Australia V India

**The winner will go through to the semis.

GO AUSTRALIA.
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World T20, 31st Match, Super 10 Group 2: India v Australia at Mohali, Mar 27, 2016

India
Australia
Match scheduled to begin at 19:30 local time (14:00 GMT)

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India Squad

[TD=“class: player-names”]MS Dhoni*†, R Ashwin, JJ Bumrah, S Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, RA Jadeja, V Kohli, Mohammed Shami, P Negi, A Nehra, HH Pandya, AM Rahane, SK Raina, RG Sharma, Yuvraj Singh

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Australia Squad

[TD=“class: player-names”]SPD Smith*, DA Warner, AC Agar, NM Coulter-Nile, JP Faulkner, AJ Finch, JW Hastings, JR Hazlewood, UT Khawaja, MR Marsh, GJ Maxwell, PM Nevill†, AJ Tye, SR Watson, A Zampa

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Re: Australia V India

Ashwin is the key for India. If he has a good game then Australia will struggle

Battingwise, India have not been at their best so far in this tournament.

Australia will start as favourites but India has the psychological advantage of having beaten the former 3-0 in their own backyard not so long ago

Should be a good game of cricket

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In a game of inches, let the gods provide same benefit to both.

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Virat has always been a key to success. if he and Ashwin click, as they always do, India will be thru to the semis...the ONLY Asian team to reach the next level otherwise i believe it's gonna be, for the first time, all non-Asian teams in Asia going to the semis. that will be sad. let's all support India then. :)

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Australia vs India: Mohali track altered to favour hosts, says report - Sport - DAWN.COM

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Is this unprecedented or does every host nation have a say in pitch preparation.

In Australia, it is my understanding most pitches do suit the hosts style of play. So fast green wickets are par for the course?

In Tests, haven't host countries done this for ages since Tretayug?

What does Afridi think of all this

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India all the way, folks! :)

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says Dawn reporter…that explains! how come no one else has complained about it? vaise, har mulk apne Hisaab se pitch taiyaar kartii hai…yeh unkaa Haqq-e-paidaaishii hai. :slight_smile:

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Dharmasena could be dangerous. Don't know much abt Erasmus

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First over by Nehra 4 0 0 0 0 0

Bumrah has gone for 4 consecutive boundaries in in his first over...:(

bring Ashwin now!

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India kii baRii piTaaii ho gaii...finally, Nehra does it for Dhoni.

Khowaja very impressive...6 FOURS in his innings of 26

**Australia 55 for 1 after 5 overs.

4.2**
Nehra to Khawaja, OUT, caught behind and the crowd roars for the first time in this game! Khawaja drove hard at a good length ball that shaped away from him from around off stump and got a thick edge through to Dhoni. India have their first wicket

UT Khawaja c †Dhoni b Nehra 26 (16b 6x4 0x6) SR: 162.50

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second fastest 50 in this world cup.

run rate brought down to 9.1 from 13.2 at one point.

end of powerplay

59 runs and a wicket

Sir Jadeja is IN. :)

Ashwin was taken to the cleaners in his first over...2 consecutive SIXES of his first over by Finch

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Ashwin brought back for his second over. much better. he gave away ONLY 8 runs as compared to 17 in his first over.

Warner is OUT. :)

7.5
Ashwin to Warner, OUT, stumped! Warner skipped down the track but could not get to the pitch of the delivery, perhaps he came forward too early and Ashwin shortened his length and slowed the pace down too. The ball spun away from the left-hander and beat Warner's helpless prod. Dhoni did the rest

DA Warner st †Dhoni b Ashwin 6 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

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Sir Jadeja gave only 1 run...6 runs in his two overs...he needs to get a wicket though...good batting pitch...hopefully, Dhawan and Rohit.

Yuvraj gets his first wicket off his FIRST ball...he has done that the second time in this tournament.

Australia 75 for 3 after 9.2 overs.
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Yuvraj Singh to Smith, OUT, and he has struck first ball!!! An incredible turn of events. That is his first ball of the tournament.

SPD Smith c †Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh 2 (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

Maxwell gets NO runs off the FREE hit after Yuvraj bowls a NO ball.
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RR now dragged back to 7.5 from 13.2 at one point during the powerplay.**

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Pandya in his first over gave out only 4 runs...a good start for him.

Yuvraj gets second over for the first time in this tournament. he leaked 8 runs. not bad!

FINCH-wa **ko OUT karo, bhaiya jii, phir waa ke ba'd MAXWELL-waa** ko! :)

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finally, FINCH-WA is OUT...under 50. :)

**Australia 100 for 4 after 12

***12.6*
Pandya to Finch, OUT, short again, pulls again and this Pandya wins the contest! Finch seemed to be hurried for time as he swung across the line and mis-timed it to Dhawan at deep midwicket, that was taken well inside the boundary

AJ Finch c Dhawan b Pandya 43 (34b 3x4 2x6) SR: 126.47

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Maxwell proving to be very dangerous now. he hit Jadeja for a FOUR and a SIX in the 16th over.

Dhoni is back to his pacers…Bumrah is in now for his 3rd over.

a clean shaved Bumrah sets himself apart from Jadeja. :hehe:

Bumrah strikes!!! Maxwell, the danger man is OUT.

16.3
Bumrah to Maxwell, OUT, bowled him with the slower ball! Maxwell heaved across the line so, so early that he was almost through the shot before the ball arrived. He had backed away towards leg to make a bit of room too. Bumrah clipped the top of off stump.
**GJ Maxwell b Bumrah 31 (28b 1x4 1x6) SR: 110.71

Australia 130 for 5 after 16.3 overs.**

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last three overs to go...if Aussies are contained, India has a good chance to beat Australia tonight. Nehra should be in NOW!

yes, Nehra is back! :)

Score predictor says 172...let's hope it's correct.

India has done a fantastic job by pulling the RR to 7.73 from 13.2 during powerplay. regular wickets helped to keep the RR down.

ONLY 4 from the over...now, the RR is just 7.55 after 18

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Australia 145 / 5 after 19 overs.

last over to go...let's hope India sets a target of 155 to win for herself. let's hope so. :)

Pandya in for the last over. :)

Falkner us OUT! Pandya get's the valuable wicket! :)

19.1
Pandya to Faulkner, OUT, caught at long on! It's a good length ball that does not come on to the bat, Faulkner makes room and slogs, but mis-times the ball straight to Kohli in the deep. Will Australia get to 150?

**JP Faulkner c Kohli b Pandya 10 (10b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

in the last game against Bangladesh, it was him who took 3 wickets in the last over to WIN the game for India
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Target 161 for India.

Australia 160/6 off 20 overs.

a job well done by India. Score Predictor at one point suggested the target would be 205...India successfully pulled back Australia to a RR of just 8

India must win this game. so, Rohit, Dhawan and Kohli are the key to success. if two of them get a 50 each then India is on her way to win the game. :)

good luck India. :)