Yuvraj Singh and Sachin Tendulkar’s blast, India entered the finals after defeating Australia in the semi-finals

The first semi-final match of the International Masters League T20 2025 was played on 13 March between India Masters and Australia Masters at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur. Where the India Masters team managed to win by a huge margin of 94 runs. The Indian team, which was forced to bat first after losing the toss in Raipur, managed to score 220 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs. During the match, Yuvraj Singh and Sachin Tendulkar’s bats were in full swing. Batting at the fourth position, Yuvraj managed to score 59 runs in 30 balls at a strike rate of 196.67. During this, one four and seven sixes came off his bat. Apart from him, Captain Sachin Tendulkar, while opening the innings, scored 42 runs in 30 balls at a strike rate of 140.00. Meanwhile, cricket lovers got to see seven fours from his bat.

Apart from these two batsmen, Stuart Binny, batting at the fifth position, played an innings of 36 runs in 21 balls from India Masters side. Due to which Team India was able to cross the 200 run mark.

Doherty and Christian took two wickets each

The most successful bowlers from the opposition team were Xavier Doherty and Daniel Christian. Both these bowlers took two wickets each. Apart from them, Hilfenhaus, Stephen O’Keefe and Nathan Coulter-Nile managed to take one wicket each.

Australia Masters team collapsed on 126 runs

Chasing the target of 221 runs given by India Masters, the entire team of Australia Masters collapsed on 126 runs in 18.1 overs. Chasing the target for the team, Ben Cutting played an important innings of 39 runs in 30 balls at a strike rate of 130.00, but even his excellent innings could not make the team win. As a result, the team had to face defeat by a huge margin of 94 runs.

Shahbaz Nadeem took four wickets

In the semi-final match, the most successful bowler from India Masters was Shahbaz Nadeem. He took the maximum four wickets by spending 15 runs in four overs at an economy of 3.80. Apart from him, Irfan Pathan and Vinay Kumar took two wickets each, while Stuart Binny and Pawan Negi took one wicket each.