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Dubai55 minutes agoAuthor: Bikram Pratap Singh
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India defeated Australia by 4 wickets in the first semi -finals of the Champions Trophy. On Tuesday, Team India achieved a target of 265 runs by losing 6 wickets in 48.1 overs. With India’s victory, it was decided that the Champions Trophy final would be played in Dubai.
On Tuesday, Virat Kohli scored 84 runs on 98 balls at Dubai International Stadium. Kohli partnered 91 runs on 111 balls for the third wicket with Shreyas Iyer. Which proved to be decisive in the match.
Apart from Kohli, KL Rahul (42 not out), Shreyas Iyer (45 runs) and Hardik Pandya (28 runs) also played important innings. Mohammed Shami took 3 wickets for 48 runs with the ball. Kohli was the player of the match.
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Match analysis in 5 points
1. Player of the Match: Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli was adjudged Player of the Match. Kohli scored 84 runs on 98 balls. 5 fours were involved in this innings. Kohli came to bat on a score of 30 runs. He made 3 big partnerships. He added 91 with Shreyas Iyer, 44 with Akshar Patel and 47 with KL Rahul. These partnerships made the run chase easier. Kohli was out on a score of 225 runs.
2. Hero of victory
- KL Rahul: Put an unbeaten 42 -run innings. After Kohli was dismissed at the score of 225 runs, Hardik Pandya shared a 34 -run partnership on 31 balls and brought the team close to the target. Then, along with Ravindra Jadeja, won the team. He won India by hitting a six.
- Shreyas Iyer: He played an important innings of 45 runs on 62 balls. He shared a 91 -run partnership with Virat Kohli and saved the Indian innings from disintegrating in the run chase. This partnership made run chase easy.
- Hardik Pandya: Hardik came after Virat Kohli was dismissed. He won the team by scoring 28 runs on 24 balls fast.
- Mohammed Shami: Opener Cooper Konoli (Zero) gave Australia an early blow. Then he bowled Steve Smith (73 runs), who has made a fifty. Finally, Nathan Ellis (10 runs) was sent to the pavilion.
3. Fighter of the Match
Steve Smith was a fighter of the match from Australia. He scored 73 runs on 96 balls. After the dismissal of Cooper Konoli for 4 runs, he landed and took 4 important partnerships to Australia around 200. Smith partnered 50 with Travis Head, 56 with Marnas Labushen, 34 with Josh English and 54 runs with Alex Carry.
4. Turning point
Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer’s partnership proved to be the turning point of the match. Both the openers of Team India, which are chasing 265 runs, had returned to the pavilion. In such a situation, Virat Kohli shared a 91 -run partnership with Shreyas Iyer on 111 balls. This partnership put India forward in the run chase.
5. Match report
At the Dubai International Stadium, the Australian team won the toss and selected the batting. The team scored 264 runs with the help of captain Steve Smith (73 runs) and Alex Carrie (61 runs). Mohammed Shami took 3 wickets from the Indian team. Varun Chakraborty and Ravindra Jadeja took 2–2 wickets.
India won by losing 6 wickets in 48.1 overs in a counter -innings. Virat Kohli scored 84, Shreyas Iyer scored 45 and KL Rahul scored 42 runs. Nathan Ellis and Adam Jampa got 2–2 wickets. Read match updates …