Twenty20 World Championship 2007 Semi Final

India vs Australia

Ravi Shastri: Australia are favourites (Courtesy Cricinfo Talk)

WORLD TWENTY20 semi-final, Durban: Australia v India

Favorites Australia face brilliant India in the second semi-final, at Durban on Saturday evening
India were brilliant in their victory over England earlier in the week, assisted by a dazzling innings from Yuvraj Singh, who scored 50 off 12 balls and hit six sixes off one over. They were also ruthless in their destruction of South Africa on Thursday night. The only loss in the tournament out of five matches came against New Zealand as they fell 10 runs short while chasing.

Australia, pre-tournament favourites, suffered two shock defeats, first losing to Zimbabwe in the first round and then to Pakistan in the second, but coach Tim Nielsen believes the team is peaking at the right time.
The second semi-final starts at 18:00.

ICC World 20-20, IND vs AUS, Semi Final: India beat Australia by 15 runs

India ousted Australia by 15 runs to book a place in the finals of World Twenty20 in Durban today.
After setting Australia a daunting target of 189, India restricted the World Champions to 173-7 and set up a finals against arch-rivals Pakistan on Monday in Johannesburg.
Earlier,Yuvraj Singh yet again took Australia to the cleaners with some power hitting as the left-handed bomber smashed a 30-ball 70 to whisk India away to a terrific 188-5.

ICC World Twenty20, IND vs AUS, Semi Final: India 188-5 (20 overs) beat Australia 173-7 (20 overs) by 15 runs

ICC World 20-20, IND vs AUS, Semi Final: Dhoni, Yuvraj set for Twenty20 semi-final

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and key batsman Yuvraj Singh will take the field in Saturday's Twenty20 semi-final against Australia after recovering from injuries.
Yuvraj missed Thursday's crucial encounter against South Africa due to tendonitis in his left elbow sustained against England the previous day in which he hit Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over. Dhoni, suffering back pain, handed the wicket-keeping gloves to Dinesh Karthick in the 37-run win over South Africa which propelled India to the top of group E in the Super Eights round.
"I am still smiling so I will hopefully play the next match," said Dhoni. "It was just a strain in the lower back, on the right hand side. I had the luxury of having Karthick in the side, who is a specialist keeper. "I did not want to aggravate the injury. I think hopefully it will be fine before the semi-final."
Dhoni said Yuvraj also will be fit against the formidable Australians, adding the left-hander was rested against South Africa as a precautionary measure.

India team (from): M.S. Dhoni (captain), Ajit Agarkar, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Virender Sehwag, Joginder Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Rohit Sharma, R.P. Singh, Yuvraj Singh, S. Sreesanth and Robin Uthappa.
Australia team (from): Adam Gilchrist (captain), Matthew Hayden, Brad Hodge, Andrew Symonds, Mike Hussey, Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark,, Brad Haddin, Ben Hilfenhaus and Brad Hogg.

Twenty20 World Championship 2007 Semi Final

India vs Australia

Scorecard

India Innings 188 for 5 (20.0 overs)

Australia Innings 173 for 7 (20.0 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gambhir	c Hodge	b Johnson	24	25	4	0
Sehwag	c Gilchrist	b Johnson	9	13	1	0
Uthappa	run out		34	28	1	3
Yuvraj	c Hussey	b Clarke	70	30	5	5
Dhoni	run out		36	18	4	1
Sharma	not out		8	5	0	1
Pathan	not out		0	1	0	0
Extras		1w 6lb	7
Total		for 5	188	(20.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Lee 4.0 0 25 0 Bracken 4.0 0 38 0 Clark 4.0 0 38 0 Johnson 4.0 0 31 2 Symonds 3.0 0 37 0 Clarke 1.0 0 13 1

Fall of wicket   30 Sehwag 41 Gambhir 125 Uthappa 155 Yuvraj 184 Dhoni

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			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gilchrist		b Sreesanth	22	13	2	2
Hayden		b Sreesanth	62	47	4	4
Hodge	c J Sharma	b Pathan	11	10	0	1
Symonds		b Pathan	43	26	3	2
Hussey	c Yuvraj	b J Sharma	13	12	0	1
Clarke		b Harbhajan	3	3	0	0
Haddin	not out		5	8	0	0
Lee		b J Sharma	2	2	0	0
Johnson	not out		4	1	1	0
Extras		2nb 3w 3lb	8
Total		for 7	173	(20.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W RP Singh 4.0 0 33 0 Sreesanth 4.0 1 12 2 Pathan 4.0 0 44 2 J Sharma 3.0 0 37 2 Harbhajan 4.0 0 24 1 Sehwag 1.0 0 20 0

Fall of wicket   36 Gilchrist 68 Hodge 134 Hayden 156 Symonds 159 Clarke 167 Hussey 169 Lee

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Umpires: Asad Rauf, M R Benson
India: Gambhir, Sehwag, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Uthappa, Sharma, Pathan, J Sharma, Harbhajan, Sreesanth, RP Singh
Australia: Hayden, Gilchrist, Hodge, Symonds, Hussey, Clarke, Haddin, Lee, Johnson, Bracken, Clark

Twenty20 Schedule, South Africa

World Twenty20 2007

Group A:

11 September: South Africa vs West Indies at Johannesburg
13 September: West Indies vs Bangladesh at Johannesburg
15 September: South Africa vs Bangladesh at Cape Town

Group B:

12 September: Australia vs Zimbabwe at Cape Town
13 September: Zimbabwe vs England at Cape Town
14 September: Australia vs England at Cape Town

Group C:

12 September: New Zealand vs Kenya at Durban
14 September: Sri Lanka vs Kenya at Johannesburg
15 September: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand at Johannesburg

Group D:

12 September: Pakistan vs Scotland at Durban
13 September: India vs Scotland at Durban
14 September: India vs Pakistan at Durban

Super Eight phase:

16 September: New Zealand vs India at Johannesburg
16 September: Australia vs Bangladesh at Cape Town
16 September: South Africa vs England at Cape Town
17 September: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg
18 September: New Zealand vs England at Durban
18 September: Australia vs Pakistan at Johannesburg
18 September: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg
19 September: South Africa vs New Zealand at Durban
19 September: England vs India at Durban
20 September: Australia vs Sri Lanka at Cape Town
20 September: Bangladesh vs Pakistan at Cape Town
20 September: South Africa vs India at Durban

Semi-finals:

22 September: New Zealand vs Pakistan at Cape Town
22 September: India vs Australia at Durban

Final:

24 September at Johannesburg