The first semi-final of the ICC Championship Trophy 2025 was played between India vs Australia in Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, on March 4, 2025. Australia elected to bat first after winning the toss.
Australia tried their best and were looking for a huge score, but they could manage to put 264 runs 49.3 overs in 10 wickets. Their captain Steven Smith could add 73 runs when Mohammad Shami bowled him out. The next highest scorer was Alex Carey, who scored 61 runs in 57 balls. Mohammad Shami took 3 wickets, followed by Varun Chakravarthy and Ravindra Jadeja, who took 2 wickets each. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill had tried to give a good start to the Indian side. But Ben Dwarshuis bowled Shubmin Gill at his 8 runs, followed by Rohit Sharma by Cooper Connolly at his 28 runs. Later, Virat Kohli hit some beautiful shots and scored 84 runs in just 98 balls, helping India to chase the target of 264 runs. KL Rahul ended the inning by hitting a six, the winning shot in the spell of Glen Maxwell. Viral Kohli was declared the player of the match.
Team Squads: India vs Australia
Team India
- Rohit Sharma (c)
- Shubman Gill
- Virat Kohli
- Shreyas Iyer
- Axar Patel
- KL Rahul
- Hardik Pandya
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Mohammed Shami
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Varun Chakravarthy
Team Australia
- Travis Head
- Cooper Connolly
- Steven Smith (c)
- Marnus Labuschagne
- Josh Inglis
- Alex Carey
- Glenn Maxwell
- Ben Dwarshuis
- Adam Zampa
- Nathan Ellis
- Tanveer Sangha
The results of these matches are listed at the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 results.
Following are the remaining ten matches in total before concluding the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The complete list of matches with their schedule is listed at this link.