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 eveningIndia 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
Sep 22, 2007
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
Sep 22, 2007
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 won the toss and decided to bat
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188 for 5 (20.0 overs)
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173 for 7 (20.0 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| 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) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| 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) | |||
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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 Johannesburg13 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 Town13 September: Zimbabwe vs England at Cape Town
14 September: Australia vs England at Cape Town
Group C:
12 September: New Zealand vs Kenya at Durban14 September: Sri Lanka vs Kenya at Johannesburg
15 September: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand at Johannesburg
Group D:
12 September: Pakistan vs Scotland at Durban13 September: India vs Scotland at Durban
14 September: India vs Pakistan at Durban
Super Eight phase:
16 September: New Zealand vs India at Johannesburg16 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 Town22 September: India vs Australia at Durban
Final:
24 September at JohannesburgThe first Twenty20 World Cup, 2007
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