Ind vs Aus semifinal CT Virat Kohli's brilliant performance led to India winning by 4 wickets, 2023's revenge is complete, India defeated Australia and knocked them out of CT

 India in the final after defeating Australia

On the basis of Virat Kohli's brilliant innings, India defeated Australia and made it to the final of the Champions Trophy. With this, India has also avenged its defeat in the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup against Australia. The Indian team has reached the final while remaining unbeaten in the tournament. This is the third consecutive time that India has managed to make it to the title match of the limited overs format ICC tournament. India had earlier made it to the finals of the 2023 ODI World Cup, 2024 T20 World Cup and now it has also managed to reach the title match of the Champions Trophy.

In this match, Australia captain Steve Smith decided to bat first and scored 264 runs in 49.3 overs. Chasing the target, Kohli once again proved to be the chase master and scored 84 runs in 98 balls with the help of five fours, with the help of which India won the match by scoring 267 runs for six wickets in 48.1 overs. Chasing the target, India did not have a good start and lost two wickets for 43 runs. After this, Kohli along with Shreyas Iyer shared a 91-run partnership for the third wicket and took charge of India. Shreyas, however, missed out on a half-century and was dismissed after scoring 45 runs off 62 balls with the help of three fours. Despite Shreyas' dismissal, Kohli remained at the crease and took India close to victory. Kohli was moving towards a century, but lost his wicket while trying to play a big shot off Adam Zampa's ball. After Kohli's dismissal, KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya took charge. Hardik batted aggressively and brought India very close to victory. When the team needed to score six runs to win, Hardik was dismissed while trying to play a big shot. Hardik was dismissed after scoring 28 runs off 24 balls with the help of one four and three sixes. After Hardik was out, KL Rahul led the team to victory by hitting a six off Maxwell's ball. With this, India has reached the final of the Champions Trophy for the third consecutive time. Earlier, the team had managed to reach the title match of the Champions Trophy in 2013 and 2017 as well. Rahul remained unbeaten after scoring 42 runs in 34 balls with the help of two fours and two sixes, while Jadeja also remained unbeaten after scoring two runs. From Australia's side, Nathan Ellis and Adam Zampa took two wickets each, while Ben Dwarshuis and Cooper Connolly got one wicket each.

Kohli missed his century

Indian team has suffered its fifth blow in the form of Virat Kohli. Kohli was slowly moving towards a century but lost his wicket while trying to hit a big shot on Adam Zampa's ball. Kohli was out after scoring 84 runs with the help of 5 fours in 98 balls. India has scored 226 runs for the loss of 5 wickets by the end of 43 overs and it still needs 39 runs in 42 balls to win. Currently KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya are present at the crease.

Australia's innings ends

Australia has set a target of 265 runs for India in the semi-final match with the help of half-centuries from captain Steve Smith and Alex Carey. Australia won the toss and batted first and scored 264 runs in 49.3 overs with the help of Smith's 73 runs off 96 balls and Alex Carey's 61 runs off 57 balls. For India, fast bowler Mohammed Shami took the maximum three wickets, while Varun Chakraborty and Ravindra Jadeja got two wickets each. At the same time, Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel got one success each.

Shami gave India the first success by dismissing Connolly. After this, Travis Head tried to handle the team by playing some aggressive shots, but Varun Chakraborty gave India a big success by dismissing Head. After this, Smith formed a partnership with Marnus Labuschagne. Smith kept taking the innings forward from one end and also kept an eye on the run rate. However, wickets also kept falling at the other end. After Smith was out, Alex Carey took charge and batted aggressively.