T20 World Cup: Australia defeated, India qualified for semi-finals
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India beat Australia by 24 runs in the eleventh game of the T20 World Cup Super Eight round, securing their spot in the semi-finals.
The 51st game of the competition took place in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia's Darren Semi National Cricket Stadium on Monday.Australia won the toss and asked India to bat first to begin the game.
The Indian team outscored the Australian team by 5 wickets with 205 runs in the 20 overs allocated, something the Australians were unable to accomplish.
Australia's innings:
Taking on India's 206, they sent in openers David Warner and Travis Head to begin the chase.
When chasing the massive goal, Australia couldn't have started any better, as opener David Warner was caught for six runs off of six balls in the opening over by Arsdeep Singh. The Australian team's captain, Mitchell Marsh, took the batting after him.
After losing the opening wicket, Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh batted sensibly to lead Australia to 87 runs. However, on the final ball of the eighth over, Mitchell Marsh hit 37 from 28 balls before being caught by Kuldeep Yadav.
When chasing the massive goal, Australia couldn't have started any better, as opener David Warner was caught for six runs off of six balls in the opening over by Arsdeep Singh. The Australian team's captain, Mitchell Marsh, took the batting after him.
After losing the opening wicket, Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh batted sensibly to lead Australia to 87 runs. However, on the final ball of the eighth over, Mitchell Marsh hit 37 from 28 balls before being caught by Kuldeep Yadav.
Glenn Maxwell replaced Mitchell Marsh as Travis Head's backup at the crease. He scored 19 runs off of 12 balls in the 13th over before being dismissed by Kuldeep Yadav.
Marcus Stoins took Glenn Maxwell's place, however he was bowled out by Axar Patel in the following over, sending him back to Poland with two runs off of four balls. Tim David batted next to him.
The most significant defeat for Australia occurred when Jasprit Bumrah caught Travis Head, who had amassed 76 off 43 balls in the 16th over.
Following Travis Head, Mathew Wade, an Australian wicketkeeper-batsman, was unable to stay at the crease for very long before getting hit for one run in two deliveries by Arsdeep Singh.
Marcus Stoins took Glenn Maxwell's place, however he was bowled out by Axar Patel in the following over, sending him back to Poland with two runs off of four balls. Tim David batted next to him.
The most significant defeat for Australia occurred when Jasprit Bumrah caught Travis Head, who had amassed 76 off 43 balls in the 16th over.
Following Travis Head, Mathew Wade, an Australian wicketkeeper-batsman, was unable to stay at the crease for very long before getting hit for one run in two deliveries by Arsdeep Singh.
Tim David was replaced at bat by Mitchell Starc, however he and Pete Cummins were unable to score 29 runs in the final over, as India defeated Australia by 24 runs.
Arsdeep Singh grabbed three wickets for India, Kuldeep Yadav claimed two, Akshar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah each claimed one, and so on.
India's innings:
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma arrived to lead the team.
Once again, Virat Kohli could not muster a strong opening partnership and was bowled out for 0 runs in the second over by Hazlewood.
India's wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant batted after Virat.
Rain forced the play to be suspended at the start of the fourth over, but it was restarted a short while later.
With a 15 off 14 balls after falling victim to Marcus Stoins in the eighth over, Rishabh Pant departed for Poland. Surya Kumar Yadav batted next after him.
Once again, Virat Kohli could not muster a strong opening partnership and was bowled out for 0 runs in the second over by Hazlewood.
India's wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant batted after Virat.
Rain forced the play to be suspended at the start of the fourth over, but it was restarted a short while later.
With a 15 off 14 balls after falling victim to Marcus Stoins in the eighth over, Rishabh Pant departed for Poland. Surya Kumar Yadav batted next after him.
In addition, Rohit Sharma is also the first player in T20 cricket history to have struck more than 200 sixes. In this single match, he smashed eight sixes.
India scored 100 runs in 8.4 overs, the fastest by an Indian side in the T20 World Cup, courtesy of Rohit's batting.
Mitchell Starc bowled Rohit Sharma in the eleventh over after he had amassed 92 runs off 41 balls.
Surya Kumar Yadav lost his wicket when Shiv Dubey entered the batting after Rohit Sharma. He scored 31 runs off of 16 balls before being caught by Mitchell Starc.
After he scored 28 runs off of 22 balls, Shome Dubey was caught by Marcus Stoins.
Josh Hazlewood claimed one wicket, and Marcus Stoins and Mitchell Starc both claimed two for Australia.
After he scored 28 runs off of 22 balls, Shome Dubey was caught by Marcus Stoins.
Josh Hazlewood claimed one wicket, and Marcus Stoins and Mitchell Starc both claimed two for Australia.
T20 World Cup: Australia defeated, India qualified for semi-finals
India:
Captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant, Surya Kumar Yadav, Shiv Dubey, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Arsdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, and Jasprit Bumrah.
Australia :
Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh (captain), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoins, Tim David, and Matthew Wade (wicketkeeper)
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