{"id":34863,"date":"2025-03-05T10:51:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T05:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/?p=34863"},"modified":"2025-03-05T10:51:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T05:21:31","slug":"watch-a-crying-fan-hugs-kl-rahul-after-his-winning-six-against-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/news\/watch-a-crying-fan-hugs-kl-rahul-after-his-winning-six-against-australia-34863\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: A crying fan hugs KL Rahul after his winning six against Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Till the end in the first semi-final of the<a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/cricket\/champions-trophy-2025-schedule-venue-host-teams-3441\/\"> ICC Champions Trophy<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/stadium\/dubai-cricket-stadium-odi-records-stats-34094\/\">Dubai International Cricket Stadium <\/a>on Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/tag\/kl-rahul\/\">KL Rahul<\/a> stayed to assist lead India to a four-wicket win over Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Staying until the end, KL drove the winning runs with a maximum and a perfect 42 from 34 balls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the Indian star hit the sixth, a fan ran onto the field to embrace KL Rahul., who hugged the invader back before the fan was dragged away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a location that has usually created meager scores in the event, Australia rode half-centuries from skipper <a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/tag\/steve-smith\/\">Steve Smith<\/a> (73) and Alex Carey (61) to score a respectable 264 all out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although player of the match Kohli (84) captained India&#8217;s chase, he could not finish it. India won with 11 balls to spare as KL Rahul added an undefeated 42 down the order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A fan run and hugged KL Rahul after he finished the match \ud83e\udd7a\ud83e\udee1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ErCxbyLYbG\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ErCxbyLYbG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SaveCricket (@SaveCrickett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaveCrickett\/status\/1896999653541089528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 4, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Smith chose to bat after winning the toss, captaining an injury-depraved Australia side with a second-string attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shami bowled a returnable catch off Travis Head in the first over but wiped out Cooper Connolly for a nine-ball duck in the second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of the team&#8217;s four-pronged spin attack, <a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/tag\/varun-chakravarthy\/\">Varun Chakravarty <\/a>had relief for his teammates by dismissing Head, India&#8217;s enemy, for 39 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defending an <a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/tag\/axar-patel\/\">Axar Patel<\/a> delivery, Smith got a resuming until the ball rolled on the stumps but did not dispirit the bails. When Shami dropped a second return catch, he got another &#8216;life&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jadeja knocked Marnus Labuschagne and Josh Inglis; Shami returned to level Smith&#8217;s off-stump with a full toss after the batter had gone out of bounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just as Australia seemed ready for a late acceleration, Carey was run out and they finally crashed with three balls still to go into their innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rohit, Smith&#8217;s counterpart, turned 28 and was dropped twice when India started their chase; although he couldn&#8217;t really take advantage of it, he was equally fortunate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, <a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/tag\/shubman-gill\/\">Shubman Gill <\/a>was not so fortunate as he knocked a Ben Dwarshuis offering broadly onto his stumps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Kohli,<a href=\"https:\/\/uccricket.live\/tag\/shreyas-iyer\/\"> Shreyas Iyer<\/a> (45) helped to get India back on course in their chasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maxwell dropped Kohli soon after the batsman reached fifty, but Adam Zampa ended the 91-run partnership when he delivered Iyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An architect of many successful chases in India, Kohli holed out deep in the forty-third over, energizing the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pandya, aged 28, stroked three sixes to help alleviate the India pressure and Rahul sealed their win by thumping Maxwell over the fence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India&#8217;s victory sets Dubai to host Sunday&#8217;s final in which India will face the victor of the other semi-final between South Africa and New Zealand in Lahore on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After turning down tour of Pakistan due to the wealthy political ties between the two hostile neighboring countries\u2014whose only matches come in multi-team competitions\u2014India is playing all of its games in Dubai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Till the end in the first semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, KL Rahul stayed to assist lead India to a four-wicket win over Australia. 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