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India defeated Australia by 4 wickets in Dubai to enter a 3rd straight Champions Trophy remaining
Mohammed Shami (left) removed Cooper Connolly for a nine-ball duck. (AP Photograph)
Australia‘s marketing campaign on the Champions Trophy 2025 got here to an finish with a semifinal defeat to India in Dubai on Tuesday. After opting to bat first, Australia have been bowled out for 264 in 49.3 overs earlier than India overhauled the goal with relative ease and entered a 3rd straight remaining of the Champions Trophy.
Australia made a few modifications to their taking part in XI as they shored up their spin bowling choices with the addition of Tanveer Sangha and batting allrounder Cooper Connolly.
Connolly opened within the sport with Matt Brief absent on account of an harm. Nonetheless, the rookie had a nightmare as he failed to attain earlier than being eliminated for a nine-ball duck by India pacer Mohammed Shami.
Legendary Australia wicketkeeper Ian Healy has criticised Connolly for not respecting the difficult circumstances as he stored going for large pictures.
“I acquired so indignant. (Opening accomplice) Travis Head was gesturing about how sluggish the wicket was to his accomplice (in Connolly),” stated Healy on SEN Radio.
“Cooper Connolly simply stored swinging. In these circumstances, you must work the ball round into gaps and never swing (for the fences). He confronted 9 balls for nought. A duck and he performed and missed on the first eight after which nicked the ninth,” he added.
Healy stated Connolly ought to have dropped anchor and labored for his runs slightly than trying to hit boundaries.
“Mohammad Shami was the bowler and I used to be simply getting so indignant. It was such poor pondering and while you’re batting in robust circumstances, you’ve got to work onerous. He was swiping away, sq. on the off-side and simply not watching the ball in any respect,” Healy stated.
Healy, who performed 119 Assessments and 168 ODIs, claimed Connolly wasn’t watching the ball and as an alternative stored his concentrate on the hole within the discipline.
“There have been three and a half hours of onerous work (available there) and it was simply reckless pondering slightly than getting the ball on the bat and utilizing your footwork. Connolly’s footwork was absent, his shot choice was poor, and his strategy of the shot was poor as a result of he wasn’t watching the ball. His head was watching the hole (within the discipline) the place he thought the ball was going to go and he stored lacking it on a regular basis,” he stated.