Satinder Randhawa

India vs Australia Semi-Final Champions Trophy 2025 Highlights:  India entered the Champions Trophy final on Tuesday after a four-wicket win over Australia at the Dubai International Stadium. The Men in Blue will await the winner of the second semi-final on Wednesday between New Zealand and South Africa. India were helped chase down the target of 265 by a composed 84 from Virat Kohli and a 45 from Shreyas Iyer. Australia, on the other hand, were uncharacteristically shoddy in the field, dropping Rohit Sharma twice and Kohli once. Earlier,  Steve Smith  (73) and  Alex Carey  (61) scored half centuries. Australia were looking set for a hefty target but they lost the wickets of Steve Smith (bowled by  Mohammed Shami  for 73 runs) and  Glenn Maxwell  (removed by  Axar Patel ) in quick succession. Carey was run out for 61 after some splendid work in the field from  Shreyas Iyer . For India, Shami claimed three wickets after Steve Smith h...

  Ibrahim Zadran starred with a hundred and Azmatullah Omarzai took a five-wicket haul as Afghanistan knocked England out of the Champions Trophy with an eight-run win on Wednesday at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The  Afghans beat England by 69 runs in the ODI World Cup match  at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, and this time around, they showed their opponents the door to elimination. Joe Root scored his 17th ODI hundred, but it wasn’t enough for England to win. Afghanistan made a comeback after their heavy 107-run defeat to Temba Bavuma’s South Africa. After qualifying for the semis in the Men’s T20 World Cup in the West Indies and USA last year, they will be looking to book a semi-final berth in another ICC event. After opting to bat first, Afghanistan put up a huge score of 325 for seven on the back of Ibrahim’s sixth ODI hundred. They found themselves in a spot of bother after being reduced to 37 for three in 8.5 overs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal and...