IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: There have been just three editions of this tournament in which India didn't feature in the final. India are also the joint most succesful team with two titles. The other team on that number is Australia and so if India do win the final on Sunday, they will be the single most succesful team of all time in the Champions Trophy. But that's easier said than done. New Zealand and South Africa have both looked extremely good in this tournament. That should make for a cracking semi-final and it will come live from Lahore tomorrow, starting at 2.30pm IST. Do join us for the coverage of that game as well. It is goodnight for now from here!

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: No surprises there. It boiled down to being a battle of two virtuoso knock from the two GOATs on show today, Steve Smith and Virat Kohli. Smith scored 73 in 96, Kohli made 84 off 98. Both fell quite abruptly right when they were looking utterly invincible.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: The Aussie ghost is buried. Maxwell tosses up the first ball of the 49th over on off, Rahul charges down and sends the ball soaring over long-on for the match-winning six. He finishes unbeaten on 42 off 34, just the perfect No.6 innings from him. Ravindra Jadeja at the other end on two off one. This was as clinical a chase as it comes from India and it was anchored around the master of those situations. Just as Steve Smith earlier in the day, Virat Kohli was the glue that held the Indian chase together.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: This has to be among the crazier innings you would have ever seen in an ODI chase. Pandya absorbed a lot of dots but paradoxically brought India as close as they are now with some big hits. With India needing six to win, he tries to finish it off fifth ball of the 48th but gets caught at long-on.

Pandya c Maxwell b Ellis 28 (24)

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: A lot of negativity was suddenly swirling around Pandya. He has been walking gingerly ever since Rahul sent him back off the second ball of the 47th, asked him not to run a second. A dot ball fourth ball and then Pandya smashes the sccrews off the fifth ball. Then he does the same with the next.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: How demoralising must that be for Sangha. Four dot balls to Pandya, that requirement went from a run a ball to 36 needed from 32. And then Pandya clobbers the fifth ball back over the bowler's head for a typically mammoth six. He then runs two off the last ball and thus, eight runs come in that over after all those dots. There really is a sense of inevitability about India today.

Pandya on 11 off 12, Rahul on 32 off 28.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Well Kohli seems quite relaxed in the dug out, explaining what he was trying to do to Shubman Gill. Just three runs came off the 44th over by Sangha. KL Rahul seems to have put the big shots in his pocket for now, He is on 32 off 28, Hardik Pandya on three off six.

India 229/5 in 44 overs

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Rahul had just released pressure with some big hits but the Kohli tries to do the same out of nowhere and perishes. Is that the opening Australia were looking for? Zampa with a wrong'un outside off stump, Kohli picks it up, looking to clear long-on but he fails to do that.

Kohli c Dwarshuis b Zampa 84 (98)

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Three singles and a two off the first four balls and then Rahul comes down the track and powers the fifth ball past mid-on for another four. He moves to 24 off 24, Kohli on 83 off 96.

India 217/4 in 42 overs, need 48 to win from 48

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Tanveer Sangha bowling the 41st over. Two singles off the first two balls and then Sangha overpitches the fourth ball slightly, Rahul smashes it over the bowler's head, long-off is there but he can't do much as the ball beats the fielder and goes to the boundary. He takes two off the last ball and moves to 17 in 20, Kohli on 81 off 94.

India 208/4 in 41 overs, need 57 to win from 54 balls.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Virat Kohli runs a single off the third ball of the 39th by Zampa and that was his 50th of this match. At the end of that over, he takes that to 51. What can you do if a player decides to stay as calm as this? Not much, is what Australia are saying at the moment. Kohli on 79 off 89 balls at the end of that over, Rahul on nine off 13.

India 198/4 in 39 overs

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Steve Smith is doing everything he can to try and not allow the batters to settle here. Connolly returns for the 36th over this time. Problem for Australia is that Kohli has settled into such a calm rhythm that he is finding the gaps to milk runs regardless of who the bowler is. Rahul has done well to keep up the good work at the other end as well. He is on two off three at the end of the 36th over, Kohli on 71 off 81.

India 183/4 in 36 overs

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Axar swings across the line and misses the ball entirely. Well, he may have been told to approach his innings in a certain way but the question has to be asked as to whether he needed to go for that shot at this stage.

Australia still have tons of work to do, though. The new man coming in is KL Rahul, who can very much play like Kohli all day long.

Axar Patel b Ellis 27 (30)

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: If Australia thought that the dismissal of Iyer as an opening, well, what must they be thinking now.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Just the second six of the innings after Rohit Sharma hit one inside the first five overs. He ran two off the second ball of that over and then takes a big stride outside off for the fifth. Tonks him over deep square for a six. He moves to 16 off 19 at the end of that over, Kohli on 59 off 65 balls.

India 158/3 in 31 overs

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: They are going at exactly five runs an over. Three singles in that over by Maxwell. Kohli has moved to 59 in 65 balls, Axar Patel on eight off 13. Axar has come in and tried a few big swings, wonder if he has been instructed by the team to try and get some big hits in these middle overs.

What is for sure is that India are cruising. They need 115 to win off 120 balls.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Iyer didn't pick that up at all and that is the end of the partnership. It produced 91 runs for India in 111 balls. Pitched on off and skids on, Iyer tries to go square through the off side. Doesn't get anything on it and the ball takes his stumps. He misses out on a half-century. Is that the opening Australia needed?

Iyer b Zampa 45 (62)

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Rohit Sharma dropped twice and now Kohli dropped by the otherwise reliable Glenn Maxwell. What in the world has happened to Australia today? Kohli looks to work the last ball in the 26th over by Connolly leg side. It pops up in the air, Maxwell runs in from short cover and Connolly seemed to be going for it before pulling out last second. The ball doesn't stick into Maxwell's hands.

India 134/2 in 26 overs, need 131 to win from 24 overs

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Oh we are seeing the genius at work here. Iyer takes a single off the first ball of the 25th in which Zampa has been brought back. Then Kohli runs two with a wonderful shot through covers. Two more singles after that and then Zampa sends in a drag-down, Kohli pulls it through square leg. He has got to his fifty in 53 balls.

He finishes on 50 off 54 balls at the end of that over, Iyer on 43 off 56.

India 131/2 in 25 overs

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Iyer scooped two of the deliveries in that over by Maxwell, and even those were completely risk-free runs. It has been four overs since the last boundary but who cares about that. Five singles and a two off that 23rd over by Maxwell, Australia just not being able to stop these two from rotating strike at the moment. Iyer on 39 off 51, Kohli on 40 off 47.

India need 148 to win in 162 balls

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Smith throws the ball to Glenn Maxwell for the 21st over. Australia are caught in a real vortex here. Kohli and Iyer perfectly happy to knock the ball around and pick the singles and they are able to do it with ease at the moment.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: It is all quiet at the moment but don't let that fool you. Australia are right now caught slap bang in the middle of a typical Kohli ODI chase. India's run rate has stayed somewhere around 5, sometimes dipping below that and going above that, throughout the last nine overs. Their required rate is 5.54. Kohli has waltzed to 26 off 36, Iyer at the other end on 29 off 38.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Australia need multiple wickets here as quickly as possible. However, thus far they have hardly come close to getting even one. Now here comes the 23-year-old Tanveer Sangha, playing just his third ODI.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: That is probably the first time since the end of the powerplay that either of these two batters has looked even remotely in trouble. Last ball of the 15th over by Zampa, a wrong'un that Kohli doesn't read. He misses it entirely and the Aussies appeal. The umpire shakes his head and replays showed that the ball was missing leg stump. Kohli is on 18 off 28, it must be worrying for Australia just how assured he is looking out there. Iyer on 19 off 22.

India 75/2 in 15 overs

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: India need a big partnership here and so they wouldn't mind Kohli and Iyer eating up a few deliveries. And well, they aren't really doing that. Both batters picking off singles with ease in the first three overs after powerplay, each of which have gone for three runs.

Kohli on 14 off 21 at the end of the 13th over, Iyer on 12 off 17.

India 64/2 in 13 overs

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Australia's most experienced bowler, and Virat Kohli's nemesis in this side, is bowling the first over after the powerplay. Shreyas Iyer managed to get two boundaries off Connolly in that 10th over. He swung hard at the third ball; it took an outside edge and went past Smith in slips for four. Iyer defended the fourth ball and then Connolly sent in a stinker of a full toss that Iyer dispatched with disdain. Smashed it square for four runs.

Iyer on eight off seven at the end of that over, Kohli on nine off 13.

India 55/2 in 10 overs

IND vs AUS Live Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: Ellis goes full and slightly outside the off stump last ball of the ninth over, Kohli plays a lofted drive straight down the ground for a four. Kohli has moved to nine off 13 balls, Shreyas Iyer at the other end on nought off one ball. The latter will now face Connolly in the 10th over.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Cooper Connolly has got a huge wicket in his very first over. Once again, India's openers are back in the hut in the first 10 overs. Rohit tries to sweep the fifth ball of the eighth over, big appeal for LBW and the umpire raises his finger immediately. Rohit has a longish chat with Kohli before taking the review. No bat on it and ball tracker confirms that the leg stump would've been disturbed.

Rohit lbw b Connolly 28 (29)

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Oh well, Chris Gaffaney well done sir! Last ball of the sixth over by Ellis is sent on a length on middle stump. Rohit takes a couple of strides down the track and absolutely pulverises the ball straight back down the ground. Gaffaney had milliseconds to respond, he drops to the ground and the ball pierces the space his head occupied like a bullet before careening to the boundary behind him. He gets up, signals four with a relieved smile, and ends that action with his hand on his chest. Umpiring is not a job for the faint-hearted.

India 39/1 in 6 overs

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Rohit was dropped twice but no such luck for Shubman Gill. Dwarshuis with a good length delivery last ball of the fifth over, Gill looks to steer it fine but it doesn't really bounce enough for that. Inside edge and stumps.

Gill b Dwarshuis 8 (11)

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: This match is simmering nicely at the moment. Ellis with an absolute jaffa fourth ball of the fourth over to Rohit, it lands on off and tails away late. Rohit beaten. A couple of singles after that and Rohit is on 16 off as many, Gill on three off eight.

Dwarshuis continues in the next over, Gill on strike.

India 19/0 in 4 overs

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: What are we seeing here? Australia are dropping catches. They are actually dropping catches. This time the ball was coming down over Labuschagne's shoulder at mid-off, he dives forward but can't hold on to it. The mind goes back to when Travis Head took a catch in similar circumstances off Rohit Sharma at extra cover in the 2023 World Cup final. That catch pretty much ended the little positive phase India had in that match.

India 17/0 in 3 overs

IND vs AUS Live Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: Australia's Cooper Connolly drops a low diving catch and the Indian captain Rohit Sharma gets a life in the second over of the game! Big moment of the game!

India 15/0 after 2 overs.

IND vs AUS Live Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: Nathan Ellis bowls a nothing delivery, dropping it short. Rohit Sharma rocks back and pulls the ball for the first maximum of India's innings.

India 13/0 in 1.2 overs.

IND vs AUS Live Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: In the very first over, Rohit Sharma is making his intentions clear! The Indian captain is not hesitant in going aerial. A good start in the powerplay is a must.

India 7/0 after 1 over.

IND vs AUS Live Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: Ben Dwarshius drifts to the pads of Rohit and the right-hander elegantly dispatches the ball for India's first boundary.

India 4/0 in 0.2 overs.

IND vs AUS Live Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: Left-arm seamer Ben Dwarshius opens the bowling for Australia. He gets the ball to move back in with a little shape!

IND vs AUS Live Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: Australia are in a team huddle, possibly discussing some plans to stop India.

Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill about to walk out in the middle. Let the run chase begin.

IND vs AUS Live Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: Heading into the semi-final, all the talk was about how Australian batters would fare against India's spin quartet of Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy and Ravindra Jadeja.

In 34 overs bowled by Indian spinners, Australia scored 176 runs, losing five wickets. Of these 34 overs, only two were maidens.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: If India chase down 265 against Australia, Rohit Sharma and co would create some history.

The highest target successfully chased down in an ICC ODI tournament knockout game against Australia is 261. This was done by India in the 2011 World Cup quarterfinal in Ahmedabad.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: Ravindra Jadeja, who took two wickets, said that the pitch is better than India's last match against New Zealand.

Speaking to the host broadcaster, Jadeja said, “The wicket is better than the last game, not much spin. We need to start well. If we play sensible cricket in the first 10 overs, then there won't be any issues. Smith and Labuschagne were batting nicely and I tried to attack the stumps. Luckily we were able to contain the runs and picked a few wickets as well.”

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Virat Kohli had gone past Mohammed Azharuddin as the Indian with most catches in ODIs earlier in the tournament. Today, he took his tally to 161 catches which has helped him go past Ricky Ponting and become the player with the second-most catches of all time in this format. Mahela Jayawardene tops that list with 218.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Hardik Pandya knocks Adam Zampa's off stump over and that is the end of the Australian innings. India need to chase a target of 265, which is a very competitive total indeed but it could've been much worse. They picked four wickets in the last 10 overs and conceded just about 55 runs in that period but the difference was probably made in the lead-up to that period. Steve Smith probably tried a biggie a tad bit too early and Glenn Maxwell, the less said about that shot, the better. Alex Carey, though, was quite sensational but he too would feel that he could've avoided being run out at that stage of the innings. Australia need to make sure that they get as many batters as possible in India's top five back in the hut as quickly as possible.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Ellis had hit the fifth ball of that over down the ground for a six. Then gets caught at long on going for the same shot. Shami walks away shaking his head, probably annoyed by that six. He finishes with figures of 3/48. And so Australia are down to their last wicket going into the final over of their innings.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Oh yes, that is quite brilliant from Shreyas Iyer. Carey pulls the first ball of the 48th which is being bowled by Hardik Pandya. Iyer seems to be a little slow to start his charge towards the ball before breaking into a full-blooded sprint when it becomes clear that the Aussies are going for the second. Picks the ball up and fires the ball onto the stumps at the striker's end from a good distance. He may have reduced the target by around 15-20 runs here.

Carey run out (Iyer) 61 (57)

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: It's Dwarshuis, not Carey, but India won't really mind that too much. Australia are down to their last three wickets and they are yet to cross 250. Second ball of the 46th, Chakravarthy's last, is full outside off. Dwarshuis goes for the slog sweep but cannot get the desired distance on the shot. Caught at deep midwicket.

Dwarshuis c Iyer b Varun 19 (29)

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Chakravarthy has just one over left, Kuldeep has two and so do Axar and Jadeja. There are six ovrs left and so it really does look like we won't see Hardik Pandya with the ball any more. He has gone at an economy of over 8 in the four overs he bowled today. Shami will be bowling to Dwarshuis, who is on 16 off 23, Carey on 52 off 50.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: What an innings this has been. Alex Carey has looked utterly unflappable today while scoring at a strike rate well over 100. He runs two off Kuldeep first ball of the 43rd then a single off the next to bring up the mark.

Australia 220/6 in 42.3 overs

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Australia were going at over 6 an over when Smith was around. Now that has crashed down to 5.21. Carey is still out there, importantly for Australia. He is on 45 off 42, Ben Dwarshuis at the other end has scored just three runs in 13 balls but it's probably more important for him to just stay out there than score any meaningful runs.

Australia 214/6 in 41 overs

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Alex Carey is looking unflappable at one end but it is uncertainty all the way through for Australia at the other. Carey reverse sweeps the third ball of the 40th from Axar and sends it past backward point for a four. Takes a single next ball and then Ben Dwarshuis keeps out the last two balls.

Alex Carey is on 44 off 40 balls, Dwarshuis on three off nine.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Oh Australia won't be too happy with what the Big Show has done here. Axar slid on to Maxwell's pads second ball, the batter whips it away over square leg for a six. Axar bowls almost the same delivery, just a tad bit quicker, Maxwell decided to go for the big heave again but this time, he misses it altogether. Maxwell was pretty much the last proper recognised batter for Australia and they still have more than 13 overs to go in their innings. Really poor judgement from Maxwell.

Maxwell b Axar 7 (5)

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Smith gave Shami the charge fourth ball of the 37th over. It ended becoming a full toss for him and he completely missed it. The ball torpedoes on to the lower half of middle stump. A wicket against the run of play really for India but they'll take it all right.

Smith b Mohammed Shami 73 (96)

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Carey is clearly the danger man now for India. The first ball from Pandya in that over is pulled over mid-on for four. Then Carey lifts the fifth ball over mid-off for another four and then a single off the last ball. He has moved to 38 off 32, Smith at the other end on 77 off 94.

Australia 195/4 in 36 overs

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Four runs off the 35th by Shami. It looks like Hardik Pandya will be brought back after this. India's pacers have been given a pasting by Australia. Well, by Travis Head more than anyone else. Will there be any difference to that equation now that Head is no longer there?

Smith on 71 off 94, Carey on 29 off 26.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Carey is picking his spots to perfection here. Kuldeep's first ball in the 34th is tossed up on off, Carey goes down on a knee and sends it past mid-on for a four. Kuldeep goes too far outside off stump third ball, wide called. Then Carey lofts the last ball perfectly over covers for another four. Carey has moved to 28 off 25, Smith on 68 off 89.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Australia have a set batter out there in the form of Smith. He has scored 67 in 86 balls, Carey at the other end on 13 off 16. Kuldeep Yadav has replaced Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakravarthy from the other end. Classic 1990s ODI game at the moment. Australia need just one good partnership there with Smith for India to be in some real trouble in the chase.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Well there was a lot of talk about Travis Head but we are seeing one of the all-time greats in action now. Smith is starting to get into that zone where he looks absolutely infallible. Meanwhile, Alex Carey has got off to a good start at the other end. He is on 11 off as many balls, Smith on 62 off 79.

Australia 158/4 in 30 overs

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: This partnership was going by quite quickly and so India would be quite happy with this wicket. Jadeja shortens his length last ball of the 27th, Inglis was looking to hit this along the drive through covers but the ball gripped a little and that was his undoing. The ball pops up in the air straight into the hands of Virat Kohli at short cover.

Inglis c Kohli b Jadeja 11 (12)

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Smith pulls Varun's third ball of the 26th over between midwicket and deep square leg for four. Then runs two off the fifth ball to bring up his half-century in 68 balls. Takes a single off the last ball to keep strike.

This has been quite an innings thus far from Smith. He is on 51 off 69 balls, Inglis on eight off nine.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Chakravarthy returns and bowls the first ball to the new batter Josh Inglis. He takes a single off the second ball of that 24th over, then singles off the fourth and fifth. Smith then sends the last ball for a four with a beautiful cover drive.

He moves to 42 off 61, Inglis on four off five.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: The partnership between Labuschagne and Smith ends on 56 off 85 balls. Labuschagne utterly trapped in the crease, his feet not going anywhere. He tries to work it towards the on-side, misses it entirely and the Indians appeal. The umpire gives it, Labuschagne has a chat with Smith and decides to not review.

Labuschagne lbw b Jadeja 29 (36)

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: That is the THIRD lifeline Smith is getting in this innings, never a good idea to give someone like him so many chances. Fourth ball of the 22nd in which Shami returns, Smith smashes it back to the bowler. Shami stretches his hand and the ball doesn't stick. It was a very difficult chance indeed but well, it is Steve Smith after all. Then Smith goes for an adventerous ramp next ball, misses it entirely and India appeal for caught behind in vain.

Smith on 36 off 57, Labuschagne on 25 off 33.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Well this is interesting. Umpire Richard Illingworth has a word with Ravindra Jadeja before he starts the 19th over, his third of the match. It seems the problem is with the taping that is there on Jadeja's bowling arm. Rohit walks over as well and Jadeja finally takes it off. Meanwhile, Axar Patel went off the field after that over of his, came back right after Jadeja's previous over and bowled the 18th. Labuschagne hit a four off the fifth ball and that was Australia's first boundary in exactly 50 deliveries.

Australia 91/2 in 18 overs

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: The umpires have called for drinks. Axar chased the ball off his own bowling and threw it back on the dive. He seems to have hurt his neck in the process. The physio comes out and he is really needing some lengthy treatment here.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: As eventful as an over can get and it will end up going down as a maiden. Axar's fifth ball is angled into Smith's pads, the Australian captain flicks it to backward square leg where Chakravarthy fumbles his gather. The batters had gone for a single and then turned around, Smith would've been run out if Chakravarthy had gathered it cleanly. Then Smith drives the last ball, inside edge into the pads and the ball absolutely trickles to the off stump and touches it. Bails, though, stay in the groove.

Australia 72/2 in 14 overs

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: Shubman Gill threw the ball away almost as soon as he caught it to dismiss Travis Head. Now the umpire gave that out, no questions asked. But then we could see Richard Illingworth calling Gill over and having a word after that over. Gill seemed pretty receptive to that feedback. All good overall.

Meanwhile, Smith hit a four off Axar second ball of the 10th over but there have been no boundaries since then for Australia. They are still going at 5.75 an over at the end of the 12th though, thanks to Head. Now Chakravarthy continues for his third over, Smith on 21 off 23, Marnus Labuschagne on three off seven.

Australia 66/2 in 11 overs

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Regardless of where this match goes, this is a turning point for sure. Smith took a single and Head decides to send Varun into the stands the very first ball that he is facing against the spinner. He completely miscues his shot and Gill comes around from long on to take the catch. That is a huge moment right there.

Head c Shubman Gill b Varun 39 (33)

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Right Travis Head has been giving India all kinds of reasons to worry but he has never really faced Varun Chakravarthy in international cricket. He blasted a six off the second ball of the eighth over by Kuldeep and moves to 39 off 32 balls at the end of that over, Smith on eight off seven.

Head is on strike and Chakravarthy loading up. This should be interesting.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: It was a change of ends for Pandya, he returns for the seventh over after five runs came off Kuldeep in that sixth over. Second ball is short of a length, Steve Smith pulls it to the deep square boundary for his first four of the match. He gets off strike next ball and then Head whips the fourth ball away through midwicket for another four. A wide sixth ball and then Head takes a single once it is bowled again.

He has now raced to 33 off 26 balls, Smith on eight off seven.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Head has taken Shami to town here. He pulls the second ball to midwicket and runs two. Then Shami goes short of a length outside off, Head accepts the width gleefully and sends it through covers. He swings across the line next ball, ball takes a bottom edge and goes past fine leg for another four. Head then drives the fifth ball square through point.

He has raced to 26 off 20 balls, Steve Smith at the other end on nought off one. India now replace Pandya with Kuldeep Yadav.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Some worrying signs now for India. Pandya bowls two wides in the first three balls and the third legal delivery is dispatched past mid-off for four by Head. Pandya then bowls a length ball on Head's pads, the batter flicks it away emphatically over deep square leg for six. Takes a tight run next ball and then Smith keeps out the last.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: He has been swinging like a wrecking ball, beaten four consecutive times before he finally gets an edge on it. Connolly's first play and miss is off the second ball as he tried a drive. Then he pokes at the third, misses a square drive and then a big cut square. Goes for a square drive again, this time it takes a nick before going to Rahul. Surprisingly, the umpire shakes his head, and Rohit reviews straightaway successfully.

Connolly c Rahul b Mohammed Shami 0 (9)

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: Most of Head's runs come on the off side and Pandya has done well to keep him absolutely pinned to his crease throughout that over. Pandya bowled his first ball wide down the leg side and then all of the rest of his deliveries were into Head's body. He went short outside off last ball, Head could only square drive it straight to point. So far so good from India.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: Well, this was a very tidy over from Shami, but the fact remains that he dropped Travis Head, of all people, off the first legal ball of the match. Shami starts off with a delivery that is short and wide, moves away from Head who chases it. Umpire calls it wide. He then angles the first legal delivery back of a length right into Head, the batter tries to go leg side, it takes a top edge and flies to Shami's right. He stretches his hand and the ball grazes hsi finger. Head drives the third ball past mid-off for his first run.

Hardik Pandya shares new ball duties.

IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: Cooper Connolly is the man who opens with Travis Head. This will be just his third ODI. Head is on strike, Mohammed Shami has the ball in his hands. How Indian fans will erupt here if Shami can get an early wicket in this over, particularly if the victim is Head.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: All right then. Steve Smith and Rohit Sharma lead their teams out with the young mascots accompanying the players. The officials also line up, they are in the centre with the two teams flanking them, all standing shoulder to shoulder.

First comes Australia's "Advance Australia Fair" and then India's "Jana Gana Mana".

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: This was the 11th consecutive time that Rohit lost a toss in ODIs. He is now tied on second with the Netherlands' Peter Borren on the list of longest losing streak with the toss in the format. One more, and he equals Brian Lara's all-time record of 12.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Rohit Sharma says India prepared to do both, bat or bowl first. They want to continue from where they left off in the group stage and so no changes in their eleven.

India XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Steve Smith says that the surface looks quite dry. Cooper Connolly comes in for Matt Short, Tanveer Sangha comes in for Spencer Johnson.

Australia XI: Cooper Connolly, Travis Head, Steven Smith(c), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Tanveer Sangha

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: All right then, Ravi Shastri makes the stadium shake with his booming voice. IND vs AUS LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: All right then, Ravi Shastri makes the stadium shake with his booming voice. "Start up and crank up the engines folks," he says. He does a proper boxing intro here. Goes on for a while. Rohit tosses it up, Smith calls it heads and HE GETS IT!

Australia are batting first.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: All right the two captains have exchanged their team sheets. They are now engrossed in a chat. The crowd is building up nicely here and we are seconds away from toss…

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Ramiz Raja and Mike Atherton on the pitch report today. Their analysis is it's not too hot, a gentle breeze blowing across the ground. 77m down the ground, square boundaries - 69m and 62m. The pitch looks very bare, very dry and very cracked. Still battable, win the toss and bat first. The ball will grip. Looks good for the spinners.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Every frame that the broadcaster captures sums up the mood within the camps of both these teams. Travis Head is all smiles and laughter while Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli stretch away with just 10 minutes to go for the toss. Surprisingly, though, Varun Chakaravarthy has yet to be sighted. He may be around, just not to be captured by the camera. After all, an architect always loves his angles. Michael Clarke says Australia have done brilliantly to reach the semifinal, but he is nervous. Uthappa gives India a 60-40 advantage against Australia.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: In June last year, Rohit Sharma channelled every bit of his tears from November 19, bringing it out as a swashbuckling assault on Australia at the T20 World Cup final. Rohit's 92-run knock knocked the stuffing out of the opposition, and despite India's villain Travis Head's gallant half-century, Australia fell short. As it turns out, India won the tournament from there, beating England in the semis and South Africa in the final. Can Rohit, the Indian captain, dish out one such punishment again against the Aussies? Because if he does, no force can stop India from marching into their third straight ICC final in a row.

He's had a quiet tournament thus far, getting starts against Bangladesh and Pakistan. Can he make it rain sixes today?

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: The last time India fielded a spin-heavy unit was a long time ago, when MS Dhoni was in charge of the team. The Virat Kohli era was pace-heavy, with Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal holding the spin fort in limited overs. Rohit Sharma has been a mixed bag, a bit of both, but today he can take a leaf out of Dhoni's book and go ahead with four spinners in Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Varun Chakaravarthy – basically the same XI from the New Zealand game. Harshit Rana, unfortunately, will have to wait, challenged by his KKR teammate. Mohammed Shami and Hardik Pandya will be the two seam bowling options.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Captain Rohit Sharma is the first man to deboard the bus, followed by coach Gautam Gambhir, who has become an expert in carrying that poker face. Virat Kohli, with earphones plugged in, looks relaxed. Why should he worry? He loves batting against Australia, and no better occasion than today to build on it. With that, both teams have arrived on the hallowed battle turf of the Dubai International Stadium. From here, one team enters the final. The other goes back home. Who will it be?

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Can't see any of the team yet, but we do have a couple of throwdown specialists taking their places. Oh wait! Scratch that. The Australian team has just arrived and is getting off the bus. The mobile phones have been safely put in the bags as the players head towards the change room. Smiles all around. Confident faces. Expect the Indian team to join their opponents shortly. It's on, folks. The clock is ticking away. We're only a little while away from the biggest rivalry in modern-age cricket penning a fresh chapter.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Speaking of which. Pretty sure you're aware that India have lost their last 13 tosses in a row. THIRTEEN. That's a number that isn't exactly the most pleasant. But despite the 13th toss defeat, India conjured a handsome win against New Zealand. Rohit and coin tosses haven't been the greatest love story. In the World Cup final, Australia won the toss, with Pat Cummins opting to bowl first. Mitchell Marsh did the same in the 2024 T20 Word Cup. So Aussies winning and putting India shouldn't come as a surprise. Especially if the surface is in fact dry and gets better for batting later on.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: It is hard to say whether Virat Kohli is in good touch or not. He came into the tournament after having an absolute mare in the 2024/25 red ball season, fell to a leg spinner for the umpteenth time in his career for 22 against Bangladesh, and was then left with his jaws on the floor thanks to Glenn Phillips against New Zealand while he was on 11. In between those two innings was an unbeaten 100 in which he looked like he was never out of form. In these uncertain times, Adam Zampa would definitely be fancying his chances. The Australian spinner has dismissed Kohli five times and thus has enjoyed more success against India's batting mainstay than any other player from the team

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: A astrologer has come up with some wild predictions for the semifinal. As per the same, Travis Head is likely to be dismissed for 5 or 23 runs. Or at max 49. The same astrologer also predict Virat Kohli to emerge as the second-highest run-scorer of the day. A pivotal moment in the match is also expected to unfold around about 40 minutes into the game. The team batting well is likely to experience a few tumbles along the way. If you're an Indian cricket fan who believes in astrology, it may not be a bad idea for Australia to bat first

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Ashwin wants Rohit to do what MS Dhoni did years with him – Give the new ball to a spinner, in this case, Varun Chakaravarthy, and unleash him straightaway on Travis Head. We mean, why not? India haven't found the anti-dote to Head, but if they don't try, they never will. Ashwin was part of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He saw from close quarters Head's assault in his teammates. For all you know, this could well be the fix to India's woes against Head. Not just Varun. But Varun with the new ball. Will Rohit listen to his former No. 1 spinner?

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: IND vs AUS Live Score: Only Travis Head has a higher strike rate than Rohit Sharma among openers with more than 100 runs in the first 10 overs of an ODI since 2023. However, Rohit is the only batter to have scored more 1000 runs in this phase of an ODI in this period. They both love to take the bowlers on and deflate attacks in the first powerplay and so this should be a fun watch.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: India made Bangladesh and Pakistan look like they were out of their depth in their first two matches of the tournament. In the first, they blasted away Bangladesh's top five in the first nine overs. Despite a remarkable recovery, Bangladesh could do little as India ran off to a six-wicket win. India then took full advantage of Pakistan's conservative batting to run off to another six-wicket win. Shubman Gill scored a century in the first match, Virat Kohli in the second. There was a little more of a challenge against New Zealand in the third, with Mr. Consistent Shreyas Iyer propping up their batting. However, the brilliance of Varun Chakravarthy ended the game as a contest before it could really heat up.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Absolutely! Varun Chakaravarthy could be key to India's success against Travis Head. The mystery spinner has been bamboozling opposition over the last one month – first England, then New Zealand. Getting a game ahead of Harshit Rana, Chakaravarthy hit New Zealand with something the Kiwis did not see coming at all. Aussies have not seen much of Chakaravarthy, Head included – barring the occasional IPL face-offs. What Head knows is the rest of the Indian bowlers. So hey Rohit! If you're listening… bring Chakaravarthy in, get him to dismiss Travis Head, and you may have one foot into the door of the final.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Cooper Connolly is a batter, who can bowl more than handy left-arm spin. If the match between India and New Zealand was anything to go by, Australia will bring the 21-year-old straightway into the Playing XI to attack India with spin. Connolly has played just three ODIs but with left-arm bowling having traditionally troubled India on surfaces with turn – be it Mitchell Santner or Matthew Kuhnemann, the spin pair of Connolly and Adam Zampa – throw in a bit of Glenn Maxwell in there too – can stifle the Indian batting. The exciting Jake Fraser-McGurk is another option, with none other than Ricky Ponting vouching for his inclusion.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Why not? If there's been one thorn in India's eyes, it's TRAVIS HEAD. A hundred against India in the WTC final. A hundred against India in the 2023 World Cup final. Back-to-back hundreds again in Adelaide and Brisbane during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. It's almost as if a younger Steve Smith – albeit a left-handed version of Smudge – has returned to haunt India. In every generation of India vs Australia rivalry, one Aussie has always given India a hard time – starting with Allan Border and moving to Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, and Smith, the baton has passed to Travis Head. India need to find a way to get rid of him, and do it early to push themselves into contention for a place in the final.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: It has to be Nairobi 2000. Almost a year after India returned from Australia with just one win from 17 matches – Tests and ODIs combined – no one gave India a chance but themselves as under the astute leadership of new captain Sourav Ganguly, India knocked Australia out. Sachin Tendulkar unleashed a never-before-seen assault on Glenn McGrath, leaving the Aussie pace spearhead shellshocked, but while the Master Blaster deserves all the credit for rattling the Australian bowling, the stage was set for a 19-year-old Yuvraj Singh to take the world by storm. Fresh off a successful campaign in the Under-19 World Cup for India, Yuvraj arrived with a blazing knock of 84, still considered arguably India's greatest ODI debuts of all time. Relive that classic below.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Australia started their tournament with one of the most talked-about match of it - they chased a target of 353 with five wickets and more than two overs to spare. However, they could do precious little in the matches after that. Their second game, a potentially juicy encounter against South Africa, was entirely washed out in Rawalpindi and they could bat just 12.5 overs before rain won again, this time in Lahore. It has hence been about 10 days since Australia last played a full ODI match. In this period, India beat Pakistan and New Zealand.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Was also when India broke the run of big losses to them in big tournaments. It was the last match of the Super Eights for them India batted first. Captain Rohit Sharma went berserk in a way only he could and his 92 off 41 balls, coupled with a brilliant 31 off 16 by Suryakumar Yadav, took India to 20/5. Travis Head, unsurprisingly, powered the Aussie chase and he smashed 76 in 43 balls before falling to the irresistible Jasprit Bumrah. Head's dismissal sent the Aussie chase into a tailspin and India won by 24 runs.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: India don't trail too many teams in world cricket, but Australia is one of them. In 151 ODIs, the Aussies have dominated India with a strong 84-57 record. Having said that, India do have the edge over Australia in the Champions Trophy, with a 2-1 lead, notching up wins in the first two editions of the tournament in the years 1998 and 2000. India and Australia have not faced each other in the Champions Trophy since 2006, when the Aussies emerged victorious by six wickets, which adds an extra layer of excitement. This match is 19 years in the making. Almost two decades.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: India haven't had the greatest of times when it comes to facing Australia in the knockouts of an ICC tournament. Only thrice have the Men In Blue done it – in the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy – played in a knockout format, the 2007 T20 World Cup semi-final and the 2011 World Cup quarterfinal. Ever since, Australia have gotten the better of the Indians – be it the 2015 World Cup semifinal, the World Test Championship final in 2023, and the unforgettable ODI World Cup final a few months later. India hit back at the Aussies to a certain extent when they sent them packing from the 2024 T20 World Cup, but the real test lies today. Can Rohit and Co. banish their demons? The answer isn't too far away.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: The Ahmedabad surface on which the World Cup 2023 final was played was as dry as it can get, and if Australia captain Steve Smith is to be believed, the battleground looks to be another dry surface on the offering. India captain Rohit Sharma is yet to see the pitch (until the match eve) since the team had an off day on Monday. Rest assured, the captain will give the fresh deck a good and hard look before finalising his Playing XI. India have thus far played all their matches in the Champions Trophy on three different pitches, with a fourth one awaiting today.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood are not fit, Mitchell Starc has personal reasons and Marcus Stoinis has retired. Still, Australia, in whatever game time they've had, have shown they are as ruthless as ever. Josh Inglis' 120 trumped Ben Duckett's 165, while Spencer Johnson and Ben Dwarshuis produced sparks of brilliance against Afghanistan with the ball. At the helm of things is Steve Smith, who can never be counted out, especially when the opponent is India. And lastly, India's nemesis, Travis Head, is eager to take off after getting dismissed cheaply by Jofra Archer.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: Like India, Australia, too, have enjoyed a spotless Champions Trophy campaign, but for totally different reasons. Technically, they've qualified for the semifinal on the back of just one win, all thanks to rain and the insane run-chase they pulled off against England, where the Aussies gunned down 352 to win the match by five wickets. Their next fixture against South Africa was washed out without a ball bowled before rain ended their charge against Afghanistan. One win from three matches, and yet, they are here. If outcomes in sports were based on fairness, India should already be into the final, but it's never that way is it?

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: India, the odds on favourite, are yet to put a foot wrong in the Champions Trophy. They began with a commanding win over Bangladesh by six wickets, where Shubman Gill's eighth ODI century took them over the line in a tricky chase after a returning Mohammed Shami's 5/53 bowled Bangladesh out for a moderate 228. Three days later, India continued their juggernaut against Pakistan, where a fairytale century from Virat Kohli made it six wins out of six matches for the Men in Blue over their arch-rivals. India then had to wait for a week, but showed no ring rust as the team masterfully defended 242 against New Zealand, with Varun Chakaravarthy's 5/42 overshadowed Matt Henry's identical figures to choke the Kiwi chase. Three wins out of three games for India as Rohit's unbeaten unit marches onto the semis.

India vs Australia LIVE Score, Semi Final: The Champions Trophy 2025 has not been a long tournament by any stretch of the imagination, and hence, here we are, just 12 days removed from the start of it for the first knockout match. Semi-final 1, featuring India and Australia, two teams who are no strangers to each other. Social media has been abuzz with the build-up, reminding India how they are up against their bogey team. After all, who can forget – especially if you're an Indian cricket fan – the night of November 19, 2023, where euphoria for one of these teams, led to tears for the other? A lot of water has flown under the bridge since that heartbreaking evening in Ahmedabad, but the wounds are yet to heal. Will tonight prove to be a balm for India, or will Australia once again boast bragging rights? It's India vs Australia.

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