Champions Trophy 2025: Team India qualify for the finals after registering their biggest win in chase against Australia in ICC events. They won the game by 4 wickets at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai. Now I will share the details of this game match in my way.
1st Semi-Final (India Vs Australia)
Game Date: 4th March 2025
Details: Australia skipper Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bat first in the 1st semi-final game against Team India of Champions Trophy at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai. No changes in Team India playing XI.
🚨 Toss News 🚨
Australia have elected to bat against #TeamIndia in the #ChampionsTrophy Semi-Final!
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— BCCI (@BCCI) March 4, 2025
🚨 A look at #TeamIndia's Playing XI 🔽
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— BCCI (@BCCI) March 4, 2025
Australia bowled out for 264 runs in 49.3 overs after batting first. So this is how they fared against the spinners – 34 overs | 2 maidens | 176 runs | 5 wickets. They definitely batted better than New Zealand, but the pitch was better to bat on as well. Opting to bat, Australia lost young Connolly for a duck. Head got a reprieve on 0 and got off to a slow start but he was quick to make up for it as he took the attack to the Indian bowlers. He tried to do the same against Varun Chakravarthy and paid the price as he was dismissed for 39. Captain Smith top-scored with 73 and was involved in three half-century partnerships. But every time his team tried to up the ante, India managed to pick a wicket. Carey played a lovely innings walking in at 144/4. He was batting at the right tempo and toyed with the field against the spinners. But Australia lost a bit of momentum after Smith’s downfall who was cleaned up by a low full toss from Shami. At one stage, 300 was certainly on but Rohit rotated his bowlers well to restrict the Aussies to 264. Not a daunting total but definitely competitive in a semi-final. India will fancy their chances to chase this down against an inexperienced Australian bowling attack. But if the pitch starts to take more turn, you never know. Skipper Steve Smith scored 73 runs of 96 balls and Alex Carey scored 61 runs of 57 balls. For Team India, Mohammed Shami picked 3 wickets for 48 runs in his 10 overs quota.
Innings Break!
A fine bowling performance from #TeamIndia as Australia are all out for 2⃣6⃣4⃣
Over to our batters 🙌
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/HYAJl7biEo#INDvAUS | #ChampionsTrophy pic.twitter.com/79GlEOnuB1
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 4, 2025
Team India chased down the target by scoring 267/6 in 48.1 overs and qualify for the finals of Champions Trophy. A cracking game of cricket. Both teams picked a lot of spinners as it was a dry pitch. But it played much better than the New Zealand game. There was something in it to keep everyone interested. And, there were a lot of similarities between the two innings. Connolly and Gill perished cheaply. Head and Rohit got a couple of reprieves and went after the bowlers before falling to spin (Varun Chakaravarthy and Connolly respectively). Smith-Labuschagne and Kohli-Shreyas batted sensibly against spin with plenty of singles and doubles. Carey took pressure off Smith while Axar did something similar for Kohli. The bowlers picked a wicket every time a partnership started to look threatening. Smith looked to play an expansive shot and fell for 73, while Kohli who looked set to ace another chase holed out in the deep on 84. So what was the difference between the two teams? Australia’s inexperience and India’s experience. On a pitch where strike rotation was tough, one could say that it was a good toss to lose for India as they could pace the chase well. They mixed caution with aggression perfectly. Shreyas and Kohli forged a 91-run stand and that was followed by handy contributions from the likes of Axar, Rahul and Hardik. India, throughout the chase, had the asking rate under control and hunted down the total with 11 balls to spare. Virat Kohli scored 84 of 98 balls and skipper Shreyas Iyer scored 45 runs of 62 balls. For Australia, Zampa & Ellis picked 2 wickets each.
India edge out Australia in a nervy chase to punch their ticket to the #ChampionsTrophy Final 🎫#INDvAUS 📝: https://t.co/hFrI2t8AC9 pic.twitter.com/ftpmHXJ2m4
— ICC (@ICC) March 4, 2025
AUS: 264 all out in 49.3 overs
IND: 267/6 in 48.1 overs
Match Result: India won by 4 wickets
Man of the Match: Virat Kohli
One Step Closer to 🏆
Clinical #TeamIndia overcome Australia by 4 wickets and book their spot in the final 👊
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/HYAJl7biEo#INDvAUS | #ChampionsTrophy pic.twitter.com/rFYYEd70VC
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 4, 2025
Stats
– Head-to-head: Australia are far ahead in ODIs 84-57 and in the ICC ODI competitions, they lead 10-7 but since 2020, it has been even 7-7.
– India’s only defeat at CWC 2023 came in that one game in which their spinners failed to take a single wicket (Kuldeep and Jadeja returned 0/99 in 20 overs between them).
– Rohit is the only player with 1000-plus runs in Overs 1-10 in ODIs since 2023. Of the 100 players who have scored at least 100 runs in this phase in ODIs since 2023, only Travis Head has a superior strike-rate (130.48).
– Most consecutive tosses lost by a captain in ODIs
12 – Brian Lara (West Indies, October 1998 to May 1999)
11 – Peter Borren (Netherlands, March 2011 to August 2013)
11*- Rohit Sharma (India, November 2023 to March 2025)
– India have now lost 14 consecutive tosses in a row, the longest such streak in ODIs – one that started with the CWC 2023 final between these two sides in Ahmedabad.
– Youngest players to represent Australia in ICC ODI events
20y 225d – Andrew Zesers vs India, Delhi, CWC 1987
21y 66d – Ricky Ponting vs Kenya, Visakhapatnam, CWC 1996
21y 90d – Shane Watson vs New Zealand, Colombo SSC, CT 2002
21y 194d – Cooper Connolly vs India, Dubai, CT 2025
21y 231d – Mitchell Marsh vs England, Edgbaston, CT 2013
21y 264d – Steven Smith vs Zimbabwe, Ahmedabad, CWC 2011
– Smith in ICC ODI tournament knockouts
65 vs PAK, Adelaide, CWC 2015 QF
105 vs IND, Sydney, CWC 2015 SF
56* vs NZ, Melbourne, CWC 2015 Final
85 vs ENG, Edgbaston, 2019 SF
30 vs SA, Kolkata, CWC 2023 SF
4 vs IND, Ahmedabad, CWC 2023 Final
73 vs IND, Dubai, CT 2025 SF
– The highest target successfully chased down in an ICC ODI tournament knockout game against Australia (CWC or CT) is 261 by India in the 2011 World Cup quarterfinal in Ahmedabad.
– Most catches as a fielder in ODIs
218 – Mahela Jayawardene
161 – Virat Kohli
160 – Ricky Ponting
156 – Mohammad Azharuddin
142 – Ross Taylor
– Most runs in ODI chases
8720 – Sachin Tendulkar (Avg: 42.33)
8003* – Virat Kohli (Avg: 64.54)
6115 – Rohit Sharma (Avg: 49.71)
5742 – Sanath Jayasuriya (Avg: 29.44)
5575 – Jacques Kallis (44.95)
– Kohli and Iyer as a pair in ODIs
Inns: 31
Runs: 1670
Avg: 55.66
RR: 5.88
50s/100s: 6/7
– Most 50-plus scores in ICC ODI tournaments
24 – Virat Kohli (53 innings)
23 – Sachin Tendulkar (58 innings)
18 – Rohit Sharma (42 innings)
17 – Kumar Sangakkara (56 innings)
16 – Ricky Ponting (60 innings)
– Least innings to 3000 ODI runs (India)
72 – Shikhar Dhawan
75 – Virat Kohli
78 – KL Rahul
79 – Navjot Singh Sidhu
82 – Sourav Ganguly
– Rohit Sharma becomes the first ever captain to reach the final in all four Men’s ICC tournaments
ICC World Test Championship (2023)
ODI World Cup (2023)
T20 World Cup (2024)
ICC Champions Trophy (2025)
– India have now made it to the finals of the Champions Trophy in five out of nine editions, the next best is West Indies (3 finals).
– Most ODI wins without a defeat at a venue
10 – New Zealand, Dunedin
9 – India, Dubai (10 matches, 1 tied)
7 – India, Indore
7 – Pakistan, Hyderabad (Niaz Stadium, Pakistan)
– IND vs AUS in Champions Trophy knockouts
Won by 44 runs, Dhaka, 1998 QF
Won by 20 runs, Nairobi, 2000 QF
Won by 4 wickets, Dubai, 2025 SF
– Most POTM awards in ICC ODI tournaments
10 – Sachin Tendulkar
8 – Glenn McGrath
8 – Rohit Sharma
7 – Virat Kohli
– Highest targets chased down in Champions Trophy knockouts
282 – SA vs ENG, Dhaka, 1998 QF
265 – NZ vs IND, Nairobi, 2000 Final
265 – IND vs BAN, Edgbaston, 2017 SF
265 – IND vs AUS, Dubai, 2025 SF
– 265 is also the highest target successfully chased down by a team against Australia in ICC ODI tournaments knockouts; the previous was also by India: 261 in the CWC 2011 quarterfinal in Ahmedabad.
For his 84(98) and guiding #TeamIndia in the chase, Virat Kohli is the Player of the Match 👏 👏
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/HYAJl7biEo#INDvAUS | #ChampionsTrophy | @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/Xt2GAKVIPs
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 4, 2025
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