Champions Trophy 2025 semifinal Ind vs AUS: The semi -final match of the Champions Trophy will be played between India and Australia today. When these two teams are face to face, the heartbeat of fans intensifies. But this time fans are more curious. The reason for this is the coincidence of the Champions Trophy and the 2015 ODI World Cup semi -finals. Apart from this, the presence of Steve Smith in the Australian camp has made this coincidence even bigger. In this article we will know what this coincidence is and why the beats and restlessness of Indian fans have increased.
This is a coincidence.
The Champions Trophy is notable similarities between the semi -final and ODI World Cup 2015 of the Champions Trophy. In the semi -finals of the Champions Trophy, India will face Australia and New Zealand will face South Africa. The semi -final lineup in the ODI World Cup played in 2015 was also similar. New Zealand then defeated South Africa in the first semi -finals. Batting first, South Africa scored 281 runs for 5 wickets. Chasing the target, the Kiwi team won the match by 4 wickets.
Steve Smith scored a century.
India faced Australia in the second semi -finals. Batting first, Australia scored a huge score of 328 runs. Later, the Indian team could reach 233 runs only. Australia won the match by 95 runs. Steve Smith played a century in this match. This Steve Smith is captaining Australia in this tournament.
2023 ODI World Cup similar teams
These four teams were in the semi -finals of the Champions Trophy 2025, World Cup 2015 and 2023 ODI World Cup. However, the lineup was slightly different. India will face New Zealand in the semi -finals of the 2023 ODI World Cup, while South Africa will face Australia. India defeated South Africa, and defeated New Zealand and Australia to make it to the finals. Australia won the World Cup by defeating India in the final.
This coincidence is also amazing.
Virat Kohli also scored a century against Pakistan in the 2015 ODI World Cup. Kohli also scored a century against Pakistan in this Champions Trophy.
In 2015, KKR won the 2014 IPL before the World Cup. So this time too, last year’s IPL winner is KKR.
In the 2014 IPL, KKR defeated the Kings XI Punjab team captained by Australian cricketer George Bailey in the final. In the 2024 IPL, KKR defeated Kangaroo captain Pat Cummins team SRH.
