ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Jasprit Bumrah posts special message for Team India as they qualify for the final

Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 with a back injury.

On Tuesday, March 4, India defeated Australia by four wickets in the first semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The Men in Blue will now face the winners of the second semi-final between South Africa and New Zealand in Dubai on March 9.

Australia made a strategic change before the game, bringing in extra spinner Tanveer Sangha in place of Spencer Johnson.

Batting first, Australia maintained a good run rate, but lost wickets at regular intervals. They got off to a flying start with Travis Head riding his luck to help the team cross the 60-run mark in the powerplay.

Steve Smith and Alex Carey led the scoring for Australia later with both of them scoring half-centuries. Smith top-scored with 73, while Carey played a quickfire knock of 61 to propel them to a competitive total of 264 runs.

India’s run chase was all about Virat Kohli. The veteran Indian batter held one end and helped the team recover from 43/2. He added 91 runs with Shreyas Iyer for the third wicket and was supported by useful contributions from Iyer and Axar in the middle overs.

KL Rahul (42*) and Hardik Pandya (28) applied the finishing touch to seal a four-wicket win and take India to their third consecutive ICC Champions Trophy final after 2013 and 2017.

Jasprit Bumrah posts special message for Team India as they qualify for the final

Following India’s win in the semi-finals, fast bowling sensation Jasprit Bumrah, who was ruled out of the tournament, took it to social media to congratulate the team with a special message on X (formerly Twitter).

Bumrah wrote “Unstoppable” reacting to India’s fourth consecutive win in the tournament.

Earlier, Bumrah was ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 due to a back injury, which he suffered during the Sydney test of Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) 2024-25.

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