Australia lost their first wicket early in the first semi-final against India in the semifinals of the Champions Trophy. Cooper Connolly (0), who replaced Matthew Short, was dismissed for a duck.

Connolly faced 9 balls but failed to get off the mark before being bowled out by a brilliant delivery from Shami. With that wicket, Australia’s score stood at 4/1 after 3 overs.

Australia won the toss and elected to bat first. Indian bowlers Shami and Pandya have been in superb form, putting pressure on the Australian batters and not offering many scoring opportunities.

If they maintain this momentum, they could potentially restrict Australia to a low score in the first innings.

Scorecard: 36/1 in 6 overs.