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1st Semi-Final, Dubai, March 04, 2025, 02:30 PM

1 flag safari Australia
264/10(49.3ov)
4 flag safari India
107/2(21.3ov)

IND need 158 runs in 171 balls

IND 88%

Tie 2%

AUS 10%

Batsmen
R
B
4S
6S
SR
32
45
3
0
71.11
37
44
3
0
84.09
Bowler
O
R
W
Econ
2.3
14
0
5.60
Commentry
21.3
.
No run.
21.2
1
Back of a length, just outside off, Virat cuts it past cover-point for a single.
21.1
.
On a good length, spins away from middle, Virat Kohli hangs back and punches it to the right of the bowler. Sangha dives to his right and intercepts.
In over# 21
0
1
1
0
0
1
Glenn Maxwell 3/0(1)
20.6
.
Flat, outside off, on a fullish length, Shreyas backs away and cuts it late to short third.
20.5
1
Drags the length, on the pads, Virat Kohli tickles it through short fine leg and takes a single.
20.4
1
Slower and fuller around off, Shreyas Iyer shuffles across and scoops it over short fine leg for a single. Tanveer Sangha cuts it off to his right.
20.3
.
Flat and quick, on off, Shreyas Iyer taps it across with soft hands to the leg side.
20.2
.
Dishes out on a fuller length, in front of the sticks, pushed back to the bowler.
20.1
1
Pushed through, fuller and on the stumps, Virat Kohli drills it along the ground to long on for a single.
After 20 overs, India are 103/2. At the same stage, Australia were 105/2. Here's Glenn Maxwell.
In over# 20
1
2
4
1
1
1
Tanveer Sangha 13/0(2)
19.6
1
Outside off, dabbed towards short third for a run. 10 from the over. Tanveer Sangha's figures read 2-0-13-0.
19.5
2
Sangha now follows it up with a shorter ball and Kohli, expecting it, is right back in his crease. Works it through mid-wicket and gets a couple.
19.4
4
FOUR! That's a bad ball. A full toss, down the leg sid,e 88.3 kph, Virat Kohli gets down and sweeps it to the right of short fine leg. 100 UP FOR INDIA, 165 more needed from 182 balls. Kohli moves to 31 (38) with his third boundary.
19.3
1
Another single! Flighted, on the fuller side again and around off, eased on the up and through wide mid off for one.
19.2
1
These two just keeping the scoreboard ticking here. Floated up, full again and on the pads, Kohli clips it away through square leg and picks up another single.
19.1
1
Tossed up, nice and full on off, Iyer gets on the front foot and pushes it down to long off for a single.
DRINKS BREAK. Inexperience is seen writ large in the Aussie bowling attack. They got the first two wickets but since then, have just not been able to put any kind of pressure on India. Both, Kohli and Iyer are calmly milking the singles and also getting the boundaries in between. The required rate is just a shade above 5.5 and unless Australia pick up quick wickets, that required rate is not going to trouble the batters much. The pitch has slowed down slightly and because of the cool breeze in evening conditions, under the floodlights, the ball is swinging a touch as well. But nothing alarmingly. The problem for Smith is - every time he throws the ball to someone, it is in more of a hope of a wicket than a demand of a wicket, as opposed to the norm, in the presence of Cummins, Starc or Hazlewood.
In over# 19
1
1
0
1
2
0
Ben Dwarshuis 28/1(5)

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