AUS vs IND Match Highlights And Report-T20 WC: First things first, India thumped Australia by 24 runs in their last Super 8 encounter to progress to the semi-final of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. India won all three of their Super 8 matches, while Australia lost two, this one, and against Afghanistan. India will face England in semi-final 2 on June 27 in Guyana.
Coming to Australia and Afghanistan’s qualification scenario. Both teams have two points each and Afghanistan will play Bangladesh in their last Super 8 game. So the equation for Rashid Khan’s team is straightforward: beat Bangladesh, or if the match gets washed out, then they go through to the semis; if they lost to Bangladesh, then Australia advance.
Talking about this game, captain Rohit Sharma put India in the front early on with his thunderous knock of 92 runs in 41 balls. Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube and Hardik Pandya’s contributions took India to 205.
India were given a scare by Travis Head (once again) as the left-hander blasted 76 off 43. But this time, Jasprit Bumrah got Head with a slower ball and India capitalized to secure the match.
AUS vs IND Match Highlights And Report-T20 WC
Mitchell Marsh won the toss and elected to bowl first. Josh Hazlewood bounced out Virat Kohli for a duck but Rohit got on the charge quickly as he tonked four sixes and a four in a single over from Mitchell Starc. Rohit tore into Cummins as well for a 15-run over and reached his half-century in only 19 balls, the fastest of the tournament.
Sharma muscled Zampa and Stoinis for three sixes but the latter dismissed Rishabh Pant. Joining in the boundary-hitting fun was Suryakumar, who whacked three fours and two sixes in his 31 (16). Meanwhile, Rohit kept going and got into the 90s. However, Starc returned to castle him with a yorker. Hardik and Dube scored 55 runs combined as India crossed 200.
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In the chase, while Arshdeep dismissed Warner via an outside edge, Head put on his marauder cap and continued his bashing of India. While Head collected three fours off Bumrah, Marsh hit 14 runs off Arshdeep. Hardik was smitten for 17 runs by the pair as Australia finished their powerplay at 65/1.
The hammering continued with Hardik leaking 14 more runs, but Kuldeep dismissed Marsh for 37 (28) via a sensational one-handed catch from Axar. Hardik was thumped for 12 more runs, while Jadeja was welcomed by getting plundered for 17 runs by Head and Maxwell.
Kuldeep got another breakthrough by castling Maxwell and Axar got rid of Stoinis. But the biggest fish was caught by Bumrah with a slower ball, with Rohit taking the catch at cover. Arshdeep dismissed Wade and Tim David in a single over to all but secure the win.
Score summary: India 205/5 in 20 overs (Rohit Sharma 92, Mitchell Starc 2/45); Australia 181/7 in 20 overs (Travis Head 76, Arshdeep Singh 3/37). India defeated Australia by 24 runs.
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