AUS vs IND Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, Champions Trophy 2025

1st Semi-Final • Dubai

AUS

264 (49.3)

IND

267/6 (48.1)

IND won by 4 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Date & Time

04 Mar, 02:30 PM IST

Venue

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

TV/Streaming

Star Sports

Match

1st Semi-Final,

ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand), Richard Illingworth (England), Michael Gough (England, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Toss

Australia elected to bat

Pitch Report

Gentle breeze across the ground. Absolutely no chance of rain. 77 meters straight, 69 meters and 62 meters square on either side. The pitch looks bare. Bat first if you win the toss. But the major challenge for the Aussies is how they tackle the Indian spinners. They were very accurate and wicket-to-wicket against New Zealand. Average first innings score here in the competition is just 239.

1st Innings

221Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

76.65Avg SR

2nd Innings

195Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

78.67Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

IND

5- 5

AUS

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

IND

AUS

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Shreyas Iyer

IND . BAT

150 Runs

3 Matches

Shubman Gill

IND . BAT

149 Runs

3 Matches

Virat Kohli

IND . BAT

133 Runs

3 Matches

Top Bowlers

Ben Dwarshuis

AUS . BOWL

6 Wkts

2 Matches

Varun Chakravarthy

IND . BOWL

5 Wkts

1 Match

Kuldeep Yadav

IND . BOWL

5 Wkts

3 Matches

Playing XILineups Out

Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

R Sharma

A Patel

Expert Team 2

A Patel

H Pandya

Venue Details

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

1st Innings

221Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

76.65Avg SR

2nd Innings

195Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

78.67Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

50%Bat First Bowl First50%

Team Batting First

41%Wins Losses59%

Recent Matches on venue

12th Match, Group A • Mar 2 • ICC Champions Trophy

NZ 205/10 (45.3)

IND 249/9 (50)

IND won by 44 runs

vs live score

5th Match, Group A • Feb 23 • ICC Champions Trophy

PAK 241/10 (49.4)

IND 244/4 (42.3)

IND won by 6 wickets

vs live score

2nd Match, Group A • Feb 20 • ICC Champions Trophy

BAN 228/10 (49.4)

IND 231/4 (46.3)

IND won by 6 wickets

vs live score

Final • Sep 28 • Asia Cup

BAN 222/10 (48.3)

IND 223/7 (50)

IND won by 3 wickets

vs live score

5th Match, Super Four • Sep 25 • Asia Cup

AFG 252/8 (50)

IND 252/10 (49.5)

Match tied

vs live score

3rd Match, Super Four • Sep 23 • Asia Cup

IND 238/1 (39.3)

PAK 237/7 (50)

IND won by 9 wkts (63b rem)

vs live score

1st Match, Super Four • Sep 21 • Asia Cup

BAN 173/10 (49.1)

IND 174/3 (36.2)

IND won by 7 wickets

vs live score

5th Match, Group A • Sep 19 • Asia Cup

IND 164/2 (29)

PAK 162/10 (43.1)

IND won by 8 wickets

vs live score

4th Match, Group A • Sep 18 • Asia Cup

HKG 259/8 (50)

IND 285/7 (50)

IND won by 26 runs

vs live score

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

IND

AUS

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

IND

5- 5

AUS

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

253

Average Score

192

356/10

Highest Score

356/5

138/10

Lowest Score

107/10

Player of the Match Virat Kohli

84(98)

AUS

IND

Info

Australia

264/10 (49.3)

Batters

Travis Head

118.18

c Gill b Chakravarthy

Cooper Connolly

0.00

c Rahul b Shami

Steven Smith

(C)

76.04

b Shami

Marnus Labuschagne

80.56

lbw b Jadeja

Josh Inglis

91.67

c Kohli b Jadeja

Alex Carey

107.02

runout (Iyer)

Glenn Maxwell

140.00

b Patel

Ben Dwarshuis

65.52

c Iyer b Chakravarthy

Adam Zampa

58.33

b Pandya

Nathan Ellis

142.86

c Kohli b Shami

Tanveer Sangha

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 7)

TOTAL

(49.3 Ov, RR: 5.33)

264/10

Bowlers

EXT

Mohammed Shami

4.80

Hardik Pandya

5.3

7.27

5.50

4.90

5.38

5.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Cooper Connolly

c Rahul b Shami

1-4

2.6

Travis Head

c Gill b Chakravarthy

2-54

8.2

Marnus Labuschagne

lbw b Jadeja

3-110

22.3

Josh Inglis

c Kohli b Jadeja

4-144

26.6

Steven Smith

b Shami

5-198

36.4

Glenn Maxwell

b Patel

6-205

37.3

Ben Dwarshuis

c Iyer b Chakravarthy

7-239

45.2

Alex Carey

runout (Iyer)

8-249

47.1

Nathan Ellis

c Kohli b Shami

9-262

48.6

Adam Zampa

b Pandya

10-264

49.3

India

267/6 (48.1)

Batters

Rohit Sharma

(C)

96.55

lbw b Connolly

Shubman Gill

72.73

b Dwarshuis

Virat Kohli

85.71

c Dwarshuis b Zampa

Shreyas Iyer

72.58

b Zampa

Axar Patel

90.00

b Ellis

KL Rahul *

123.53

Not out

Hardik Pandya

116.67

c Maxwell b Ellis

Ravindra Jadeja

200.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(48.1 Ov, RR: 5.54)

267/6

Did not Bat

Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy

Bowlers

EXT

5.57

4.90

4.63

6.00

6.83

6.1

5.68

Travis Head

6.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Shubman Gill

b Dwarshuis

1-30

4.6

Rohit Sharma

lbw b Connolly

2-43

7.5

Shreyas Iyer

b Zampa

3-134

26.2

Axar Patel

b Ellis

4-178

34.6

Virat Kohli

c Dwarshuis b Zampa

5-225

42.4

Hardik Pandya

c Maxwell b Ellis

6-259

47.5

Match Info

Date & Time

04 Mar, 02:30 PM IST

Venue

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

TV/Streaming

Star Sports

Match

1st Semi-Final,

ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand), Richard Illingworth (England), Michael Gough (England, TV)

Referee

Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)

Toss

Australia elected to bat

0 1 0 0 0 0

Over 46

Runs: 1

1 1 1 0 6 6

Over 47

Runs: 15

1 0 1wd 4 0 W 2

Over 48

Runs: 8

Over 49

Runs: 6

All Overs

Player of the Match Virat Kohli

84(98)

Commentary

India vs New Zealand or India vs South Africa, whom will the Men in Blue face in the summit clash of the tournament? We will leave that up to the cricketing gods to decide. As of now, revel in the winning moment and enjoy the feeling while it lasts. This has been Lavil Saldanha signing off on behalf of Rajarshi Das. Tune in tomorrow, March 5, to watch the second semi-final between New Zealand and South Africa. Till then, keep checking Sportskeeda for the latest in the world of sports as we take your leave, SEE YA!

Rohit Sharma (captain, India): Till the last ball is bowled, nothing is certain. I felt that it was a decent total at the halfway mark and I thought we were clinical with the bat in hand. (On the surface) It looked better, but that has been the nature of the surfaces. We played better today and the batters we had, it was about playing good cricket and understanding the situation rather than reading too much into the wicket. Leave it up to them to make their own decisions. (On batting depth)That's something that I wanted to have and at the same time, get batting till number 8. This is something we discussed at length and credit goes to everyone who was involved in making the team. With six bowling options, you can choose whatever you want for the batters and their match-ups. (On Virat Kohli's contributions) He has done it for us for so many years, we wanted the big partnership and the small partnerships. The shots in the end by Hardik were really good. When you play in the finals, you want everyone to be in form and make an impact in the games they did before. That gives us confidence heading into the finals, we will put on our thinking caps when we play. (On finalists) Both are good teams but we will keep an eye on it. I want the guys to have some rest and try to relax tomorrow

Steve Smith (captain, Australia): I thought the bowlers did a fine job, they worked hard and the spinners also squeezed. It was a tough wicket to pick up runs as well. Credit to India. There was two pace-ness in the wicket and the ball stuck a bit. Having said that, I felt we were a few runs short and lost one too many wickets. The bowling attack did a fine job throughout, the batters also did well and also played well against England. They will get better as things go on

Virat Kohli is the Player Of The Match! Here's what he has to say: Pretty similar to the other day against Pakistan. Just about understanding the conditions, rotating strike, because partnerships are the most important thing. My effort on both days was to do so, when I got out the plan was to get 20 more and try to finish it off in a couple overs. Usually I follow the template but sometimes you can't execute it how you want to. The pitch tells me how to play out the innings. The composure at the crease, I was happy knocking ones around. As a batsman, when you start taking pride in hitting those singles into the gaps, that's when you know you are batting well and settle the nerves down a little bit. That was the most pleasing factor today and against Pakistan. This game is all about pressure, if you go deep into the innings with wickets in hand the opposition gives in. The game becomes easier. Important to control your impulses, for me its important to know the number of overs and runs left, even if the gap's 25-30 and it comes to six an over I'm not bothered, as long we have 6 wickets in hand. I'm never focused on those things - when you don't think of those milestones they happen along the way, for me it's about taking pride for the team. If the hundred comes, good, if not, there's a happy dressing room when you win. For me, these things do not matter anymore.

8:07 pm local time, 9:07 pm IST: India beat Australia by four wickets and advance into the finals of Champions Trophy 2025

India: 267/6 in 48.1 overs
Virat Kohli: 84(98b) | Nathan Ellis: 2/49 (10 overs)
Shreyas Iyer: 45(62b) | Adam Zampa: 2/60 (10 overs)

India win and book their place in the finals of the Champions Trophy. Talk about chasing a total down in some tricky circumstances. They took on the World Champions and managed to come out on top. Kudos to Australia, despite a depleted unit they have put on a show and come so far, but will have to go back empty-handed.

The chase was off to a shaky start, with Shubman Gill being knocked over cheaply. Rohit Sharma was getting in his groove in the middle but his aggressive intent became his very reason for the loss of his wicket as he was dismissed after being well set. Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer joined forces in the middle and together the pair put together 91 runs for the third wicket. Iyer looked to take down Adam Zampa but then lost his wicket.

Virat Kohli stayed in the middle, and just like he strung a partnership with Iyer, he and Axar Patel batted well for the fourth wicket as well, scoring 44 runs. Following Axar's dismissal, KL Rahul walked out to the middle and added 47 runs for the fifth wicket, before Kohli lost his wicket looking to up the ante. In the end, Rahul and Hardik Pandya managed to hunt down Australia by scoring some fine boundaries, with KL Rahul ending the game with a maximum and sending India into the finals of the Champions Trophy.

Australia will know their bowling unit came short of the total put on board but will take pride in their performance after managing to put on a fight against India despite not having their premier bowlers in the line-up. Nathan Ellis bowled a fine spell and constantly put pressure on the Indians by using his variations nicely. Adam Zampa was a bit expensive in his final over but managed two wickets in the game. Ben Dwarshuis and Cooper Connolly picked up a wicket each, adding some support to the bowling unit. Tanveer Sangha succumbed to the pressure of the big stage and was the only bowler who was a bit expensive.

2000, 2002, 2013, 2017, and now 2025. India advances into the finals for the fifth time in the tournament's history. This unit has done a fine job with the bat in hand and have batted really well in this chase. They also chase the highest total in knockouts against Australia. We have the venue for the final with that as well!

48.1 Glenn Maxwell to KL Rahul, DONE, DUSTED, and India march into their fifth ICC Champions Trophy final! Maxwell tosses this one up outside off, almost inviting Rahul to go for that glory shot. Rahul obliges - he runs down the wicket, gets right under the ball and heaves it over the cow corner boundary. Yet another clinical performance by the Men In Blue - they've been so throughout the tournament. The final hurdle is all that remains now!

Glenn Maxwell [6-0-35-0] comes back into the attack

Pandya looked to finish the match in style and hit the ball a bit too well to find the man in the deep. Nonetheless, he did his job to perfection and brought India closer to the win and to the finals as well. India need 4 runs to win in 12 balls

overs

261 /6 score

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