WATCH: Shreyas Iyer’s bullet-arm throw runs-out Alex Carey for 61

Australian batters played well to post a competitive score on the board in the first semi-finals of the Champions Trophy 2025. Fifties from Steve Smith and Alex Carey helped the Men in Yellow go past 260 runs on the board. Shreyas Iyer produced a great throw to dismiss Carey for 61 runs. 

The incident in question happened in the first ball of the 48th over of the innings. Pandya bowled a slower short ball that Carey pulled to the backward square leg region and set off for a single and wanted to come for a second run. Iyer came running in and swooped down to pick the ball and hit the stumps on the field. 

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Shreyas Iyer's pinpoint throw has Alex Carey short of his crease 👌 pic.twitter.com/yEefHMOcSh

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Once the batter was out, there was huge jubilation in the Indian camp. It was a key moment of the game as Carey was batting well and could have taken Australia to a huge total on the board. In the end, the Aussies were all out for 26,4 which is the highest total in Dubai in this year’s Champions Trophy. 

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Challenging target for India in first semi-final vs Australia 

All the eyes were on Travis Head as he strode out to bat in the first semi-final versus India on Tuesday. The 31-year-old was dropped by Shami in the first legal ball of the game, which shocked many fans. The veteran pacer then struck when he got the wicket of Cooper Connolly for a duck. Head was soon out for 39 when he offered a simple catch to Shubman Gill off Varun Chakravarthy for 39. 

Ravindra Jadeja then got into the act as he got the key wickets of Marnus Labuschagne (29) and Josh Inglis (11). Steve Smith and Alex Carey then added 54 runs for the fifth wicket in 58 balls before Shami castled Smith for 73. The Aussie skipper scored his runs off 96 balls with four boundaries and a six. Smuth gave Shami the charge and was bowled off a full toss. 

Alex Carey was the aggressor with the bat, scoring 61 off 57 balls with eight fours and a six. For India, the best bowler was Shami, who bowled ten overs and picked 3/48. Varun Chakravarthy and Ravindra Jadeja picked two wickets each, while Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel got a wicket apiece.