[Watch] Mohammed Shami rattles Steve Smith's stumps with a full-toss delivery at IND vs AUS semi-final clash at ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Mohammed Shami took three wickets in the semi-final clash.

The first semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 between India and Australia is shaping up to be a thrilling contest at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Batting first, Travis Head guided Australia to a decent powerplay score of 63/2 in 10 overs. Australia’s experiment to include Cooper Connolly over Jake Fraser-McGurk as a replacement for Matthew Short failed as he bagged a duck on his ICC Champions Trophy debut.

Captain Steve Smith held one end with his 73-run knock. He received solid support from Marnus Labuschagne and Alex Carey, who added more than 50 runs for the third and fifth-wicket partnerships, respectively.

The game seemed to slip away from India, particularly during the Smith-Carey partnership. The duo countered India’s spinners brilliantly and added 54 runs in 10 overs.

Relief for India came in the 37th over when Mohammed Shami dismissed Smith to break the partnership. Attempting to increase the run rate, the star Australian batsman missed a simple full toss and lost his off stump.

Watch: Mohammed Shami rattles Steve Smith’s stumps with a full-toss delivery at IND vs AUS semi-final clash at ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Australia finished their innings at 264/10 in 49.3 overs with captain Steve Smith top-scoring for the side with 73 runs. Alex Carey (61 off 57), Travis Head (39 off 33), Marnus Labuschagne (29 off 36) and Ben Dwarshuis (19 off 29) were other key contributors to their total of 264 runs. For India, Shami picked three wickets, while Varun Chakravarthy and Ravindra Jadeja picked two wickets apiece. Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel returned with one wicket each.

Teams:

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy.

Australia: Travis Head, Copper Connolly, Steve Smith (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa and Tanveer Sangha.

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