Australia’s opening batter Travis Head got another life after Ravindra Jadeja missed a direct hit at the non-striker’s end while running between the wicket.
Earlier, in the very first legal delivery of the inning, Mohammed Shami drops Travis Head for a duck. Travis Head survived the runout dismissal in the fifth ball of the fourth over bowled by Hardik Pandya.
Head punched the back of a length delivery to the left of Jadeja at backward point and started to run towards the other end. Jadeja aims at the non-striker end but misses the stumps. A direct hit would have packed Travis Head.
The first semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 was scheduled to be played between Rohit Sharma-led India and Steve Smith-led Australia on March 4 in Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.
Australia and India have played 151 ODIs so far with Australia winning most of the games. In 151 ODI clashes, Australia have won 84 matches while India stands at a distance with 57 wins.
Speaking of the ICC ODI competitions, Australia lead 10-7 but since 2020, it has been even 7-7. Notably, Australia ends India’s undefeated streak in the ODI World Cup 2023 by defeating India in the final in Narendra Modi Stadium.
India’s only defeat at CWC 2023 came in that one game in which their spinners failed to take a single wicket (Kuldeep and Jadeja returned 0/99 in 20 overs between them).
Speaking of the match, Australia won the toss and opted to bat first where Travis Head and Cooper Connolly opened the inning while Shami made the bowling attack.
Mohammed Shami dropped Travis Head for duck but made a bounce back in the third over by dismissing Cooper Connolly for a nine-ball duck. Though Australia lost an early wicket, their key player Travis Head made a stand and started to add runs for the team.
