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India Vs Australia | Virat Kohli shone with an 84-run knock as India defeated Australia by 4 wickets to enter the final of Champions Trophy 2025 in Dubai on Tuesday. The Rohit Sharma-led side chased down a target of 265 runs in 48.1 overs.
Legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who made a name for himself as possibly the greatest batter in cricket's history with his unmatched consistency, longevity, hunger for runs and audacity to take on some of the world's very best teams and bowlers, turned 52 on Thursday. Tendulkar is a name known in households not only in India, but across all major cricketing nations in this world. It would not be wrong to say that the sport owes a lot to the 'Master Blaster' for the sheer popularity, competitiveness and money power it currently enjoys.
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Kuldeep Yadav had to bear the brunt of India captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's anger for missing a possible run out chance during the Champions Trophy 2025 final against New Zealand in Dubai. The incident happened after the second ball of the 41st over of New Zealand's innings. Michael Bracewell tried to steal a quick single, pushing Kuldeep's delivery towards point. Bracewell was well short off his crease but Ravindra Jadeja, for once, failed to hit the stumps at non-striker's end.
After serving Indian cricket for long, not just with his tremendous batting skills but also as a leader of the pack, skipper Rohit Sharma is likely to take a call on his ODI future after the conclusion of Champions Trophy, irrespective of the outcome. 'Captain Rohit' is tipped to become the second skipper after Mahendra Singh Dhoni to win more than one ICC event as India will enter the title clash against New Zealand as overwhelming favourites. After the T20 World Cup final in Barbados, both Rohit and Virat Kohli announced immediate retirement from the shortest format and now as the D-day looms, there is speculation that this could well be the last match for Rohit in India blues.
India are all set to face New Zealand in the grand finale of the Champions Trophy 2025 on Sunday in Dubai. The stage is set as Rohit Sharma and co are eyeing their third Champions Trophy title, as they earlier clinched the coveted the trophy in 2002 and 2013. After remaining unbeaten in the tournament so far, India have an edge over the Kiwis, whom they defeated in their last group stage match. However, New Zealand also gave a dominating performance in the semi-final against South Africa and are expected to put up a great show in the final clash.
Riding on his superb performance in the ODI series against England last month, ace India top-order batter Shubman Gill has been nominated along with Australia's Steve Smith and New Zealand's Glenn Phillips for the ICC 'Player of the Month' for February. Gill, who is currently in Dubai with the Indian team for the ongoing Champions Trophy, scored 406 runs, averaging 101.50 at a strike-rate of 94.19 in the five ODIs that he had played in February. Gill hit a purple patch in the three-match series against England, scoring 87 (in Nagpur), 60 (in Cuttack), and 112 (in Ahmedabad) as he was adjudged the 'Player of the Series' in the hosts' 3-0 clean sweep.
Former Indian cricket team batter Navjot Singh Sidhu was all praise for star batter Virat Kohli and he called his performances "a tight slap" for people who doubted him. Following his disappointing show in the Test series against Australia, Kohli came under a lot of criticism from both fans as well as experts. However, with match-winning knocks against Pakistan and New Zealand, he has left everyone stunned and Sidhu could not stop hailing him for his performances. Sidhu went on to call him a match-winner and even namedrops former United States President Bill Clinton in his analysis.
India entered the final of Champions Trophy 2025 after registering a comfortable four-wicket victory against Australia in the first semi-final match on Tuesday in Dubai. Opting to bat first, Australia got bundled out for 264 after skipper Steve Smith scored 73. Later, India lost two two wickets early but Virat Kohli's brilliant knock of 84 and KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya's strong partnership took India home with 11 balls to spare. Rahul, who scored 42* off 34 balls, finished the game in style with a massive six off Glenn Maxwell.