Hardik Pandya, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
0.6
Shami to Connolly, no run, 139kph, beaten! Length ball outside off, Connolly has a waft at it
0.5
Shami to Connolly, no run, 137.1kph, in-angler on middle, pushed to mid-on
0.4
Shami to Connolly, no run, 137.4kph, Connolly hangs back and pokes this short of a good length ball to backward point
0.3
Shami to Head, 1 run,
0.2
Shami to Head, no run, short of length ball on off, Head knocks it to mid-on
0.1
Shami to Head, no run, 136.8kph, chance! Head closes the bat-face early
0.1
Shami to Head, wide
Head and Connolly are at the crease. Head is on strike. Shami will open the attack
Two left-handers at the top of the order for Australia.
This is the seventh time India and Australia are meeting in an ICC ODI competition knockout - World Cup or the Champions Trophy. India have lost the toss in six of these games, the only exception being the 2003 World Cup final in Johannesburg.
The two flags are spread out,
Youngest players to represent Australia in ICC ODI events 20y 225d - Andrew Zesers vs India, Delhi, CWC 1987 21y 66d - Ricky Ponting vs Kenya, Visakhapatnam, CWC 1996 21y 90d - Shane Watson vs New Zealand, Colombo SSC, CT 2002 21y 194d - Cooper Connolly vs India, Dubai, CT 2025 21y 231d - Mitchell Marsh vs England, Edgbaston, CT 2013 21y 264d - Steven Smith vs Zimbabwe, Ahmedabad, CWC 2011
India have now lost 14 consecutive tosses in a row, the longest such streak in ODIs - one that started with the CWC 2023 final between these two sides in Ahmedabad.
Most consecutive tosses lost by a captain in ODIs 12 - Brian Lara (West Indies, October 1998 to May 1999) 11 - Peter Borren (Netherlands, March 2011 to August 2013) 11*- Rohit Sharma (India, November 2023 to March 2025)
Teams:
Australia (Playing 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