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Last update:March 4, 2025, 23:56 IST

Virat Kohli scored for India by making 84 races of 98 balls in the first semifinal of the Champions Trophy 2025, which was played against Australia in the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

Rohit Sharma praises Virat Kohli. (Image credit: AFP)

The captain of the Indian male Cricket team, Rohit Sharma, was full of praise for his former teammate in India, Virat Kohli, on Tuesday, March 4, after scoring 84 races of 98 balls to seal the victory of four Wickt of India over Australia in the first semifinal of the first semifinal of the Champions Trophy 2025 He played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

After hitting his usual position number 3 in the persecution of 265 races, Kohli hit 5 four and ran 56 singles to keep the Australians at bay. He added 91 races for the third Wickt with Shreyas Iyer (45), 44 races for the fourth Wickt with Axar Patel (27) and 47 races for the fifth Wickt with KL Rahul (42*).

For his excellent show with the bat, Kohli won the game player award.

During the presentation ceremony after the game, when Rohit was asked about Kohli’s tickets, he said: “He (virat) has done it (profits) for us for so many years. We were very calm. We wanted that great position, which had Shreyas and Virat. Then Hardik’s shots were finally very important.”

Rohit said he has always emphasized having six bowling options at his disposal without compromising batting depth, which was in sight of the comfortable victory of the team over Australia.

“That is something I really wanted, to have six bowling options and then hitting until number 8 too. This is something we discuss when doing the team. The credit goes to everyone who participated in doing the team, “said Rohit.

Rohit, who became the first captain to reach the final of the four CPI events on Tuesday, said his teammates were clinical with the bat on Tuesday.

“In the middle of the game, we feel it was a reasonable score, and we have to hit very, very good. I thought we were very clinical with the bat. We were very quiet and compound. The wickt looked better, and that has been the nature of the surfaces.

“He who played today was a little better. We just want to play a good cryket and not read too much about what the launch is doing. “

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