{"id":8704,"date":"2025-03-04T15:08:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T09:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=572160"},"modified":"2025-03-04T15:08:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T09:38:37","slug":"champions-trophy-2025-ind-vs-aus-semi-final-indian-captain-brings-in-kuldeep-yadav-early-as-travis-head-attacks-pacers-shami-hit-for-hat-trick-of-fours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/champions-trophy-2025-ind-vs-aus-semi-final-indian-captain-brings-in-kuldeep-yadav-early-as-travis-head-attacks-pacers-shami-hit-for-hat-trick-of-fours\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions Trophy 2025, IND vs AUS Semi-Final: Indian captain brings in Kuldeep Yadav early as Travis Head attacks pacers; Shami hit for hat-trick of fours"},"content":{"rendered":"

The highly anticipated semi-final clash between India and Australia<\/strong> in the Champions Trophy 2025<\/strong> has begun with Australia opting to bat first at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium<\/strong>. The Australian side, led by Steve Smith<\/strong>, started cautiously but found early trouble as Mohammed Shami<\/strong> removed opener Cooper Connolly<\/strong> for a nine-ball duck<\/strong>, caught behind by KL Rahul<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

However, Travis Head<\/strong> counter-attacked in spectacular fashion, unleashing a flurry of boundaries<\/strong> against the Indian pacers. He took on Mohammed Shami<\/strong>, smashing him for three consecutive fours<\/strong> in a single over, followed by another boundary to make it four in five balls. The left-hander continued his aggressive intent against Hardik Pandya<\/strong>, lofting a six over deep square leg<\/strong> and driving a four past mid-off<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

With Travis Head accelerating<\/strong> at a strike rate of over 120<\/strong>, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma made an early bowling change, bringing in Kuldeep Yadav<\/strong> in the sixth over<\/strong> to slow down the run rate and challenge the aggressive Australian batter with spin. The move came after Head had already scored 28 off 23 balls<\/strong>, including four boundaries and a six.<\/p>\n

At the end of 5.5 overs<\/strong>, Australia stood at 35\/1<\/strong>, with Travis Head (28 off 23) and Steven Smith (2 off 3)<\/strong> at the crease. India is banking on its spin attack<\/strong> to break this growing partnership before Australia builds momentum.<\/p>\n

The winner of this high-stakes clash will book a spot in the Champions Trophy 2025 final<\/strong>, where they will face the winner of the second semi-final between South Africa and New Zealand<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Current Score<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Australia: 35\/1 in 5.5 overs<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Travis Head<\/strong>: 28 (23), 4 fours, 1 six<\/li>\n
  • Steven Smith<\/strong>: 2 (3)<\/li>\n
  • Mohammed Shami<\/strong>: 3-0-17-1<\/li>\n
  • Kuldeep Yadav<\/strong>: 0.5-0-4-0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The match remains evenly poised, with India looking for a breakthrough while Australia aims to capitalize on its strong start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The highly anticipated semi-final clash between India and Australia in the Champions Trophy 2025 has begun with Australia opting to\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":31510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3965],"class_list":["post-8704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-champions-trophy-2025"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}