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The Indian cricket team finally defeated Australia after 14 years in the knockout competition of the ICC tournaments. In the first semi-final of the Champions Trophy held in Dubai on Tuesday, India qualified for the final after defeating Australia by 4 wickets.
India chased down Australia’s target of 265 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in the 49th over to qualify for the final. Earlier, India’s last win against Australia in an ICC knockout competition was in the quarter-finals of the 2011 ODI World Cup.
Talking about the knockout matches of the ICC tournaments, India and Australia have faced each other 8 times in which both the teams have won 4 and 4 matches respectively.