India vs Australia semifinal: Connolly falls to Shami at 0

Dubai: Australian opening batsman Cooper Connolly returned to the pavilion without opening his account against India in the first semifinal of the Champions Trophy here on Tuesday.

Connolly was unable to play six balls in a row from Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami and edged the seventh ball, only to be caught by KL Rahul behind the wickets.

Australia lost its first wicket at four runs in three overs.

Earlier, Australian captain Steve Smith won the toss and opted to bat 

Australia made two changes from their previous match playing XI, bringing in Cooper Connolly for injured Matthews Short and Tanveer Sangha for Spencer Johnson.

India fielded the same playing XI of their previous match.

The Teams: India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy.

Australia: Steven Smith (c), Cooper Connolly, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Tanveer Sangha.