Watch: Steve Smith survives as ball hits stumps, but bails refuse to fall in CT 2025 semi-final

Australia National Cricket Team skipper Steve Smith is having a great time on the field in the ongoing semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 against India National Cricket Team. The match between the teams is taking place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai.

Australia National Cricket Team skipper Steve Smith is holding the fort for his team in the ongoing semi-final after Cooper Connolly and Travis Head (39) were back in the hut early. The right-hander has looked solid with the bat and has played Indian spinners with utmost ease.

Steve Smith had a fair share of luck throughout his innings during India vs Australia ICC Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final

Steve Smith, who walked out to bat at No.3, is ensuring that India National Cricket Team spinners don't get settled. The batter is making sure that he doesn't play many dots and is rotating the strike in almost every ball that he has faced, ticking the scorecard slowly as well.

Steve Smith, however, had a fair share of luck as well in the match. On the fifth ball of the 14th over, he escaped a run-out and then got saved again on the last ball. Axar Patel bowled a delivery to which the batter got thick inside-edge onto the pad.

The ball went on to roll gently and hit the base of off-stump, however, to his fortune, the bail stayed intact. Steve Smith kept watching the ball and didn't even try to stop the ball from going on to the stumps.

Watch: Steve Smith gets a lucky escape as bails fail to fall after ball hits off-stump

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Steve Smith, after that, got another lucky escape, but this time against Mohammed Shami. The fast bowler bowled a full delivery and the batter attempted to play the drive hard back to the bowler. The pacer stuck his left hand out, but he couldn't hang on.

Steve Smith, along with Marnus Labuschagne, added 56 runs partnership for the fourth wicket before the latter was back in the hut. Labuschagne was removed by Ravindra Jadeja as he trapped the batter in lbw. The batter ended with an innings of 29 runs off 36 balls.

Steve Smith ends with a innings of 73 runs, takes Australia past total of 200 runs in big semi-final

The onus was then on Steve Smith to take his team to a big total in the semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy against India National Cricket Team. And he played a brilliant hand for his team, taking them past 200 runs.

The Australia National Cricket Team batter has slammed a solid half-century, ending with the innings of 73 and putting the India National Cricket Team under pressure. He has got crucial support from Marnus Labuschagne (29) and Alex Carey, who is going great guns, as Men in Yellow eye big score.

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