Dhoni-led India beat Australia; Advance

India made no changes to their playing eleven.

Australia made eight changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – the Shauns (Marsh and Tait), Travis Head, Chris Lynn, the Camerons (Bancroft and Boyce), Andrew Tye, and Scott Boland made way for Aaron Finch, David Warner, Steve Smith (Australia’s skipper, who chose to bat on winning the toss), James Faulkner, Peter Nevill, Adam Zampa, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Josh Hazlewood.

The Powerplay of Australia’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 59, and lost a wicket.

Australia’s openers scored 50 off 3.4 overs (22 balls). India had conceded half-a-dozen extras at that point. While Usman Khawaja’s contribution to the partnership was 26, Aaron Finch’s contribution to it was 18.

Khawaja, whose 16-ball innings included half-a-dozen boundaries, scored 26. Twenty-six balls into the match, he was caught by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Ashish Nehra broke the 54-run partnership.

Warner, who faced nine balls, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty-one balls later, he was stumped by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper. Ravichandran Ashwin broke the 18-run stand.

Smith, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored a couple. Eight balls later, he was caught by Dhoni. Yuvraj Singh broke the two-run stand.

Australia scored 100 off 12.5 overs (78 balls). India had conceded 10 extras at that point.

Finch, whose 34-ball innings included three boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 43. Twenty-three balls later, he was caught by Shikhar Dhawan. Hardik Pandya broke the 26-run stand.

Glenn Maxwell, whose 28-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 31. Twenty-one balls later, Jasprit Bumrah broke the 30-run stand.

Shane Watson, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 18. He was unbeaten.

James Faulkner, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Virat Kohli, the player of the match. Pandya broke the 15-run stand.

Australia scored 150 off 19.4 overs (119 balls). India had conceded 14 extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Nevill, whose two-ball innings included a boundary and a six, was unbea‘ten’.

Australia scored 160 for the loss of half-a-dozen wickets off 20 overs. Ravindra Jadeja, who bowled three wicketless overs, conceded 20.

Ashwin, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 31. He picked up a wicket. Yuvraj, who bowled three overs, conceded 19. He picked up a wicket. Bumrah and Nehra bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 32, the latter conceded 20. Pandya, who bowled four overs, conceded 36. He picked up a couple of scalps.

The Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 37, and lost a couple of wickets.

Dhawan, whose 12-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 13. Twenty-three balls into the chase, he was caught by Khawaja. Coulter-Nile broke the run-a-ball match.

Rohit Sharma, whose 17-ball innings included a boundary, scored a dozen. A couple of balls later, Watson broke the 14-run stand.

Suresh Raina, whose seven-ball innings included a boundary, scored 10. Eleven balls later, he was caught by Nevill. Watson broke the 12-run stand.

India scored 50 off 7.5 overs (47 balls). Australia had conceded an extra at that point.

Yuvraj Singh, whose 18-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 21. Thirty-eight balls later, he was caught by Watson. Faulkner broke the 45-run stand.

India scored 100 off 14.4 overs (88 balls). Australia had conceded three extras at that point.

Kohli’s half-century – which included three boundaries and a six – came off 39 balls.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 26 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 35, Dhoni’s contribution to it was 14. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

India scored 150 off 18.4 overs (112 balls). Australia had conceded five extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Kohli, whose 51-ball innings included nine boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 82. He was unbeaten, as was Dhoni, who scored 18. His 10-ball innings included three extras.

India, who scored 161 for the loss of four wickets off 19.1 overs, won by half-a-dozen wickets with five balls to spare.

Maxwell and Zampa bowled two wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 18, the latter conceded 11. Josh Hazlewood, who bowled four wicketless overs, conceded 38.

Faulkner, who bowled 3.1 overs, conceded 35. He picked up a wicket, as did Coulter-Nile, who bowled four overs, conceding 33. Watson, who bowled four overs, conceded 23. He picked up two scalps.

India advanced to the semi-finals.