India defeated Australia by four wickets in the Champions Trophy’s maiden semi-final. Due to Steve Smith’s fifty at the Dubai Stadium, the Kangaroos gave a target of 265 runs. In response, the team won based on Virat Kohli’s 84 runs.
Tuesday was a day of records for Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Rohit became the first captain to reach the finals of all ICC tournaments. Kohli completed 161 catches in ODIs. Rohit also became the batsman to hit the most sixes in ICC ODI events. Virat completed 8 thousand runs while chasing in ODIs.
Read the top records for the IND vs. AUS match.
Facts…
Cooper Connolly is the fourth youngest player to debut for Australia in ICC ODI tournaments. He is 21 years and 194 days old. At number one is Andrew Jessers; he made his debut against India in the 1987 World Cup at the age of 20 years and 225 days.
India has lost the toss in 14 consecutive ODIs since the 2023 World Cup semi-final. Rohit has lost 11 consecutive tosses as captain.
Steve Smith scored his third fifty against India in the ICC Knockout. He became the third batsman to do so. Before him, Kane Williamson had scored 3 half-centuries against India and Yuvraj Singh against Australia.
India chased the biggest run in a knockout match against Australia. The team achieved the target of 265 runs. Earlier, India had chased a target of 261 runs in the 2011 ODI World Cup quarter-final.
KL Rahul completed 3 thousand runs in ODIs. He took 78 innings for this.
Rohit Sharma is the first captain of international cricket to reach the finals of all ICC tournaments. He has the finals of ICC World Test Championship (2023), ODI World Cup (2023), T20 World Cup (2024), and Champions Trophy (2025) to his name.
India has played 10 ODIs in Dubai without losing. The team won 9, while 1 match was tied.
Virat Kohli got the seventh Player of the Match award in the ICC ODI tournament. Only Rohit Sharma (8), Glenn McGrath (8), and Sachin Tendulkar (10) are ahead of him.
Kohli completes 161 catches in ODIs
Virat Kohli has surpassed Australia’s Ricky Ponting in terms of catches in ODIs. Virat now has 161 catches. Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene is at the top of the records with 218 catches.
Rohit is the batsman to hit the most sixes in ICC ODI events
Indian captain Rohit Sharma became the batsman who hit the most sixes in ICC ODI events. He now has 65 sixes in 42 innings. He left behind West Indies’ Chris Gayle, who had 64 sixes in 51 innings.
Virat completes 8 thousand runs while chasing in ODIs
Virat Kohli completed his 8 thousand runs while batting in the second innings in ODIs. He now has 8063 runs in 166 matches. Sachin Tendulkar is at number one in this list, he has 8720 runs in 236 matches.
Virat is the batsman with the most 50+ scores in ICC ODI tournaments
Virat Kohli became the batsman with the most 50+ scores in ICC ODI tournaments. He has scored more than 50 24 times in 53 matches. Virat left behind Sachin’s record of 23 fifty-plus scores.
Virat Kohli made India win the semi-final of the Champions Trophy by scoring 84 runs on the slow pitch of Dubai. Kohli had to come to bat in the sixth over. From here, he made 3 big partnerships with Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, and KL Rahul and made the run chase easy.
India defeated Australia by four wickets in the Champions Trophy’s maiden semi-final. Many moments were seen on Tuesday. Kohli did Bhangra when Connolly Cooper was out. Alex Carey was run out on Shreyas Iyer’s direct hit. Shami dropped Head’s catch in the first over. Steve Smith got a lifeline; the ball hit the stumps, but the ball did not fall. He was bowled on a full toss ball.
