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India vs Australia Semi-Final LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025: Travis Head Makes India Pay After Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja's Big Misses
India vs Australia LIVE Updates, ICC Champions Trophy Semi-Final 2025: Travis Head got twin lives and he is now making India pay for it with his fiery knock.
India vs Australia Semi-Final Champions Trophy 2025 LIVE Updates: Travis Head got twin lives as Mohammed Shami dropped his catch in the very first over, while Ravindra Jadeja missed a chance to run the batter out in the fourth over. The misses are costing India big as Travis Head is now playing a fiery knock. One-down Australia are on their way to recovery during their Champions Trophy semi-final match vs India in Dubai. The Rohit Sharma-led side is playing with an unchanged XI, while Australia hace made two changes. They included Cooper Connolly and Tanvir Sangha for Matthew Short and Spencer Johnson. (LIVE SCORECARD)
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Hardik Pandya changes ends, as Shami is taken off the attack. Second ball, Steve Smith goes after him. Lofts it over square leg, first 4 for the captain.
Travis Head and Steve Smith try to sneak in a quick single, but the ball went to Ravindra Jadeja. He fires at the non-striker's end, but misses the stumps. Direct hit, and Head would've been gone.
Steve Smith - captain Steve Smith - is out to bat. Meanwhile, massive pressure continues on Travis Head. Hardik treats him with a bouncer to start off the 4th over, but it's called a wide.
India were really piling on the pressure there. Only 4 runs for Australia so far, three of them have been wides. Barely any delivery where Australia have managed to put bat on ball.
Some good deliveries by Hardik there. Testing Head, forces 6 dots out of the marauding left-hander. Just the wide ball in that over, only 1 run comes off it.
Oh, Travis Head almost edged that one. Head's edge comes back towards Shami, the pacer throws a hand at it, but cannot hold on. Early opening for Team India.
Jake Fraser-McGurk still does not get into Australia's XI. Cooper Connolly has been brought into the 15-man squad and thrown into the mix straight away.
Eyes on Tanveer Sangha as well, who will partner Adam Zampa. Glenn Maxwell and Travis Head can also roll their arm.
Varun Chakravarthy. Kuldeep Yadav. Ravindra Jadeja. Axar Patel. We could have 40 overs of high quality spin from Team India today. India are backing their biggest strength to the tilt!
Team India have now lost 14 tosses in a row! An unbelievable stat.
"When in two minds, it is better to lose the toss," said Rohit Sharma, stating that he wasn't sure whether to bat or bowl. As it stands, India will bowl first today.
Cooper Connolly, Travis Head, Steven Smith (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Tanveer Sangha.
Team India have stuck with the exact XI from the New Zealand game. Varun Chakravarthy will be part of the XI after his 5-wicket haul, and Harshit Rana misses out.
Cooper Connolly has been drafted into the Australia XI, while Tanveer Sangha comes in as a spin option in place of Spencer Johnson. Focus on spin is obvious!
'Win the toss, bat first' is the advice from Michael Atherton and Ramiz Raja on the pitch report. The track has a fair few cracks and should be good for the spinners, they say.
Australia have a huge selection headache of their own. Opener Matt Short has been ruled out due to injury, with Cooper Connolly brought into the 15-man squad.
IND vs AUS LIVE: 'Fat-shaming' controversy around Rohit
Rohit Sharma has been drawn into the centre of a body-shaming saga by politicians just a day ahead of the Champions Trophy semi-final. It is unwanted controversy ahead of a big game, but it should not affect Team India's preparation.
One has to feel for Harshit Rana if he misses out. The young pacer was brought into the squad despite relative inexperience, but has performed admirably, taking 4 wickets in two games.
There is no doubt that Harshit adds a lot of quality with the old ball. However, does Varun's qualities outweigh that? It will be a big headache for Rohit, Gambhir and co.
Varun Chakravarthy was brought into India's 15-man Champions Trophy squad as a last-minute trump card, and boy has he proven his worth. One game, 5 wickets. The perfect impression against New Zealand. Ex-selector Sarandeep Singh believes he is a must.
"It is important to give Varun Chakravarthy a chance. In Australia's middle order, there are no good players who can play the spin well. Jadeja, Axar Patel, and Kuldeep Yadav are playing well. If Varun Chakravarthy plays this combination, things will not be easy for Australia," Sarandeep said.
IND vs AUS LIVE: Big selection dilemma ahead of Team India
The question on everyone's lips: Will Varun Chakaravarthy play? Will Harshit Rana return to the XI? Does someone like Ravindra Jadeja/Kuldeep Yadav get benched?
It is a massive debate, but India must make a tough call that could have huge ramifications.
Star batter Virat Kohli played his 300th ODI match for India against New Zealand on Sunday. However, he failed to leave a mark as he was dismissed for 11. Kohli will now aim to bounce back in style against Australia in the semi-final match. He gave a testament of his fiery form with a powerful century against Pakistan.
IND vs AUS Live: Only 1 proper spinner for Australia
Australia have only one genuine spinner in Adam Zampa, while hoping for part-timers Glenn Maxwell and Travis Head to deliver the goods. Matthew Short has been ruled out of the tournament with a calf injury and it has also robbed the already creaking Australian bowling unit of a handy spin option.
The Indian spin quartet of Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel walked away with nine New Zealand wickets, but they applied the pressure consistently to earn their rewards. They delivered 128 dot balls in the 39 overs bowled between them as the Kiwis struggled to break free, a sequence eventuating in a flurry of wickets. Even the dismissal of an otherwise stoic Kane Williamson had a touch of desperation as his shimmy against Axar ended in a stumping by KL Rahul.
Champions Trophy 2025 Live: Injury replacement for Australia
Australia have called up spin-bowling all-rounder Cooper Connolly to replace injured opener Matt Short in their Champions Trophy squad. Short sustained a quad injury against Afghanistan and was unable to recover in time for the knockout stages, forcing Australia to make the late change.