India Masters vs Australia Masters IML T20 2025 Highlights: Australia Masters hammer India Masters by 95 runs

Shane Watson and company open their account in IML T20 2025 in ruthless style as they outplay India Masters at the BCA Stadium in Vadodara to collect their first win and keep their semi-final hopes alive!

Rahul Sharma (18) is the last batter to fall, getting dismissed in the final delivery of the evening as India Masters are bowled out for 174 in their chase of 270.

Ben Dunk and skipper Shane Watson remain unbeaten on 132 and 110 respectively, forging an unbroken second-wicket partnership that’s worth 236 off just 93 balls! 35 runs are added in the last two overs — 15 by Abhimanyu Mithun in the penultimate over followed by 20 in Vinay Kumar’s final over of the evening.

Vinay Kumar finishes wicketless for 73 runs while left-arm spinner Pawan Negi collects the only wicket to fall during the Aussie innings, finishing with figures of 1/34 in three overs!

Tendulkar opts for a change from both ends after the conclusion of the powerplay, bringing seamer Irfan Pathan and off-spinner Gurkeerat Singh Mann in place of Pawan Negi and Rahul Sharma.

The changes, however, hardly deter Dunk, who smacks Pathan for two boundaries in a space of four deliveries before smashing two sixes in Mann’s first over. 27 runs in the last two overs. Dunk’s currently batting on 35 off 16. AUS 75/1 after 8

India Masters: Sachin Tendulkar(c), Naman Ojha(w), Irfan Pathan, Pawan Negi, Saurabh Tiwary, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Yusuf Pathan, Stuart Binny, Abhimanyu Mithun, Rahul Sharma, Vinay Kumar

Australia Masters: Shane Watson(c), Shaun Marsh, Ben Dunk(w), Daniel Christian, Nathan Reardon, Ben Cutting, Ben Laughlin, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Xavier Doherty, Bryce McGain, Ben Hilfenhaus

It’s not even been 24 hours since India defeated Australia by four wickets in the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy in Dubai.

Can an Indian team defeat an Australian team for the second time in as many days later tonight? Stay tuned to find out.

Here how ‘Master Blaster’ Sachin  Tendulkar has fared so far in the 2025 IML T20:

— 10 vs Sri Lanka Masters in Navi Mumbai

— 34 vs England Masters in Navi Mumbai

— 6 vs South Africa Masters in Vadodara

Tendulkar was off to a promising start against the Englishmen, collecting five fours and a six to race to 34 off 20 balls before getting dismissed by Chris Schofield.

Can he bring up a half-century, or better, against the Australians today. He did love batting against Australia during his playing career, and the sight of the iconic canary yellow jersey might just awaken the sleeping beast.

South Africa Masters were off to a promising start against India Masters in Vadodara on Saturday after they were invited to bat when Rahul Sharma’s sensational hat-trick in the fifth over turned the game on its head.

Watch the leg-spinner dismiss Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis and Jacques Rudolph in his second over:

𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐥, 𝐧𝐚𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐠𝐚! 😎🎬

3️⃣rd time's a charm indeed! Watch Rahul Sharma pull off the #IMLT20's first hattrick in style 🤙📈#TheBaapsOfCricket #IMLonJioHotstar #IMLonCineplex pic.twitter.com/VGXxDlptzi

— INTERNATIONAL MASTERS LEAGUE (@imlt20official) March 1, 2025