper into question and does take the review. This seems pretty close, to be honest. Glenn Maxwell stays around the stumps and floats the ball up around middle, not all that full, and gets it to turn back in. Virat Kohli leans on to flick but misses and gets hit on the front pad. The third umpire checks UltraEdge first, and we can see an inside edge as the ball passes the bat. NOT OUT and Australia lose a review here.

Even shorter this time and outside off, Axar Patel backs away and cuts it down to deep point for one.

Slightly flighted and shorter, turning into the pads, nudged away around the corner by Kohli for a single.

Drags the length back around off and gets it to just turn back in, Kohli hops back and pushes it out on the off side.

Fullish length on off, angling away, Kohli leans on to block.

Flatter one, on a dragged length and angled into the batter, Axar presses back to defend.

SIX! Gets inside the line and puts it away! On a length and around off, Axar Patel gets a stride across and gets down on one knee, slogging it stylishly behind the square leg fence for a biggie.

Full again, on middle and leg, clipped away to mid-wicket now.

Gives it a nice loop and tosses it full on middle, Axar eases it to mid off.

Flighted delivery, on a fullish length and outside off, driven off the outer half of the bat and behind deep point for a couple of runs.

Dishes out a full and wide one, inviting the batter to go big, Axar Patel extends his arms and powers it along the ground to mid off.

On middle, pushed down to long on for one more.

The arm ball, 88.7 kph, on middle and leg, Axar defends it towards short mid-wicket.

A bit quicker, down the leg side, Kohli rocks back and nudges it through fine leg, coasting through for a run.

Full, around leg stump, staying around the wicket, Virat Kohli flicks it towards square leg.

The arm ball, around off, Patel punches it past the bowler towards long off for a single.

Landed outside off, Axar Patel pushes it towards cover.

Very full, outside off, 80.8 kph, Virat Kohli whips it through mid-wicket but short mid-wicket makes a half stop to his left.

Fuller, around middle, VK drives it straight back to the bowler.

Around off, Virat works it towards short mid-wicket.

Fuller, around middle and leg, Axar Patel whips it uppishly past short mid-wicket, for a run.

Floated, around off, Kohli drives it towards long off for a single. 119 more needed from 130 balls.

FOUR! Fractionally short, outside off, Virat Kohli rocks back and pulls it over mid-wicket, splitting the fielders in the deep.

Oohhhh. this one skids through, Axar looks to force this through the line but gets a thick inside edge which scoots past the stumps towards short fine leg.

Outside off, the slider, dabbed towards backward point.

Tossed up, outside off, Axar Patel leans and lofts it inside out over cover for a brace. Ben Dwarshuis cuts it off to his right from long off.

Outside off, Virat Kohli taps it towards cover and takes a quick single.

Worked into the leg side for a single.

Down the leg side, helped towards short fine leg for a run.

A short ball, around middle, Axar pulls it through mid-wicket. Alex Carey does well at deep mid-wicket to push the ball back into play. Two runs taken to get off the mark. 2 runs and a wicket from the over, Adam Zampa's figures read 6-0-24-1.

A low full toss, driven back to the bowler.

On middle and leg, nudged towards short mid-wicket.

On middle and off, worked towards short mid-wicket.

OUT! BOWLED! Almost as if on cue, a batter gets dropped, but his partner gets dismissed soon after. Zampa breaks the 91-run stand. A skidder, on off stump or just outside off, Shreyas Iyer looks to hit it through the off side but just misses the line. The ball zips through and hits the off stump. Iyer departs for a fantastic 45 (62) and India are 134/3, needing another 131 from 142 balls.

Fuller, outside off, driven towards point.

DROPPED! And Glenn Maxwell, of all the people! Well, this is just not Australia's day or night. Fuller, around off, Virat Kohli looks to turn it across the line but the ball holds on the surface a bit, gets a hint of away turn and induces a leading edge. The bowler tries to take it to his left but the ball zips past. But Glenn Maxwell at cover, anticipates well and dives to his right, going for a one-hander. Cannot hang on. Did Connolly get in his way? Maxwell is not impressed with the rookie.

Fuller, around middle and off, 83.8 kph, Iyer stays leg side of the ball and drives it towards long off for one.

Shorter in length, outside off, slapped towards point again.

Outside off, a bit of extra bounce, pushed towards point.

A touch short, around off, Virat Kohli gets back and works it through mid-wicket for a run. The stand moves to 90 (106).

Landed around off, Shreyas Iyer gets across and punches it down the ground towards long on for a single.

Flighted on the stumps, Kohli dabs it on the pitch.

FOUR! Through the gap! FIFTY NUMBER 74 IN ODIs FOR VIRAT KOHLI! A typical Virat Kohli innings this, another masterclass in the run chase. Dropped shorter and on middle and leg, Virat Kohli uses the depth of the crease and pulls it hard through the vacant deep square leg region for a boundary. The fielder from deep mid-wicket chases it by running across to his right, but the ball has got enough wheels on it. He has paced his innings quite well and is dictating terms at the moment! He raises his bat and soaks in all the applause from the crowd and the Indian dressing room. But, the job is half done, and he will be aiming to bat through.

Too full, on off, Shreyas Iyer shovels it out to deep cover for another one.

Fuller, on middle and leg, VK clips it along the ground to deep square leg for one more.

Easy two there! Pushed through fuller and outside off, Virat Kohli carves it between mid off and cover for a couple of runs. A long pocket there as Ben Dwarshuis scoots to his left from long off and mops it up.

Slider on a length, on middle and leg, Shreyas gets inside the line and steers it to deep square leg for one.

Back of a length, just outside off, punched away to cover by Kohli. India need another 143 runs to win from 26 overs remaining.

Darts in a low full toss, on pads, Shreyas Iyer flicks it and beats the diving Glenn Maxwell at mid on for a single.

Tossed fuller, on off, Virat Kohli plays with a straight bat and drives it down to long off for a single.

A yard behind fuller length, spinning gently away from off, Virat Kohli is quick to use the depth of the crease and cuts it to deep backward point for a couple of more runs.

Bowls it a tad bit fuller, on the pads, Iyer turns it away to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Cooper Connolly is back on. Bowls it flat and short, on off, Iyer pats it off the back foot to the bowler.

No dot in this over, and 7 off it. On a good length, on top of the stumps, Shreyas Iyer knocks it down to long on for an easy single.

Speared in fuller, on middle, Virat Kohli leans on it and clips it wide of long on for a single.

And again! Fuller from Maxwell, on off, Shreyas Iyer again scoops it towards deep fine leg to rotate the strike.

Cheeky there! Flat and quick at 96.2 kph, on the stumps on a length, Shreyas Iyer scoops it over the keeper's head for a couple of runs to widish fine leg.

Slower and around off, on a length, Virat Kohli has enough time to use the depth of the crease and punch it down to long on for one.

Drifting onto the pads, on a good length, Shreyas Iyer gets inside the line and nudges it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Good length, outside off, Iyer rocks back and cuts it to deep backward point for a single. So four singles off Sangha's third over.

Slower and fuller, on the leg stump line, Virat Kohli lunges forward and wrists it along the ground wide of square leg for another run.

Slightly pulls the length back, on off, Shreyas Iyer hangs back and cuts it to deep backward point. Another single.

Pushed through, on middle and leg, full in length, Shreyas Iyer leans on it and drives it out to mid off.

Back of a length, just outside off, Virat cuts it past cover-point for a single.

On a good length, spins away from middle, Virat Kohli hangs back and punches it to the right of the bowler. Sangha dives to his right and intercepts.

Flat, outside off, on a fullish length, Shreyas backs away and cuts it late to short third.

Drags the length, on the pads, Virat Kohli tickles it through short fine leg and takes a single.

Slower and fuller around off, Shreyas Iyer shuffles across and scoops it over short fine leg for a single. Tanveer Sangha cuts it off to his right.

Flat and quick, on off, Shreyas Iyer taps it across with soft hands to the leg side.

Dishes out on a fuller length, in front of the sticks, pushed back to the bowler.

Pushed through, fuller and on the stumps, Virat Kohli drills it along the ground to long on for a single.

Outside off, dabbed towards short third for a run. 10 from the over. Tanveer Sangha's figures read 2-0-13-0.

Sangha now follows it up with a shorter ball and Kohli, expecting it, is right back in his crease. Works it through mid-wicket and gets a couple.

FOUR! That's a bad ball. A full toss, down the leg sid,e 88.3 kph, Virat Kohli gets down and sweeps it to the right of short fine leg. 100 UP FOR INDIA, 165 more needed from 182 balls. Kohli moves to 31 (38) with his third boundary.

Another single! Flighted, on the fuller side again and around off, eased on the up and through wide mid off for one.

These two just keeping the scoreboard ticking here. Floated up, full again and on the pads, Kohli clips it away through square leg and picks up another single.

Tossed up, nice and full on off, Iyer gets on the front foot and pushes it down to long off for a single.

50-RUN STAND UP IN 67 BALLS! A length ball, around middle and off, Shreyas Iyer clips it to deep mid-wicket for a run.

On a good length, around middle and leg, Kohli gets outside the line and milks it towards long leg for a single.

A bit wider outside off, Virat Kohli reaches out and throws his bat at it but misses.

Slower again, short of a length and over middle, Iyer gets on top of the bounce and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Oh, buzzers! Marnus Labuschagne will feel he's a bit hard done by there. Back of a length, slower and outside off, Iyer stays back and nudges it down behind backward point before setting off for the single. Marnus scores a direct hit at the keeper's end but the ball deflects away behind square and the batters pick up the second run.

Around the wicket comes Dwarshius and floats it up full, on off and right at the batter, Shreyas Iyer just blocks it off.

Short, outside off, 84.6 kph, heaved down to long on for a single. 3 runs from Sangha's opener.

Short, outside off, 95.1 kph, Iyer rocks back to cut but finds Marnus Labuschagne at point.

Fuller, around middle and off, 86.1 kph, Shreyas Iyer defends it to the off side.

Shortens the length now, bowls it around off and extracts some turn again, Kohli taps it off the back foot in front of point and picks up a single.

Tossed up, quite full and straight, hit away down to long on for a run by Shreyas.

Iyer right away moves in his crease to throw off the new bowler. This is flighted up on off, gets some turn off the pitch as well, Iyer eases it towards cover.

Landed outside off, quicker ball, 93.2 kph, fractionally short of full, Shreyas leans and punches it through the covers for a single.

Fuller, outside off, 83.2 kph, the googly, Iyer leans and pushes it back to the bowler.

Short, outside off, Shreyas Iyer rocks back and cuts it through point where the fielder dives to his left and makes a good stop.

Tossed up again, full and on middle, Kohli clears the front leg and drills it down to long on for a single.

Tosses this one up, fractionally fuller and on off, Kohli lunges but doesn't quite get to the pitch of the ball and just checks the drive across to mid-wicket.

Nicely flighted, full and around off, sliding in, Iyer leans on and caresses the drive through covers for a single.

FOUR! BLAST! Ellis goes short and Kohli keeps the travel of the ball even shorter. Outside off, Virat Kohli quickly swivels and pulls it through square leg for a boundary. That made it to the fence in a flash. That's 8000 RUNS FOR VIRAT KOHLI in ODIs, in run chases alone!

A bit too straight, 131.4 kph, on a length, Iyer clips it through square leg for a single.

On a good length, around off, Shreyas Iyer defends it down the pitch.

Pitches the ball up now and angles it into the pads, wristed away by VK behind square leg for an easy single.

Ellis takes a tumble on the follow-through and bowls it back of a length again. This is on a tight line around off and Kohli just dabs it from close to the body down to short third.

Back of a length and around off, Iyer presses back up on his toes and punches it through covers for a single.

Huge shout for LBW, not given! Australia do not take the review. It was the googly, around off, seemed like Kohli did not pick it. Looked to flick but missed and was hit on the pads. Smith had a chat with his bowler and keeper and eventually decided not to waste his review. Good call. Ball Tracking shows it to be spinning past leg stump.

Tossed up, outside off, 90.6 kph, Iyer thumps it through the covers for one more.

Fuller, around off, 93.3 kph, Virat leans and picks off another single towards long on.

The googly, on middle and leg, 85.7 kph, Shreyas Iyer gets across and nudges it through mid-wicket for a run. The stand moves to 30 (40).

Shorter and quicker, outside off, 94.1 kph, Kohli rocks back and cuts it behind point for a single.

Thrown up, outside off, 86.9 kph, Virat Kohli leans and drives it towards cover.

Fuller, around off, Iyer leans and clips it towards short mid-wicket.

Fuller, outside off, Virat leans and works it through mid on for one.

Landed outside off, punched down to long off for a run.

FOUR! Good placement. Similar ball to the previous one, this time Shreyas Iyer steps to the leg side and then gets across, reaching the ball and punching the ball behind point, just opening the face of his bat at the last moment. Moves to 16 (18) with his third boundary. 196 more needed from 219 balls.

A touch shorter, outside off, 84.5 kph, Kohli punches it to the left of cover this time, for a single.

Landed outside off, 86.8 kph, Virat Kohli goes back and punches it towards cover.

Landed outside off, much quicker, 95.4 kph, the wrong 'un, Shreyas mistimes his punch towards cover.

Fuller, outside off, 88.1 kph, spinning away, Iyer drives it towards point.

Full, around off, 88 kph, possibly the googly, Virat drives it towards long off for one.

Landed outside off, Shreyas Iyer eases this through the covers for a run.

Tossed up again, a bit too full, outside off, Kohli drives it through the covers for a single.

Floated, outside off, 91.6 kph, Virat Kohli drives it towards cover.

Fractionally short, outside off, Iyer punches it towards cover.

Similar ball, 87.5 kph, this time VK drives it to the other side of that cover fielder, to his right, towards long off, for one.

Full, around off, 83.9 kph, Virat drives it through the covers but the fielder dives to his left in that position and stops the ball.

Landed outside off, a touch short, Shreyas Iyer camps back and punches it through the covers for a run.

Fuller, outside off, 89.2 kph, Kohli drives it towards long off for a single.

Landed outside off, 85.6 kph, spinning away, Virat Kohli hangs back and pushes it to the off side.

A touch short, outside off, Shreyas punches it towards point.

A bit quicker from Zampa, the googly, around off, Iyer looks to drive it through the covers but the ball goes straight on and takes the inner half of the bat, back to the bowler.

On middle and leg, driven back to the bowler.

Short, outside off, Shreyas Iyer goes right back and cuts it to the left of sweeper cover, for a couple.

Fuller, around middle, watchfully defended.

Outside off, chipped past cover, to his right, for a single. 209 more needed from 239 balls.

Around off, driven towards cover. 55/2 are India then, after Powerplay 1.

FOUR! BELLIGERENT! A freebie from Connolly, a high full toss on middle, Iyer gets down and mows the sweep through square leg!

Fuller, around middle, watchfully defended.

EDGED, FOUR! Quicker through the air, just short of full, outside off, Shreyas Iyer goes hard on the cut but the length is not there for that shot. The bottom hand comes off the bat while the ball flies off the outside edge, just past Steve Smith at slip, to his right and races to the deep third fence. Off the mark in streaky fashion. 50 UP FOR INDIA as well. 214 more needed from 243 balls.

Fuller, outside off, Iyer drives it towards cover this time.

A short ball, outside off, Shreyas Iyer punches it towards cover.

FOUR! That's well played. The dots were building up, 9 in a row before this ball and Virat Kohli breaks the rut. Overpitched, outside off, Kohli comes forward and lofts it cleanly over the bowler for a boundary down to long off. 218 more needed from 246 balls.

Full and straight, flicked straight to short mid-wicket.

On a good length, outside off, VK stays back and dabs it towards deep third but it is intercepted by backward point.

Ooohhh.... on a good length, outside off, Kohli feels for it but the ball nips away a fraction, bounces extra and beats the outside edge.

Fuller, around off, Virat pushes it towards cover.

Nathan Ellis gets a change of ends. Starts with a length ball, aroiund middle and off, Virat Kohli whips it straight to short mid-wicket.

Outside off, a smidgen short, Shreyas Iyer punches it towards cover. Just a run and a wicket from Connolly's opener.

OUT! LBW! Will Rohit take the review? Yes, he does. Unless there was bat involved, this looked pretty close to the naked eye. It was a full ball, in line of the stumps and Rohit Sharma went for the big sweep. Missed and was hit on the pads. Connolly appealed and it did not take long for Chris Gaffaney to raise his finger. By the looks on Rohit's face, he probably understood that he was a goner, but still went for a second opinion towards Kohli. Eventually, with a second left on the DRS timer, Rohit took the review. UltraEdge detected nothing when the ball went past the bat and Ball Tracking showed it to be pitching around middle and leg, spinning away slightly and hitting the leg stump. The gamble from Smith pays off as Rohit Sharma departs for 28 (29) after being dropped twice! From 30/0, India are now 43/2 and need another 222 from 253 balls.

Fuller, around middle and off, the skipper defends.

Landed outside off, 88.2 kph, Rohit Sharma watches the ball closely and lets it go.

Fuller, around middle, Virat Kohli flicks it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Landed outside off, pushed towards point.

On a good length, around middle, 133.7 kph, Rohit hops and dabs it towards backward point.

A length ball, outside off, Virat hammers it through the covers but Travis Head makes a very good half stop to his right, parrying it towards the bowler. The single is taken but that was a certain boundary.

Full and straight, Kohli looks to tap and run to the off side but goes back to his crease.

Fuller, outside off, 130.5 kph, the skipper blasts it through the covers for a run.

The cutter, around off, angling away, Rohit Sharma defends it to the off side.

On a good length, around off, pushed towards mid off for a single.

FOUR! BANG! Well, you don't get too many chances to play against a second-string Aussie team and Rohit wants to make the most of this opportunity. A length ball, around off, Rohit Sharma just wallops down the track and hammers it straight back, nearly taking the umpire with the shot! Luckily the official ducks in time. 226 more needed from 264 balls.

Fuller, outside off, 131.2 kph, hint of away swing, Kohli reaches out and drives it sweetly through the covers for another single.

On a good length again, closer to the off stump, Sharma works it through mid-wicket. The ball races away but so does Glenn Maxwell from mid on, who practically gets there in 6-7 steps. Keeps the batters to one.

Fuller, around off, 129.7 kph, hint of away shape, Virat Kohli comes forward to work it to the leg side but is squared up slightly. The ball goes off the leading edge through the covers and Kohli is off the mark with a run.

On a good length, outside off, the skipper punches it through the covers to the deep where Tanveer Sangha sweeps it off to his left. A single taken.

WIDE. A length ball, outside off, Rohit looks to punch it through the off side but the ball pitches and then seams away off the deck. The skipper then lets it go.

Fuller, around off, Rohit Sharma times this sweetly to the left of mid off but cannot beat the man.

OUT! BOWLED'EM! Ben Dwarshuis gets the breakthrough for Australia here! Dwarshuis hits the deck hard, and keeps bowling on that in-between length, Shubman Gill is on the back foot and tries to guide it to the short third region, but plays a half-hearted shot pushing at it. Ends up getting a thick, healthy inside edge as the ball disturbs the furniture. Shubman Gill departs on 8 (11).

On a hard length around leg. Rohit Sharma clips to short fine leg for one.

INSIDE EDGE AND FOUR! Not distantly near to where he intended to hit, but he will take it. Speared in, fuller and around off, Rohit Sharma sits down to play the premeditated sweep but inside-edges it and the ball beats the diving keeper, Josh Inglis, to his left, for a boundary to fine leg.

Hits the deck hard, does Ben Dwarshuis, on top of the stumps. Rohit Sharma hops on the back foot and stabs it on the pitch.

On the back of a length on the middle stump. Shubman Gill knocks in front of point for a single.

FOUR! And there comes his favourite stroke! Not at all a bad ball from Ben Dwarshuis. On a good length, on top of off, Shubman Gill charges down a bit and short arm-jabs it. Threads the gap neatly between mid on and mid-wicket, along the ground for a cracking boundary.

WIDE! He will have to reload that one again! Sprayed way down leg, on a length, Shubman misses to flick and Josh Inglis dives to his left to grab it. Sharp take from the keeper there.

On the fuller side and angling in but this one just nibbles away off the seam, Gill leans on and clips it away wide of square leg for one more.

Short of a length this time, straighter as well, Sharma works it off the back foot through mid-wicket for a single.

Oh, that is a JAFFA from Ellis! Immaculate length, not all that full and pitches it up on off. Rohit Sharma looks to block down the line but the ball nips away off the deck with some additional bounce and bamboozles the Indian skipper.

Good-length delivery in the channel, tapped away from the crease but straight to point.

Good pressure being created here by the pacers but they haven't been backed up thus far. Bangs it in a touch short and over off, no room for Rohit to work with and gets hit on the glove a he looks to dab it down on the off side.

Pitched up in and around off, shaping away sharply this time, Rohit takes half a step forward but is hurried and just dabs it off the face of the bat down to short third.

IN THE AIR...DROPPED! Rohit Sharma has been put down twice and we are just in the third over! Marnus Labuschagne is the man this time who shells it. But fair to say, Marnus had to cover a lot of yards running across, and those are never easy to take! Fuller and on off, Rohit Sharma takes his front foot out to loft it over cover, but the bat twists at the point of contact and hence, Rohit doesn't get the desired timing on that one. It lobs up in the air, behind cover and mid off. Marnus Labuschagne from mid off runs to his left and puts a dive to catch it. But by the looks of it, Marnus just overruns a bit, and the ball is shelled down. Quite similar to that 2023 World Cup Final catch where Travis Head was the fielder who took a stunner, and Rohit had mistimed it stepping out of the crease. But this time, the Indian skipper gets a reprieve. Also, a single taken.

A yard fuller on the shorter side, on the stumps, Shubman Gill stands tall and jabs it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Fourth dot in a row from Dwarshuis! Hits the deck hard, on middle and leg, Shubman Gill tucks it across to mid-wicket.

Slanting outside off, on a hard length, Shubman Gill waits for it and opens the bat face, and guides it to short third.

On a fullish length, around off, Shubman Gill presses forward and eases it out to the off side.

Almost chopped on! Across off on a good length, Shubman Gill tries to cut it square but gets a big inside edge. The ball bounces back to the keeper, past the off stump.

Good length on off and middle, Rohit just clips it across to mid-wicket. 8 off Ellis' first over.

Sweetly timed to get off the mark! Short of a length and in the channel, Gill leans back and punches it square through covers for a single.

Good length on the pads, flicked away down to a widish fine leg for a single.

Did that carry? The reactions of the Aussie players sure indicate that it did. Nerves from the young Cooper Connolly and just like Australia, an Indian opener now gets an early life. Back of a length from Ellis, around the fifth stump line, Rohit looks to get on his toes and punch it away but gets it a bit uppishly and down towards point. It is a straightforward chance to Connolly there and he goes low to his right but gets his hands crossed and the ball bobbles out of his hands.

SIX! You cannot bowl there to Rohit Sharma at that pace! Slightly short and around off, just sitting up, Sharma stands tall and clobbers it straight down the ground, over long on for the first biggie of the chase.

A hint of away movement! Starts over the wicket, bustles in and bowls it on a good length in the channel. Sharma prods halfway and just eases it with the shape to point.

On a good length and on the stumps. Shubman Gill works it towards mid off.

IN THE AIR...Lands safe in the deep! Fuller from Dwarshuis, angling back into the batter, on middle and leg, Rohit Sharma clips it aerially over mid-wicket and runs the first two quickly as the ball trickles towards the fence. Glenn Maxwell from the inner ring gives it a chase and flicks the ball, before the ropes, and lobs towards the other converging fielder. Meanwhile, the batters cross for the third run.

Slants it around off, on a length, Rohit Sharma shuffles into the line and tucks it back to the bowler.

On a good length, across off, Rohit Sharma lets the ball arrive, plays it a bit late and guides it to short third.

FOUR! Helped away! India and Rohit Sharma are off the mark in this chase! Angling on the pads this time around, with a tinge of inswing, Rohit Sharma picks it up nicely and flicks it behind square for a boundary at deep backward square leg.

On the money, is Ben Dwarshuis! Little bit of an inward shape, on a good length, on top of middle. Rohit Sharma gets inside the line and taps it on the surface.