Team India and Australia face to face in the first semi-final match of ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Where Steve Smith won the toss and decided to bat first. For this match, the Australian team has made 2 changes in their playing XI.
While Team India has landed on the ground without any change. In this match, Team India tied a black band and landed in the field.
Because of this, Team India landed on the ground by tying a black bandage
In the semi -final match, Team India players are playing with a black band. The reason for which all Indian fans want to know. The BCCI has given the reason for this on social media. In fact, on March 3, India lost domestic cricket superstar Padmakar Shivalkar at the age of 84.
Great Indian player dies
Padmakar Shivalkar was 84 years old and breathed his last in Mumbai. Padmakar Shivalkar is an experienced player of Indian domestic cricket, who has played for Mumbai for 20 years. But despite his best performance, he never got a chance to play for Team India. Padmakar Shivalkar could not play for Team India because at that time left -handed spinner Bishan Singh Bedi was one of the main bowlers of Team India.
Indian players are tying black straps on their shoulders in honor of Padmakar Shivalkar. Shivalkar, who played domestic cricket for Mumbai, played 124 matches, in which he dismissed 589 batsmen at an average of 19.69. During this, he took 5 wickets 42 times and 10 wickets 13 times. He scored 515 runs with the bat.
Playing XI of both teams
Australia Team: Cooper Konoli, Travis Head, Steve Smith (captain), Marnas Labushen, Josh English (wicketkeeper), Alex Carrie, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshis, Nathan Alice, Adam Zampa, Tanveer Sangha.
Indian team: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Akshar Patel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty.
