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- Rahul and Pandya finished off a chase that was masterfully constructed by Kohli, as India beat Australia by four wickets to reach the final of Champions Trophy.
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Virat Kohli was at his efficient and ruthless best as India beat Australia by four wickets to go through to the final of the Champions Trophy for a fifth time. Kohli scored 84 runs in just 98 balls in an innings in which he took as many as 56 runs in singles.(AFP)
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India were put to bowl first by Steve Smith after losing the toss for the 14th consecutive time in ODIs. Travis Head got off to a freewheeling start, as India had feared, but the irresistible Varun Chakravarthy sent him back in the ninth over, when the Australian had scored 39 in 33 balls. (PTI)
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However, Smith then dropped anchor and looked as unbeatable as ever. Smith went on to score 73 runs in 96 balls. (ANI)
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Smith fell against the run of play to a full toss from Shami. Australia were looking set to score over 280 at that point but India came back strong in the last 10 overs. Shami was their highest wicket-taker, finishing with figures of 3/48 as Australia were all out for 264 in 49.3 overs(ANI)
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India captain Rohit Sharma got them off to a quick start, as is the usual with him in recent years. However, he didn’t last too long despite being dropped two times, falling in the eighth over on 28 off 20 balls. (ANI)
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Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer then ran Australia to the ground. While they went long periods without boundaries, the pair kept rotating strike relentlessly and managed to keep the run rate just above or below five consistently. (ANI)
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The stand ended on 91 off 111 balls when Iyer fell on 45 off 62 balls to Adam Zampa. However, this was followed by a couple of damaging partnerships anchored by Kohli. He put on 44 off 52 balls with Axar Patel for the fourth wicket. Then he put up 47 runs off just 46 balls with KL Rahul. (ANI)
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Kohli was looking utterly infallible and seemed set to coast to his second century of this tournament. However, he abruptly fell trying to go for a big shot off Zampa on 84 runs off 98 balls. (ANI)
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Hardik Pandya then played a strange knock in which he absorbed a lot of dot balls but then brought India on the brink of victory with a few typically monstrous hits. He fell on 28 off 24 balls with India needing six runs to win, hitting a four and three sixes. (PTI)
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