Virat Kohli-Hardik Pandya's MILLION-DOLLAR Hug After Ind Beat Aus in Champions Trophy 2025 S/F Goes VIRAL | WATCH

ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Virat Kohli was at his sublime best on Tuesday as he helped India beat Australia and enter the final. Kohli truly owned the night in Dubai. After the game, Kohli was spotted in an ecstatic mood congratulating his other team members as well, but it was his million-dollar hug with allrounder Hardik Pandya that stole the show. 

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The moment that lasted, four seconds at best, showed the bonhomie that exists inside the team. Hardik too had made a massive contribution in the game with the bat. In fact, Hardik calmed the nerves inside the dressing-room when things got a tad-bit tricky. Hardik hit two consecutive sixes to swing the game completely in India's favour in Dubai. 

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Kohli also bagged the Player of the Match for his masterclass. He hit a matured 84 off 98 balls. 

At the post-match presentation, the former India captain went onto explain how he went about his knock. 

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‘For me it is about understanding the conditions’

"For me it is about understanding the conditions and preparing my game accordingly.. just rotating strike because partnerships on this pitch are the most important thing. My only effort that day and today was to string in enough partnerships. The time that I got out, the plan was to get 20 more and try and finish it off in a couple of overs. Usually that's the template I follow but sometimes you can't execute things how you want to. It's all dependant on the conditions, the pitch tells me how the cricket needs to be played and then I just switch on and play accordingly," Kohli said at the post-match presentation.