India vs Australia Highlights, WCL 2025: Chawla, Dhawan heroics in vain as Ferguson seals 4-wicket win for AUS Champs

India Champions were sloppy on the field and missed catches too many in the deep and that allowed Callum Ferguson to run away with the match by scoring a brilliant 70 not out off 38 balls. The India Champions are definitely out of the semifinal race. Tomorrow they play the England Champions.

Meanwhile, in the second match of the day, Pakistan Champions take on West Indies Champions. The news from there is that Pakistan Champions have won the toss and have opted to bat first.

Irfan Pathan starts off with a wide. Single off the first ball. The second ball in the slot and Quiney smashes it over mid-wicket for a six. Follows it up with a no-ball and a free hit which is a single. Callum Ferguson back on strike.

Pathan then bowls in the hitting arc as Ferguson hits it for a six. Australia Champions win the match by 4 wickets. A bad call to hand the ball to Irfan Pathan to bowl the last over.

Callum Ferguson will be key for AUS Champs with them requiring 13 runs from the final over. Indians would feel aggrieved after the last ball from Vinay Kumar was given wide, it looked well inside the line. And that extra ball went for a boundary.

Irfan Pathan to bowl the 20th over. This will be his first over in the match.

Harbhajan Singh comes on to bowl at this crucial juncture of the match. Ben Cutting up for the challenge takes on the veteran offspinner by hitting him for two back-to-back sixes, one over the square leg and the next over deep midwicket.

But then Harbhajan had the final laugh with Cutting top edging one to Uthappa. This is anybody's game. Rob Quiney is the impact player for Brett Lee.

AUS Champs 178/6 in 18 overs.

OUT! Vinay Kumar gets the big break by dismissing Dan Christian first ball, caught in deep mid-wicket for 39. The partnership of 90 runs finally comes to an end.

AUS Champs 156/5 in 16.1 overs.

Siddarth Kaul gives away a big over, 17 runs off it with Callum Ferguson taking him to the cleaners by hitting him for two sixes and two fours. The partnership now worth 80 runs. India Champions badly need wickets with Ferguson and Christian running away with the game.

The Indians are to blame themselves for dropping too many catches in the deep.

Dan Christian and Callum Ferguson have brought Australia Champions back on track by putting up an unbeaten fifty-run stand. Chawla goes for runs in his final over by conceding 17 runs. He had Ferguson in the over if Kaul had not spilled the catch at mid-wicket. Chawla finishes his spell with figures of 3 for 36.

AUS Champs 128 for 4 in 14 overs.

Vinay Kumar back into the attack and concedes 16 runs in the over. Is this the big over the Aussies were eyeing? Gurkeerat Mann had a chance in deep midwicket but spills. AUS Champs 106/4 in 12 overs.

Chawla starts with a flighted tossed up delivery and Callum Ferguson hits it over the cow corner for a six. Christian and Ferguson have done well so far by stitching a small partnership. India Champions have brought in Pawan Negi as their impact bowler who will be bowling his second over.

AUS Champs 86/4 in 10 overs.

Piyush Chawla picks up his third wicket by getting rid of D'Arcy Short for 20, caught brilliantly by substitute fielder Pawan Negi running backwards. AUS Champs are now four wickets down.

The run-chase started off really well until Harbhajan and Chawla put the brakes.

Spin doing the trick for India Champions as Piyush Chawla bowling his first over removes Shaun Marsh for 11. The next ball he gets Ben Dunk caught behind for a duck. Chawla on a hat-trick…but Dan Christian does well to deny the hat-trick to the legspinner. Brilliant over this from Chawla with two scalps.

At the end of powerplay, AUS Champs are 52/3.

Yusuf Pathan gets through a tidy first over by giving only seven runs, except for one boundary down the wicket by Shaun Marsh. The ball is gripping for sure.

AUS Champs 42/1 in 4 overs.

Harbhajan Singh strikes to remove Chris Lynn who was starting to look dangerous. Looking to play for the turn but gets bowled with the ball going straight and crashing on to his off stump. With two left-handers at the crease, Yusuf Pathan brought into the attack.

Chris Lynn goes berserk as he targets Siddarth Kaul. Hits him for four, six and six. Kaul goes for 20 runs in the over. Lynn targets the short deep mid-wicket boundary. Harbhajan Singh into the attack. AUS Champs 29/0 in 2 overs.

Chris Lynn hits Vinay Kumar's fourth delivery for a six straight down the ground. The Aussies have the firepower to overhaul the target. India need wickets at regular intervals to keep Australia under the pump.

Shaun Marsh and Chris Lynn are out in the middle to start off Australia Champions run chase of 204 runs. Vinay Kumar to start the proceedings for India Champions.

After two expensive overs from Coulter-Nile and Lee, the final over of the innings bowled by Peter Siddle went for only eight runs. Shikhar Dhawan scored an unbeaten 91 off 60 balls while Yusuf Pathan with his blazing knock of 52 off 23 balls powered India Champions to 203/4 in 20 overs.

Join us back for the Australia run chase in some time.

Yusuf Pathan just took Brett Lee to the cleaners with three sixes and one boundary. 26 runs from the Lee over. Meanwhile, Yusuf Pathan also brought up his fifty off 21 balls. Insane hitting! IND Champs 195/4 in 19 overs.

Nathan Coulter-Nile starts the 18th over with a six as Yusuf Pathan deposits him over mid-wicket. The third delivery he digs in short and Dhawan hits him for a six and the next ball with a cheeky boundary past the wicketkeeper. 20 runs from the over with Dhawan batting on 84. IND Champs 169/4 in 18 overs.

Yusuf Pathan now joins the party with two consecutive boundaries off Christian's first two balls. 11 runs from the over as Christian bowls out his four overs with figures of 2 for 34.

IND Champs 149/4 in 17 overs

Callum Ferguson almost pulled off a blinder at the cow corner but definitely saved valuable runs for his team. Yusuf Pathan has been happy putting Dhawan back on strike with singles. The left-hander is now looking to up the ante.

IND Champs 130/4 in 15 overs.

Shikhar Dhawan brings up his fifty with a boundary to mid-wicket region. Three balls earlier D Arcy Short removed Yuvraj Singh for 3. Dhawan would be key for India and he needs to play till the end.

The fall of Suresh Raina brings Yuvraj Singh to the crease. Both the left-handed batters will be key for IND Champs if they aspire to put a big score on the board. Dhawan batting on 46 with IND Champs 102/3 in 12 overs.

Out! Brett Lee brings himself back into the attack and strikes by getting rid of Suresh Raina for 11, caught by O'Keefe. IND Champs are three wickets down.

Nathan Coulter-Nile does well by varying his pace to Raina and Dhawan, concedes only six runs in the over. IND Champs 88/2 in 10 overs.

The Aussies have done well to pull things back after the Indians were 62/2 in the Powerplay.