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Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in India’s dressing room© X (Twitter)
The Indian cricket group marched into one other ICC ultimate as Rohit Sharma’s males defeated Australia within the semi-final of the Champions Trophy 2025 on Tuesday. Virat Kohli laid the inspiration of India’s tough run-chase together with his splendid 84 off 98 balls whereas Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul offered helpful contributions within the center. Contemplating India’s poor document in opposition to Australia in ICC knockout occasions, the scenes from the dressing room summed up how ecstatic the gamers have been to seal a spot within the ultimate, particularly skipper Rohit Sharma and the senior marksman Virat Kohli.
A video has surfaced on social media, showcasing the celebrations that happened within the Indian dressing room after the group’s win. The video begins with Kohli hilariously describing Hardik Pandya’s straight sixes, prompting an epic response from Rohit. Later within the video, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma have been noticed leaping with pleasure as feelings flowed uninterrupted.
I LOVE THIS TEAM SO MUCH, SOO MUCH pic.twitter.com/XzajzJVBvc
— Pallavi Anand (@PallaviSAnand) March 4, 2025
With the victory in opposition to Australia, Group India avenged their 2023 ODI World Cup ultimate loss in opposition to the identical opponents, although the main focus now stays on going the gap within the ultimate on Sunday.
As India confirmed unimaginable consistency to sail into the Champions Trophy ultimate, many have accused them of getting ‘unfair benefit’ from enjoying all of their matches in Dubai. When India head coach Gautam Gambhir was requested about the identical within the post-match press convention, he shredded the accusation into items.
“I know, there’s a lot of debate about the undue advantage. But what is an undue advantage? First of all, this is as much of a neutral venue for us as it is for any other team. I don’t remember which tournament we played in this stadium last time,” Gambhir mentioned within the post-match press meet.
“We haven’t practiced here even for a day. We practiced in the ICC Academy. The conditions there and here are 180 degrees different. Some people are just perpetual cribbers. So, I feel we didn’t have any undue advantage,” additional mentioned.
India will now face the winners of the second semi-final between South Africa and New Zealand within the title-decider on Sunday.
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