Unbeaten India advance; Australia D(hon)isappointed

India (Shar)made a couple of changes to their playing eleven – Shikhar Dhawan and Mohammed Shami made way for Ajinkya Rahane and Twenty20 International debutant Mohit.

Australia made half-a-dozen changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Nic Maddinson, Moises Henriques, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Faulkner, Clint McKay and Xavier Doherty made way for David Warner, Cameron White, Brad Hodge, Mitchell Starc, James Muirhead and Doug Bollinger.

On winning the toss, George Bailey, Australia’s skipper, inserted the Indians.

The Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth Powerplay. They scored 44, and lost a wicket.

Rohit, whose three-ball innings included a maiden, scored five. Four balls into the (Shar)match, he was caught by Muirhead. Hodge broke the six-run stand.

Virat Kohli, whose 22-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 23. Thirty-four balls later, he was caught by White. Muirhead broke the 40-run stand.

India scored 50 off 6.5 overs (41 balls). Australia had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

Rahane, whose 16-ball (Hadd)innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 19. A dozen balls later, he was caught by Brad. Needless to say, Bollinger was in seventh heaven.

Suresh Raina, who faced 10 balls, scored half-a-dozen. Nineteen balls later, he was caught by Aaron Finch. Glenn Maxwell broke the 13-run stand.

India scored 100 off 14.5 overs (89 balls). Australia had conceded 10 extras at that point.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 50 off 29 balls. While Yuvraj Singh’s contribution to the partnership was 24, the contribution of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper, to it was 21. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was eight.

Yuvraj’s half-century – which included four boundaries and four sixes – came off 37 balls.

India scored 150 off 18.2 overs (110 balls). Australia had conceded 13 extras at that point.

Dhoni, whose 20-ball innings included a boundary and a six, eventually scored 24. Forty-two balls after Raina’s dismissal, Starc broke the 84-run partnership.

Yuvraj, whose 43-ball innings included five boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes, eventually scored 60. Four balls later, he was caught by Maxwell. Shane Watson broke the two-run stand.

The seventh-wicket pair put on three. Ravindra Jadeja, who faced three balls, scored as many. Three balls later, Watson ran him out.

Ravichandran Ashwin, the player of the match, faced three balls, scoring a couple. He was unbeaten, as was Bhuvneshwar, who faced a ball, failing to get off the (Ku)mark.

Australia eventually conceded 17 extras. India scored 159 for the loss of seven wickets off 20 overs. Muirhead and Hodge bowled tow wicketless overs apiece, picking up two wickets apiece. While the former conceded 24, the latter conceded 13.

Starc and Watson bowled four overs, conceding 36 each, and picked up a wicket apiece. Bollinger and Maxwell bowled four overs each, picking up a scalp apiece. While the former conceded 24, the latter conceded 20.

The Powerplay of Australia’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth Powerplay. They scored 27, and lost three wickets.

Finch, whose 11-ball innings included a boundary, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty balls into the chase, he was caught by Kohli. Ashwin broke the 13-run stand.

White, who faced a couple of balls, failed to get off the mark. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Jadeja. Kumar broke the six-run stand.

Watson, who faced four balls, scored a run. Five balls later, Mohit broke the two-run stand.

Warner, whose 21-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 19. Fifteen balls later, he was caught by Rohit. Ashwin broke the 23-run stand.

Australia scored 50 off 8.2 overs (50 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point.

Maxwell, whose 12-ball innings included three sixes, scored 23. Nine balls later, Ashwin broke the 11-run stand.

Bailey, whose 10-ball innings included a six, scored eight. Eight balls later, he was caught by Kohli. Jadeja broke the run-a-ball stand.

Haddin, whose eight-ball innings included a boundary, scored six. Seventeen balls later, he was caught by Rahane. Amit Mishra broke the 12-run stand.

The eighth-wicket pair put on four. Starc, who faced four balls, scored a couple. Seven balls later, Raina and Dhoni ran him out.

Hodge, who faced 18 balls, scored 13. Five balls later, he was caught by Jadeja. Mishra broke the four-run stand.

Muirhead had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored just three. Half-a-dozen balls later, he was caught by Dhoni. Ashwin broke the three-run stand.

Bollinger, who faced a ball, scored a run. He was unbeaten.

India eventually conceded four extras. Australia, who were bundled out for 86 off 16.2 overs, lost by 73 runs. Raina bowled a wicketless over, conceding 16.

Mohit bowled a couple of overs, conceding 11. He picked up a wicket. Kumar, who bowled three overs, had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he picked up a wicket. Jadeja bowled four overs, conceding 25. He picked up a wicket.

Mishra bowled three overs, conceding 13. He picked up a couple of wickets. Ashwin bowled 3.2 overs, conceding 11. He picked up four scalps. 

India advanced to the semi-finals.