Cricket Team India : 🇮🇳 V 🇦🇺 : SEMI-FINAL 1 : Dubai

As it happened..in Dubai SF 1 :

In those 98.1 overs :

Will India mange to retaliate for November' 23 : World Cup Final loss at Ahmedabad? Was the question.

SEMI-FINAL 1 :

Australia won the toss and elected to bat first

🇮🇳: No change

🇦🇺: Cooper Connolly, Tanveer Sangha come in for Matthew Short & Spencer Johnson

🇦🇺 Batting:

🇦🇺 Travis Head + Cooper Connolly.

🇮🇳 start with Shami and Hardik .

On second ball Shami dropped Head ...caught and bowled chance in follow through.

2 Ov : 3 Runs : Shami gave 2 & Hardik 1.

Shami strikes in his 2nd over : 4/1 : 3 Ov.

Connolly ct KL Rahul B Shami 0(9).

Smith joins Head on 1* off 9 .

Head hits 11 off Hardik : 17/1 : 4 Ov and 3 boundaries off Shami and rushes to 26* off 20.

31/1 : 5 Ov.

Kuldeep Yadav starts 6th, gave 5.

Hardik gave 11 in 7th.

Head lifts Kuldeep for 6 : 53/1 : 7.2 Ov, rest 5 dot balls.

9th Ov: Wow Varun Chakravarthy strikes BIG Sends back Head back on his first ball to him caught by running in Shubman Gill on 39 off 33 : 54/2 : 8.2 Ov, at Mid-off.

Labuschagne joins Smith.Axar in 10th:5 runs.

10 Ov : 63/2 : Smith 17*, Labuschagne 1*.

Axar Patel bit unlucky in 14th , ball hits the stumps off Smith but bails doesn't come off.

Ravindra Jadeja starts 15th gave 4 : 76/2.

20 Ov : 105/2, Smith 36*,Labuschagne 24*

Shami back in 22nd over dropped Smith in his follow through on 36 : difficult chance.

Labuschagne LBW 29 B Jadeja: 110/3 : 22.3 Ov.

In form Inglis joins captain Smith 37* .

25 Ov : 125/3 : Smith 44*+ Inglis 7*.

Smith gets to 50 off 68.

Wow Jadeja gets Inglis on 11 : 144/4 : 27 Ov.

Left hander Carey in with Smith 59*.

30 Ov : 158/4 : Smith 62*, Carey 11* .

Carey very aggressive right from start, hitting spinners effortlessly.

35 Ov : 186/4 : Smith 71* (94), Carey 29*(26).

Wow...Shami gets BIG Smith , advancing and missing full toss completely bowled on 73 off 96. Maxwell joins Carey 36*.

198/5 : 36.4 Ov.

Maxwell's six off Axar Patel brings 200 and

Wow...Bowled by Axar Patel on next ball 7.

205/6 : 37.3 Ov.

2 wickets in 2 overs of Smith n Maxwell by Shami and Axar pull it bit back for India.

40 Ov : 213/6 : Carey 44* off 40.

Spinners back for India. Kuldeep + Varun.

45 Ov : 239 / 6 Carey 54* off 52.

Varun gets Dwarshuis 19 : 239/7 : 45.2 Ov.

Wow..excellent direct throw by Shreyas Iyer sents back dangerous Carey on 61 off 51.

249/8 : 47.1 Ov.

Shami gets his 3rd on his last ball:262/9:49 Ov.

Hardik Pandya wraps it with Zampa bowled.

264 all down : 49.3 Overs.

Target for India is 265. Good total considering Semi-final pressure for chase.

Labuschagne and Head and Maxwell.

Champions Trophy and CWC23 Catching.

Indian chase:

Rohit Sharma hits 7 off 1st over .

Hits 6 in second over and almost gets out at point next ball. Dropped on 13.

And again on 14 at mid-off 17/0 : 3 Ov.

Shubman Gill drags one on stumps 8(11).

5 Ov : 30/1. Virat joins Rohit 21* off 19.

Connolly - spinner starts at 42/1: 7 ov and strikes 5th ball :

Rohit gone lbw 28 of 29 : Mistimed sweep to a full length ball: 43/2: 7.2.

Shreyas Iyer in..Virat 5* off 7.

Shreyas edges one through slip.

10 Ov : 55/2 : Virat 9*, Shreyas 8*.

Adam Zampa introduced in 11th.

15 Ov : 75/2 : Virat 18*, Shreyas 19*.

20 Ov : 103/2 : Virat 34 *, Shreyas 31*.

Partnership 50 plus.

India need 162 more in 30 overs.

25 Ov: 131/2 : Virat 50* n Shreyas 43*.

India comfortable against inexperienced Australian attack , at present.

Kohli dropped on 51 by Maxwell off Connolly: 3rd catch dropped of this innings.

But Adam Zampa gets breakthrough: Shreyas Iyer bowled on 45 (62) : 134/3 : 26.2 Ov.

Axar joins Virat 51* off 56 .

30 Ov : 150/3 : Virat 59*, Axar 8*.

India need 115 off 120 balls.

35 Ov : 178 / 4 : Virat 68* n Axar bowled on 27 (30) by Ellis.

Need 87 off 90 balls. K L Rahul in.

Super fit Virat 50 singles in 78* off 88.

40 Ov : 200 / 4 : Virat 80* , KL Rahul 10*.

Need 65 from 60 balls.

KL breaking free. Charging 6 off Zampa...

but in same over Virat falls on 84 off 98 to mid-on : 225/5 : 42.4 ov. Falls at wrong time.

Hardik joins KL Rahul 31* off 26 .

Need 39 off 42. Australia desperate.

Inexperienced Australian bowlers taking it to the end...!

Hardly allowed Indian Batters to break free.

Hardik lifts Sangha for 6 after 4 dots.

45 Ov : 237/5 : Need 28 off 30 balls.

Just 1 off Ellis to Hardik in 46th over.

Need 27 off 24 now . Zampa in his 10th.

Hardik under pressure 12 off 18 so far and lifts Zampa straight for 6 and followed with a even bigger six..so he is 24 off 20 now. India need 12 off 18 .

4 off Ellis next over..Need 6 more and Hardik falls at long on 28 off 24 with 3 big sixes : 259/6 : 47.5 .

Need 4 off last 12 balls ...Almost there.

KL Rahul seals it with 6 over long on...42* off 34.

India do it with 4 wickets win n 11 balls to spare.

Bit consolation over November '23 World Cup Final loss to Australia.