The first semi-final of the Champions Trophy is being played between India and Australia at the Dubai International Stadium today. In which Australia captain Steve Smith won the toss and elected to bat first. Team India has lost its 14th consecutive toss. While Rohit Sharma has lost his 11th consecutive toss as captain.
Captain Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne are at the crease for Australia.
Varun Chakravarthy had Travis Head caught out by Shubman Gill in his first over. Head was out after scoring 39 runs. Shami gave Team India its first success. He dismissed opener Cooper Connolly for zero.
Champions Trophy Semi Final Match Playing 11 of both teams
India (IND): Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy and Mohammed Shami.
Australia (AUS): Steve Smith (captain), Travis Head, Cooper Connolly, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Hardy, Ben Dwarshai, Adam Zampa and Tanvir Sangha.
Champions Trophy Australia lost their second wicket in the ninth over. Here Travis Head was out for 39 runs. He was caught by Shubman Gill off Varun Chakravarty’s delivery. Varun was bowling the first over.
Australia’s score crosses 50 runs
The Australian team crossed the 50-run mark in the eighth over. Head hit a six on the second ball of Kuldeep Yadav’s over to take the score past 50.
Head hit 3 consecutive fours off Shami’s bowling.
Champions Trophy In the fifth over, Travis Head hit 3 consecutive fours off Shami’s delivery. He hit the third, fourth and fifth balls outside the boundary line.
Head hit 2 consecutive boundaries in Pandya’s over.
17 runs came in the fourth over of the innings. In this over from Hardik Pandya, Travis Head hit 2 consecutive boundaries, including a four and a six.
Shami sent Cooper Connolly to the pavilion.
Mohammed Shami gave India their first breakthrough in the third over of the innings. He got Cooper Connolly caught out by wicketkeeper KL Rahul on the last ball of the over. The ball outside the off stump hit the edge and went into the hands of wicketkeeper Rahul. Where he took the catch.
Shami dropped a head catch in the first over.
Mohammed Shami dropped a catch to Travis Head in the very first over of the innings. He bowled the second ball of the over at a good length. Head wanted to defend it, but the ball went to Shami as it hit the edge. Shami tried but the ball slipped out of his hand.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma said-
I was ready to bat and bowl both. When you are confused, it is better to lose the toss. The pitch keeps changing its nature. We have to play good cricket. We have played good cricket in all three Champions Trophy matches and we will try to do the same. This is going to be challenging. The team will play without any changes.
Australia captain Steve Smith said
We will bat. It looks like a very dry surface. India are a very good team. We have made two changes. Cooper Connolly in place of Matthew Short and Tanvir Sangha in place of Spencer Johnson.
India loses toss for 14th consecutive time, Australia will bat first
Australia won the toss and elected to bat. Captain Steve Smith has decided to bat first. Team India has lost the toss for the 14th consecutive time in ODIs. While Rohit Sharma has lost the toss for the 11th consecutive time as captain.