IND vs AUS HIGHLIGHTS, T20 World Cup 2024: India Seal Semifinal Berth, Beat Australia By 24 Runs In Last Super Eight Clash
IND vs AUS HIGHLIGHTS, T20 World Cup 2024: It was a clinical performance from Team India who scored 205/5 before keeping Australia down to 181/7.
India are through to the semifinal of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 with a 24-run win over Australia in their last Super Eight fixture. Australia manage 181/7, chasing 206.
And India finally see the back of Head. It's a slower ball that he fails to connect and Rohit Sharma has all the time in the world to get under it and take an easy catch. AUS- 150/5 after 16.3 overs. India see the back of Head who goes back for 76 off 43.
David Has Joined Head In The Middle.
Axar gets a wicket. Stoinis has reverse swept that straight to point where Hardik takes the catch. AUS- 135/4 after 14.1 Overs.
Kuldeep Bowls Out. 4 overs, 2 for 24. But will it come in a winning cause?
Kuldeep gets a second wicket. He has bowled Maxwell who falls for 19 off 12. 5 balls remaining in what has been a superb spell. AUS- 128/3 after 13.1 Overs.
And another good over until the last ball on which which Head just clears long off. AUS- 125/2 after 12 overs.
Glenn Maxwell in at 4 and he is on the attack from the word go. AUS- 116/2 after 11 overs.
Seems like Head is standing in the way of India and a victory, once again. Gets to a fifty off 24 balls. AUS- 99/2 after 10 overs and it's DRINKS!
Kuldeep strikes but it's as much a wicket for Axar Patel as it is for the bowler. Axar has timed his jump to perfection and plucked a stunner just when it looked like it might get past him deep on the leg side. Marsh departs for 37 off 28. Australia- 87/2 after 9 overs.
He has looked the best bowler of what we have seen so far from Team India.
Hardik Being Attacked but then who hasn't barring Kuldeep. Head the man in charge of the onslaught. A four and a six already. Second over this for Hardik and goes for 14. AUS- 83/1 after 8 overs.
Finally A Boundary Less Over. Kuldeep concedes 4 runs off his first. AUS- 69/1 after 7 overs.
Kuldeep Yadav Into The Attack. He could be the key on this surface on which every other bowler has been attacked from Australia.
END OF POWERPLAY. Australia- 60/1 after 6 overs. 17 runs coming off Hardik's first. There is no stopping this Australian duo.
Double change for India. Axar and Hardik replace Arshdeep and Bumrah.
14 Coming Off The Fourth. Two overs apiece for Bumrah and Arshdeep. AUS- 36/1 after 4 overs.
Back-To-Back Boundaries From Head. They are taking the attack to Bumrah.
Marsh Gets Another Life. Arshdeep drops one off his own bowling. And then Marsh rubs salt in the wound with a boundary and a six. Some contest already. Will the Aussie captain make it count? 14 off the over as a boundary had come before the drop as well. AUS- 22/1 after 3 overs.
Mitchell Marsh has been given a life. For some reason, Pant does not commit to the catch and the ball falls safely after a miscued pull.
Warner has been removed, courtesy of a swinging delivery from Arshdeep. Warner nicks one through to first slip. Fine catch from Surykumar. AUS- 6/1 after the 1st over.
India post 205/5 in 20 overs. It's been a brilliant innings with their captain Rohit Sharma leading the way. It will take some effort from Australia to chase this down.
Jadeja Connects One and it's a HUGE six on the leg side and 200's up for India in the last over.
Single To Finish The 19th over. IND- 195/5 after 19 overs. Last 6 balls loading. Can India get to 210?
Shivam Dube goes for the big one but gets holed out. IND- 194/5 after 18.4 Overs. Jadeja new man in.
Successive Sixes from Hardik. In the 19th over. Surely 200 will be crossed now. India in 190s now with 10 balls to go.
Hardik Pandya new man in as India approach 200.
Starc gets another. It's wide, outside off but SKY edges one through to the keeper. He falls for 31 off 16. Suryakumar- 159/4 after 14.3 Overs.
Shivam Dube new man in for India and he has smashed a few boundaries already.
Bowled him! Starc is back and Rohit departs. He has got a bit of an inside edge which helped the ball to the base of a stump. End of a gem of an innings this. He falls for 92 off 41. IND- 127/3 after 11.2 Overs.
Suryakumar Joins The Party. He has smashed a four and a six to finish the 11th over. IND- 127/2. 13 runs off the over.
Cummins is back into the attack. IND- 114/2 after 10 overs.
Rohit Finds Two Boundaries In The Over. Stoinis' second. India take 12 runs off that over. They are 114/2 after 10 overs. It's DRINKS. Is this one of the greatest T20I knocks from Rohit?
And SKY finds the boundary off Zampa this time. Remaining all singles. 9 runs off it. IND go past 100. They are 102/2 after 9 overs.
Suryakumar In At 4 for India.
Pant tries to do a Rohit but he has miscued that one and it's taken at long off. IND- 93/2 after 8 overs. Pant- 15 off 14. Stoinis get a wicket.
Stoinis Now. But Rohit's in no mood to stop. First a four after dancing down the track and then laid back pull for a six before he comes donw the track for a maximum over extra cover. Four, SIX, SIX off successive balls.
Two Sixes Off Zampa. One each from Pant and Rohit. Powerplay may well be over but not the run flow. India fetch 16 runs off Zampa's first over. IND- 76/1 after 7 overs.
Pant finds the Fence. Finally a batter other than Rohit gets a boundary. Pulled on the leg side for a boundary.That allows India to get 8 runs off the over. IND- 60/1 after 6 overs. Powerplay done and dusted.
Hazlewood To Finish The Powerplay for Australia. He has kept it quiet so far.
Half-Century for the India captain. Gets there off 19 balls. IND- 52/1 after 5 overs.
Rohit dances down the track, gets an edge that goes over keeper and slip and in the gap for a boundary.
Does not seem like so. It's full and wide and Rohit's creamed that for a boundary towards cover point.
Match Resumes. A short break but Rohit might take a bit of time before he resumes his attacking stroke-making.
Seems to be a passing shower but Rohit wouldn't be too happy after his innings is interrupted. He was looking in sublime nick. IND- 43/1 after 4.1 overs as covers come on. Rohit on 41* off 14.
It's on the roof from Rohit. He is ready for that ball from Australia's Pat Cummins as if he knew last night what he would be bowling to him. He sends that to the top of the roof. Massive six. The biggest of the five that he has hit so far.
That happened to be the most expensive over for Starc in T20Is.
FOURTH SIX IN THE OVER. This time not where he intended did Rohit but it's come off the edge and gone over the fence for a maximum. 29 off the over from Starc. Left arm pace is a weakness? Rohit might be mocking. IND- 35/1 after 3 overs.
FOUR And SIX to follow. Rohit is in no mood to slow down. On the on side these two this time from Rohit. The nerves have settled down for sure.
The Hitman has arrived in St Lucia. Counter attack of the highest quality from Rohit. Wide outside off and he has connected well to clear the fence on the first two balls of Starc's second on the trot.
Rishabh Pant in At 3.
Kohli out for a duck. He tries to go for the fancy shot but the ball has hit him high on the bat off Josh Hazlewood and he goes back for a duck. 5 had come off the first and Hazlewood had conceded a single first ball before Kohli played two dots and then went for this shot. IND- 6/1 after 1.4 Overs.
Rohit might have missed out on a full toss first up but on the third ball, he has played a lovely flick for a boundary.
The match has commenced on time. It's IND Vs AUS. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli open. Mitchell Starc to Rohit. What a match up. What a game.
So seems like the match will get underway on time. But rain likely to come at some stage.
Here are the 11s:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah
Australia: Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh(c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Australia Elect To Bowl First In St Lucia.
Even as it has been raining in St Lucia, Australia would be feeling the heat after their shock defeat to Afghanistan. India, on the other hand, are all but through to the semis.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the India vs Australia T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eights fixture.
Background
IND vs AUS Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: India are all set to face Australia in their final Super Eights fixture in St Lucia on Monday (June 24). While India are all but through to the semifinals after winning each of their first two matches in the Super 8 round, this is more of a must-win game for the Aussies after their shock defeat to Afghanistan earlier in the group stage, although they will still be in contention for semis if they lost but just about.
Rain is also likely to play a part in this match. In case of a complete washout, it will not make much of a difference to Team India as they will be official through to final four. However, the fate of Australia will no longer remain in their hand and they will have to depend on the result of the Bangladesh- Afghanistan Super 8 match to know whether or not they make it to the semis.
In case of an Afghanistan win, they will be through to the final four with Australia missing out but a Bangladesh win would help the Aussies go through but it will come down to that only if the IND vs AUS match gets washed out. Fans, however, will be hoping to catch some cricket action with two of the finest white-ball teams set to go head-to-head in this match although more pressure will be the Kangaroos.
Australia captain Mitchell Marsh hasn't been in the best of forms in this edition of the T20 World Cup and will be eager to perform with his team with their backs against the wall. For India, it has been a curious case of Arshdeep Singh who has picked most wickets for them alright but has also been of the most expensive bowlers.
India do not seem in a mood to make changes to their Playing 11 and so it is likely to be the same combination in this team. Australia may be tempted to bring in Mitchell Starc but we will get to know more on what the captains think and the how the game will proceed in a few hours.
- - - - - - - - - Advertisement - - - - - - - - -