India's Rishabh Pant and captain Rohit Sharma
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ICC Men's T20 World Cup Super 8 Group 1 - Australia vs India - Rohit Sharma powers India to semi-finals with unbeaten run in Super 8s
Rohit Sharma struck a quickfire 92 as India booked their place in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup by defeating Australia in St. Lucia on Monday.
Match Summary
Australia vs India, 51 Match, Super 8 Group 1
Australia 181/7 (20 ov)
India 205/5 (20 ov)
India won by 24 runs.
Match Highlights
Rohit Sharma led from the front with a blistering 92 as India beat Australia by 24 runs in St. Lucia on Monday to seal their place in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup.
The India captain's dashing innings -- he faced just 41 balls, including seven fours and eight sixes -- was the cornerstone of a total of 205-5 made after he lost the toss.
Australia eventually finished their reply on 181-7, with left-arm quick Arshdeep Singh taking 3-37.
India will now face defending champions England in Thursday's semi-final in Guyana.
Defeat meant Australia's fate was no longer in their own hands.
Afghanistan, who produced a stunning upset in beating Australia by 21 runs last time out, will qualify for the semi-finals if they defeat Bangladesh later Monday in the concluding Group One game of the Super Eights.
Australia lost David Warner for just six when the veteran left-handed opener was undone by a full-length delivery from Arshdeep that he could only edge to Suryakumar Yadav at slip.
Travis Head, whose superb century crushed Indian dreams of a 50-over World Cup final win on home soil last year, kept Australia in the hunt with a well-made 76 off 43 balls.
His second-wicket stand of 81 with skipper Mitchell Marsh looked to be turning the tide.
But Marsh was brilliantly caught one-handed on the boundary by a leaping Axar Patel off Kuldeep Yadav for 37.
Left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep then bowled dangerman Glenn Maxwell for 20 with a superb 'wrong-un' on his way to fine figures of 2-24 in his maximum four overs.
And when Head holed out off a superbly-disguised slower ball from paceman Jasprit Bumrah, Australia were all but beaten at 150-5 in the 17th over.
Earlier, India star batsman Virat Kohli holed out for a five-ball duck off Josh Hazlewood, with Tim David taking a fine running catch over his shoulder.
But fellow opener Rohit then cut loose. He was particularly severe on Mitchell Starc, the only change to the Australia team following their upset defeat by Afghanistan.
He hit the left-arm fast bowler for 29 runs in a third over where he struck four sixes -- two in successive balls over extra-cover, a monster hit over deep midwicket and a top-edged full toss over the wicketkeeper.
But with Rohit threatening the first hundred of this tournament, Starc bowled him with an excellent yorker.
Match Stats
IndiaFall of wickets: 1-6 (Virat Kohli - 1.4 ov), 2-93 (Rishabh Pant - 7.6 ov), 3-127 (Rohit Sharma - 11.2 ov), 4-159 (Suryakumar Yadav - 14.3 ov), 5-194 (Shivam Dube - 18.4 ov)
Australia Fall of wickets: 1-6 (David Warner - 0.6 ov), 2-87 (Mitchell Marsh - 8.6 ov), 3-128 (Glenn Maxwell - 13.1 ov), 4-135 (Marcus Stoinis - 14.1 ov), 5-150 (Travis Head - 16.3 ov), 6-153 (Matthew Wade - 17.1 ov), 7-166 (Tim David - 17.5 ov)
Playing XI
Australia
- Travis Head
- David Warner
- Mitchell Marsh(C)
- Glenn Maxwell
- Marcus Stoinis
- Tim David
- Matthew Wade(WK)
- Pat Cummins
- Mitchell Starc
- Adam Zampa
- Josh Hazlewood
India
- Rohit Sharma(C)
- Virat Kohli
- Rishabh Pant(WK)
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Shivam Dube
- Hardik Pandya
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Axar Patel
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Arshdeep Singh
- Jasprit Bumrah
Match Details:
Date: Monday, June 24, 2024 15:30
Venue: Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, St Lucia, Gros Islet
Toss: Australia elected to bowl
Officials Umpires: Richard Illingworth (England) Richard Kettleborough (England) Michael Gough(England TV)
Match Referee: Jeff Crowe(New Zealand)
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