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IND vs AUS, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: India bury the ghost of Australia, storm into final
IND vs AUS, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: Hardik Pandya's monster hits got India close and then KL Rahul finished it off with a six of his own. But the chase was constructed expertly by Virat Kohli, who fell 16 runs short of a second century in this tournament.
- 10:14 PM IST, Mar 4Fifth Champions Trophy final for India
- 9:52 PM IST, Mar 4Virat Kohli is the player of the match
- 9:37 PM IST, Mar 4Rahul finishes it with a six! India beat Australia by 4 wickets and reach the final
- 9:32 PM IST, Mar 4OUT! Pandya goes down swinging, India need six to win off 13 balls
- 9:29 PM IST, Mar 4BACK TO BACK SIXES! Pandya in a hurry, India need 12 to win off 18!
- 9:17 PM IST, Mar 4SIX! BANG goes Pandya after a few dots
- 9:14 PM IST, Mar 4India need 36 to win from 36
- 9:07 PM IST, Mar 4OUT! VIRAT KOHLI WHAT HAVE YOU DONE! India 225/5 in 42.4 overs
- 9:04 PM IST, Mar 4SIX! Rahul has decided to go for it
- 8:58 PM IST, Mar 4FOUR! Rahul with the first boundary after 39 balls
- 8:51 PM IST, Mar 4Virat Kohli's single count crosses 50!
- 8:42 PM IST, Mar 4Smith shuffling his bowlers
- 8:33 PM IST, Mar 4OUT! Axar cleaned up by Ellis, India 178/4 in 35 overs
- 8:22 PM IST, Mar 4SIX! Axar takes on Sangha
- 8:16 PM IST, Mar 430 overs gone, India 150/3
- 8:08 PM IST, Mar 4GONE! Iyer knocked over by Zampa
- 8:04 PM IST, Mar 4DROPPED! KOHLI DROPPED BY MAXWELL!
- 8:00 PM IST, Mar 4FOUR! Fifty for Kohli
- 7:55 PM IST, Mar 47 risk-free runs in the 23rd over
- 7:47 PM IST, Mar 4Kohli-Iyer stand crosses 50!
- 7:44 PM IST, Mar 4Drinks after the 19th over, India 93/2 in 19 overs
- 7:37 PM IST, Mar 4Tanveer Sangha brought in by Smith
- 7:29 PM IST, Mar 4Big appeal for LBW but Kohli survives
- 7:22 PM IST, Mar 4Kohli, Iyer lower the anchor
- 7:13 PM IST, Mar 4Here comes Adam Zampa
- 7:11 PM IST, Mar 4FOUR! All class from Kohli
- 7:05 PM IST, Mar 4OUT! That's that for Rohit
- 6:58 PM IST, Mar 4FOUR! Rohit almost beheads the umpire!
- 6:49 PM IST, Mar 4Just 2 runs in the 4th over
- 6:42 PM IST, Mar 4DROPPED AGAIN! Rohit gets two lives in consecutive overs
- 6:38 PM IST, Mar 4DROPPED! Rohit gets a life!
- 6:36 PM IST, Mar 4SMOKED! SIX!
- 6:34 PM IST, Mar 4IND vs AUS Live Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: Rohit making his intentions clear!
- 6:32 PM IST, Mar 4Rohit gets the proceedings underway
- 6:31 PM IST, Mar 4IND vs AUS Live Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: Ben Dwarshius opens the bowling!
- 6:28 PM IST, Mar 4India's innings about to start!
- 6:24 PM IST, Mar 4How did Australia fare against India's spin?
- 6:21 PM IST, Mar 4India look to create history
- 6:19 PM IST, Mar 4Here's what Ravindra Jadeja had to say
- 6:12 PM IST, Mar 4Virat Kohli creeping up on Mahela Jayawardene
- 5:59 PM IST, Mar 4THAT'S THAT! Australia 264 all out in 49.3 overs
- 5:56 PM IST, Mar 4OUT! Wicket No.3 for Shami off his last ball
- 5:46 PM IST, Mar 4RUN OUT! Shreyas Iyer sends back Alex Carey, Australia 249/8 in 47.1 overs
- 5:39 PM IST, Mar 4OUT! Chakravarthy picks his second, Australia 239/7 in 45.2 overs
- 5:36 PM IST, Mar 4Shami brings back some pace
- 5:28 PM IST, Mar 4Fifty for Carey in just 48 balls
- 5:22 PM IST, Mar 4Chakravarthy returns, the squeeze is on from India
- 5:17 PM IST, Mar 4Into the last 10 overs...
- 5:08 PM IST, Mar 4GONE! Six and out for Maxwell
- 5:06 PM IST, Mar 4OUT! SMITH FALLS TO A FULL TOSS, SHAMI STRIKES!
- 4:58 PM IST, Mar 450 partnership in just 55 balls, Carey brings it up with a four
- 4:53 PM IST, Mar 4Drinks after the 35th over, Australia 186/4
- 4:46 PM IST, Mar 4FOUR! Alex Carey going at a good click here, Australia 182/4 in 34 overs
- 4:41 PM IST, Mar 4Some classic ODI cricket on display, Australia 165/4 in 32 overs
- 4:33 PM IST, Mar 430 overs done, Smith holding it together for Australia
- 4:21 PM IST, Mar 4GONE! Jadeja gets his 2nd, Inglis falls
- 4:21 PM IST, Mar 4Fifty for Smith!
- 4:18 PM IST, Mar 4Chakravarthy back into the attack, Australia 120/3 in 24 overs
- 4:10 PM IST, Mar 4OUT! Jadeja ends the stand, Labuschagne falls; Australia 110/3 in 22.3 overs
- 4:06 PM IST, Mar 4Shami drops again! This time it is Smith!
- 3:51 PM IST, Mar 4Ravindra Jadeja having to remove the taping on his bowling hand
- 3:42 PM IST, Mar 4Axar Patel needing some treatment
- 3:37 PM IST, Mar 4Ball hits stumps but bails don't fall! Some luck for Smith
- 3:28 PM IST, Mar 4Umpire has a word with Shubman Gill...
- 3:20 PM IST, Mar 4OUT! AND VARUN CHAKRAVARTHY GETS TRAVIS HEAD! Australia 54/2 in 8.2 overs
- 3:12 PM IST, Mar 411 runs off the 7th! Head's charge continues, Australia 47/1 in 7 overs
- 3:04 PM IST, Mar 4HAT-TRICK OF FOURS! Travis Head is in the house
- 2:58 PM IST, Mar 4FOUR AND SIX! Head breaks the shackles, Australia 17/1 in 4 overs
- 2:47 PM IST, Mar 4GONE! Connolly runs out of luck, Shami strikes, Australia 4/1 in 3 overs
- 2:41 PM IST, Mar 4No room given by Pandya to Head
- 2:35 PM IST, Mar 4A wide and a DROP to start with! Head gets a lifeline early!
- 2:30 PM IST, Mar 4All right, HERE WE GO!
- 2:25 PM IST, Mar 4Time for the national anthems!
- 2:21 PM IST, Mar 4Rohit's toss losing streak reaching record territory
- 2:11 PM IST, Mar 4India are unchanged
- 2:10 PM IST, Mar 4Australia make 2 changes
- 2:02 PM IST, Mar 4Australia win toss, bat first
- 2:01 PM IST, Mar 4Rohit Sharma and Steve Smith are out there
- 1:59 PM IST, Mar 4Pitch report
- 1:50 PM IST, Mar 4Players warming up
- 1:40 PM IST, Mar 4Can Rohit Sharma blast away… one more time?
- 1:30 PM IST, Mar 4Four spinners calling for India… AGAIN
- 1:20 PM IST, Mar 4The Indian team arrives too!
- 1:10 PM IST, Mar 4Live updates from the stadium
- 1:00 PM IST, Mar 4Right then! One hour to go for the toss
- 12:50 PM IST, Mar 4Adam Zampa minefield for Virat Kohli
- 12:40 PM IST, Mar 4Some wild predictions coming through
- 12:30 PM IST, Mar 4R Ashwin's message to Rohit Sharma
- 12:20 PM IST, Mar 4Head vsRohit- battle of big-hitting openers
- 12:10 PM IST, Mar 4Positives galore for India in dominant run!
- 12:00 PM IST, Mar 4Can Varun Chakaravarthy be India's answer to Travis Head puzzle?
- 11:50 AM IST, Mar 4Who is Cooper Connolly, Australia's surprise package that may stun India?
- 11:40 AM IST, Mar 4Get Travis Head, and half the battle is won
- 11:30 AM IST, Mar 4The most memorable India vs Australia Champions Trophy match
- 11:20 AM IST, Mar 4A lack of match time for the Australians?
- 11:10 AM IST, Mar 4The last time India faced Australia in an ICC tournament...
- 11:00 AM IST, Mar 4India vs Australia: Who leads, who trails?
- 10:50 AM IST, Mar 4India. Australia. And the game of knockouts
- 10:40 AM IST, Mar 4Rohit Sharma has yet to see the pitch
- 10:30 AM IST, Mar 4No big guns, no worry for Australia
- 10:20 AM IST, Mar 4Australia's road to the semifinal
- 10:10 AM IST, Mar 4India's road to the semi-final
- 10:00 AM IST, Mar 4Hello all! Welcome to the Champions Trophy knockouts!
IND vs AUS, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: KL Rahul finished off a chase that was masterminded with surgical precision by Virat Kohli. India have thus gone through to the final of the 2025 Champions Trophy by beating Australia, a side that has given them nightmares in big matches in recent years, by four wickets in Dubai. They face either New Zealand or South Africa in the final on Sunday....Read More
Hardik Pandya, or should we say Hardik 'clutch' Pandya earlier took India on the brink of a famous win by his barrage of sixes. He was dismissed for a 28 off 24 balls but not before he had done the job. Virat Kohli fells completely against the run of play. He picked up the wrong one from Adam Zampa, but failed to clear the man at long-on. The Aussies were cock-a-hoop. Indians not so much. Kohli walks away with a look on his face that every Indian fan can relate to at the moment. KL Rahul is disappointed, and he makes it a point to convey it to Kohli.
Rahul took up the aggressor's role, beginning to score at a strike-rate of near about 100, allowing Kohli to take his time and play accordingly at the other end. Kohli was well-set, and in the company of Rahul took India past the 200-run mark. India still have five wickets left in their kitty as we enter the final 10 overs of the match. For the first time in their chase, India's run-rate has escalated a bit, rising to 6 but nothing alarming given the batting they still have.
Rahul joined Kohli after Axar Patel missed a pull shot and heard the dreaded sound of timber to end what turned out to be a promising partnership of 44 runs. Shreyas Iyer, who was looking so good, and put on a partnership of 91 runs with Kohli, was undone by a ripper from Adam Zampa. He was clean bowled by the Aussie leg-spinner after Australia's Glenn Maxwell put Virat Kohli down. Kohli rose to the occasion to score a magnificent half-century.
Iyer and Kohli are motoring along nicely, keeping the required run-rate in check and getting the occasional boundary in between. Australia, and Cooper Connolly in particular, has made up for dropping Rohit Sharma, by dismissing the India captain for 28. Two wickets in two overs and Australia have doused India's fantastic start. Rohit missed a full ball and was given out LBW, the review not saving him. This happened shortly after Shubman Gill was cleaned up by Ben Dwarshuis.
Australia were bowled out for 264. At one stage, the reigning World Champions looked set for at least 280, if not more. But a brilliant comeback, led by Mohammed Shami's 3/48 and some able support by Varun Chakaravarthy and Ravindra Jadeja, ensured India had less than 270 to chase to book themselves a place in the Champions Trophy final.
After Steve Smith won the toss and opted to bat, Australia were rocked early, with Shami dismissing Copper Connolly for a painful duck. Travis Head, India's nemesis, struggled the initial few overs but switched gears effectively shortly after to send fears into the hearts and minds of the Indian fans. Head raced to 39 before Chakaravarthy foxed him with a wrong one to give India a much-needed breakthrough.
Smith and Marnus Labuschagne then dug in, forging a watchful 56-run partnership. However, just when their alliance began to look threatening, Ravindra Jadeja struck Marnus on the pads, getting him out of LBW. The new man in, Josh Inglis, hung around for a while before lobbing a simple catch to Virat Kohli. Australia's hopes rested on the shoulders of their captain, Smith, who scored a dogged half-century but 27 short of a hundred, missed a full toss to be castled by Shami. One brought two as in the next over Glenn Maxwell smoked a six, only to be clean bowled the next ball by Axar. Carey kept Australia ticking with a cracking fifty of his own, but Shreyas Iyer produced a brilliant piece of fielding, nailing a direct hit from the deep to run him out.
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: Fifth Champions Trophy final for India
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: There have been just three editions of this tournament in which India didn't feature in the final. India are also the joint most succesful team with two titles. The other team on that number is Australia and so if India do win the final on Sunday, they will be the single most succesful team of all time in the Champions Trophy. But that's easier said than done. New Zealand and South Africa have both looked extremely good in this tournament. That should make for a cracking semi-final and it will come live from Lahore tomorrow, starting at 2.30pm IST. Do join us for the coverage of that game as well. It is goodnight for now from here!
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: Virat Kohli is the player of the match
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: No surprises there. It boiled down to being a battle of two virtuoso knock from the two GOATs on show today, Steve Smith and Virat Kohli. Smith scored 73 in 96, Kohli made 84 off 98. Both fell quite abruptly right when they were looking utterly invincible.
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: Rahul finishes it with a six! India beat Australia by 4 wickets and reach the final
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: The Aussie ghost is buried. Maxwell tosses up the first ball of the 49th over on off, Rahul charges down and sends the ball soaring over long-on for the match-winning six. He finishes unbeaten on 42 off 34, just the perfect No.6 innings from him. Ravindra Jadeja at the other end on two off one. This was as clinical a chase as it comes from India and it was anchored around the master of those situations. Just as Steve Smith earlier in the day, Virat Kohli was the glue that held the Indian chase together.
4 OUT! Pandya goes down swinging, India need six to win off 13 balls
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: This has to be among the crazier innings you would have ever seen in an ODI chase. Pandya absorbed a lot of dots but paradoxically brought India as close as they are now with some big hits. With India needing six to win, he tries to finish it off fifth ball of the 48th but gets caught at long-on.
Pandya c Maxwell b Ellis 28 (24)
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: BACK TO BACK SIXES! Pandya in a hurry, India need 12 to win off 18!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: A lot of negativity was suddenly swirling around Pandya. He has been walking gingerly ever since Rahul sent him back off the second ball of the 47th, asked him not to run a second. A dot ball fourth ball and then Pandya smashes the sccrews off the fifth ball. Then he does the same with the next.
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: SIX! BANG goes Pandya after a few dots
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: How demoralising must that be for Sangha. Four dot balls to Pandya, that requirement went from a run a ball to 36 needed from 32. And then Pandya clobbers the fifth ball back over the bowler's head for a typically mammoth six. He then runs two off the last ball and thus, eight runs come in that over after all those dots. There really is a sense of inevitability about India today.
Pandya on 11 off 12, Rahul on 32 off 28.
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: India need 36 to win from 36
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Well Kohli seems quite relaxed in the dug out, explaining what he was trying to do to Shubman Gill. Just three runs came off the 44th over by Sangha. KL Rahul seems to have put the big shots in his pocket for now, He is on 32 off 28, Hardik Pandya on three off six.
India 229/5 in 44 overs
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: OUT! VIRAT KOHLI WHAT HAVE YOU DONE! India 225/5 in 42.4 overs
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Rahul had just released pressure with some big hits but the Kohli tries to do the same out of nowhere and perishes. Is that the opening Australia were looking for? Zampa with a wrong'un outside off stump, Kohli picks it up, looking to clear long-on but he fails to do that.
Kohli c Dwarshuis b Zampa 84 (98)
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: FOUR! Rahul has decided to go for it
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Three singles and a two off the first four balls and then Rahul comes down the track and powers the fifth ball past mid-on for another four. He moves to 24 off 24, Kohli on 83 off 96.
India 217/4 in 42 overs, need 48 to win from 48
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: FOUR! Rahul with the first boundary after 39 balls
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Tanveer Sangha bowling the 41st over. Two singles off the first two balls and then Sangha overpitches the fourth ball slightly, Rahul smashes it over the bowler's head, long-off is there but he can't do much as the ball beats the fielder and goes to the boundary. He takes two off the last ball and moves to 17 in 20, Kohli on 81 off 94.
India 208/4 in 41 overs, need 57 to win from 54 balls.
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: Virat Kohli's single count crosses 50!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Virat Kohli runs a single off the third ball of the 39th by Zampa and that was his 50th of this match. At the end of that over, he takes that to 51. What can you do if a player decides to stay as calm as this? Not much, is what Australia are saying at the moment. Kohli on 79 off 89 balls at the end of that over, Rahul on nine off 13.
India 198/4 in 39 overs
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: Smith shuffling his bowlers
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Steve Smith is doing everything he can to try and not allow the batters to settle here. Connolly returns for the 36th over this time. Problem for Australia is that Kohli has settled into such a calm rhythm that he is finding the gaps to milk runs regardless of who the bowler is. Rahul has done well to keep up the good work at the other end as well. He is on two off three at the end of the 36th over, Kohli on 71 off 81.
India 183/4 in 36 overs
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: OUT! Axar cleaned up by Ellis, India 178/4 in 35 overs
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Axar swings across the line and misses the ball entirely. Well, he may have been told to approach his innings in a certain way but the question has to be asked as to whether he needed to go for that shot at this stage.
Australia still have tons of work to do, though. The new man coming in is KL Rahul, who can very much play like Kohli all day long.
Axar Patel b Ellis 27 (30)
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: FOUR! Axar motoring along, Australia just can't catch a break here
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: If Australia thought that the dismissal of Iyer as an opening, well, what must they be thinking now.
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: SIX! Axar takes on Sangha
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Just the second six of the innings after Rohit Sharma hit one inside the first five overs. He ran two off the second ball of that over and then takes a big stride outside off for the fifth. Tonks him over deep square for a six. He moves to 16 off 19 at the end of that over, Kohli on 59 off 65 balls.
India 158/3 in 31 overs
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: 30 overs gone, India 150/3
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: They are going at exactly five runs an over. Three singles in that over by Maxwell. Kohli has moved to 59 in 65 balls, Axar Patel on eight off 13. Axar has come in and tried a few big swings, wonder if he has been instructed by the team to try and get some big hits in these middle overs.
What is for sure is that India are cruising. They need 115 to win off 120 balls.
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: GONE! Iyer knocked over by Zampa, India 134/3 in 26.2 overs
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Iyer didn't pick that up at all and that is the end of the partnership. It produced 91 runs for India in 111 balls. Pitched on off and skids on, Iyer tries to go square through the off side. Doesn't get anything on it and the ball takes his stumps. He misses out on a half-century. Is that the opening Australia needed?
Iyer b Zampa 45 (62)
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: DROPPED! KOHLI DROPPED BY MAXWELL!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Rohit Sharma dropped twice and now Kohli dropped by the otherwise reliable Glenn Maxwell. What in the world has happened to Australia today? Kohli looks to work the last ball in the 26th over by Connolly leg side. It pops up in the air, Maxwell runs in from short cover and Connolly seemed to be going for it before pulling out last second. The ball doesn't stick into Maxwell's hands.
India 134/2 in 26 overs, need 131 to win from 24 overs
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: FOUR! Fifty for Kohli
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Oh we are seeing the genius at work here. Iyer takes a single off the first ball of the 25th in which Zampa has been brought back. Then Kohli runs two with a wonderful shot through covers. Two more singles after that and then Zampa sends in a drag-down, Kohli pulls it through square leg. He has got to his fifty in 53 balls.
He finishes on 50 off 54 balls at the end of that over, Iyer on 43 off 56.
India 131/2 in 25 overs
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: 7 risk-free runs in the 23rd over
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Iyer scooped two of the deliveries in that over by Maxwell, and even those were completely risk-free runs. It has been four overs since the last boundary but who cares about that. Five singles and a two off that 23rd over by Maxwell, Australia just not being able to stop these two from rotating strike at the moment. Iyer on 39 off 51, Kohli on 40 off 47.
India need 148 to win in 162 balls
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: Kohli-Iyer stand crosses 50!
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Smith throws the ball to Glenn Maxwell for the 21st over. Australia are caught in a real vortex here. Kohli and Iyer perfectly happy to knock the ball around and pick the singles and they are able to do it with ease at the moment.
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: Drinks after the 19th over, India 93/2 in 19 overs
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: It is all quiet at the moment but don't let that fool you. Australia are right now caught slap bang in the middle of a typical Kohli ODI chase. India's run rate has stayed somewhere around 5, sometimes dipping below that and going above that, throughout the last nine overs. Their required rate is 5.54. Kohli has waltzed to 26 off 36, Iyer at the other end on 29 off 38.
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: Tanveer Sangha brought in by Smith
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Australia need multiple wickets here as quickly as possible. However, thus far they have hardly come close to getting even one. Now here comes the 23-year-old Tanveer Sangha, playing just his third ODI.
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: Big appeal for LBW but Kohli survives
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: That is probably the first time since the end of the powerplay that either of these two batters has looked even remotely in trouble. Last ball of the 15th over by Zampa, a wrong'un that Kohli doesn't read. He misses it entirely and the Aussies appeal. The umpire shakes his head and replays showed that the ball was missing leg stump. Kohli is on 18 off 28, it must be worrying for Australia just how assured he is looking out there. Iyer on 19 off 22.
India 75/2 in 15 overs
IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: Kohli, Iyer lower the anchor
India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: India need a big partnership here and so they wouldn't mind Kohli and Iyer eating up a few deliveries. And well, they aren't really doing that. Both batters picking off singles with ease in the first three overs after powerplay, each of which have gone for three runs.
Kohli on 14 off 21 at the end of the 13th over, Iyer on 12 off 17.
India 64/2 in 13 overs
