Australia and India met for the first time in a One-Day International at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in December 1980, when the visiting team prevailed by 66 runs. Since then, both teams have produced some high quality cricket that has led to many fascinating duels.
Australia has had the upper hand against India, having won 67 of the 117 matches between them.
It also has a better track record in ICC Cricket World Cup encounters, having won seven of the ten games the two teams have played between 1983 and 2011. India, though, won the last time the two teams met – in the 2011 quarter-final.
Kapil Dev, Steve Waugh, Dean Jones, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchirst, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli, George Bailey and Glenn Maxwell have been some of the key players to have added an edge to the contests, but the collective team effort of the Australians has meant that it has had the advantage in the 35 years of rivalry.
Prediction of ICC World Cup Semi Final Match - India vs Australia
Astrological Prediction of ICC World Cup Semi Final Match - India vs Australia
Concluding the astrological prediction for India vs Australia semi-final match, astroYogi astrologers say that the current phase of Rahu and the presence of Venus in Dhoni's chart will be beneficiary for him. But Team India will be under a lot of pressure as the match will commence in the Gemini Ascendant. Team India should be able to overcome it with 60% chances of winning the match.
Fish Prediction of ICC World Cup Semi Final Match - India vs Australia
Chennai's fish named Chanakya II predicted a win for India against mighty Australia for a victory in an enthralling semi-final clash to be held at the SCG in the ongoing ICC 2015 Cricket World Cup on Thursday.
Australia vs India Encounter - Statistics in Previous World Cups
ICC World Cup Encounter 1: Australia v India at Trent Bridge in Nottingham in World Cup 1983
On his World Cup debut, Trevor Chappell’s 110 – his highest score in international cricket – outdid Kapil Dev’s best returns in an ODI. Kapil became the first Indian to take five wickets in an ODI, but that did not come in the way of Australia’s 162-run win.
ICC World Cup Encounter 2: Australia v India at County Ground, Chelmsford in World Cup 1983
In the virtual quarter-final, India chose to bat first and produced a comprehensive all-round performance to win by 118 runs.On the field, the seam bowling pair of Madan Lal and Roger Binny led India.Australia was reduced from 46 for 1 to 78 for 7 at one stage before Allan Border, who top-scored with 36, added 51 runs for the last two wickets.
ICC World Cup Encounter 3: India v Australia at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk in Chennai in World Cup 1987
In the first of the many thrilling World Cup encounters between the two teams, Australia held its nerve to beat India by one run.India’s chase got off to a solid start as Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Navjot Singh Sidhu made 70 and 73 respectively. But, once Sidhu was the third wicket to fall on 207, Craig McDermott picked up four scalps as India was bowled out for 269 in 49.5 over
ICC World Cup Encounter 4: India v Australia at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi in World Cup 1987
India’s convincing 56-run win helped it to top the group and book a semi-final encounter at home.
Though David Boon made 62 and Steve Waugh added 42, none of the other Australian batsmen could get going against Maninder Singh, who took three wickets, and Azharuddin, who finished with career-best figures of 3 for 19.
ICC World Cup Encounter 5: Australia v India at the Brisbane Cricket Ground in World Cup 1992
In a rain-affected game, Australia did well to dismiss India for 234 and win by one run.India needed 13 runs in the final over bowled by Tom Moody with three wickets in hand. The equation came down to four runs off the last delivery with just a wicket in hand. Javagal Srinath swung, but Steve Waugh fielded the ball inside the boundary and threw it to David Boon, the stand-in wicketkeeper, who beat Venkatapathy Raju while the batsmen were going for the third run to tie the contest.
ICC World Cup Encounter 6: India v Australia at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in World Cup 1996
Mark Waugh’s classy 126 and Damien Fleming’s career-best figures of 5 for 36 overshadowed Sachin Tendulkar’s attacking 90, as Australia beat India by 16 runs.
India was reduced to 7 for 2 in its chase, but Tendulkar was in a belligerent mood. That by the time Mohammad Azharuddin was out at the team score of 70 and his contribution was only ten spoke for the kind of form Tendulkar was in. But, Waugh got Tendulkar stumped off a wide ball, and India found the going tough after that. Fleming returned to pick up the last wicket of Anil Kumble as India was bowled out for 242 in 48 overs.
ICC World Cup Encounter 7: Australia v India at the Kennington Oval in London in ICC Cricket World Cup 1999
India, deciding to field first, used as many as seven bowlers but could not stop Australia from notching up 282 for 6. In the second half of the game, Glenn McGrath’s incisive bowling gave Australia, the eventual champions, a massive 77-run win.McGrath drove India further away from the game with three early wickets as India was reduced to 17 for 4 in the first 6.2 overs of the chase. Though Ajay Jadeja remained unbeaten on 100 and Robin Singh made 75, India could never make a comeback from the initial collapse, and was dismissed for 205 in 48.2 overs.
ICC World Cup Encounter 8: Australia v India at the SuperSport Park in Centurion in ICC Cricket World Cup 2003
In India’s second game of the tournament, it was found wanting against the pace pair of Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie. Having chosen to bat first, India was bowled out for 125 in 41.4 overs before Australia chased down the target for the loss of one wicket in 22.2 overs.In the chase, Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden put on 100 runs for the opening wicket before Anil Kumble had Gilchrist stumped for 48. Hayden was unbeaten on 45, while Ricky Ponting was on 24 when the victory was achieved.
ICC World Cup Encounter 9: Australia v India at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg in ICC Cricket World Cup 2003
Ricky Ponting’s superlative 140 and his unconquered 234-run stand for the third wicket with Damien Martyn set up Australia’s 125-run win and its second World Cup title in as many editions.Glenn McGrath then removed Sachin Tendulkar in the first over of India’s chase, and things unravelled after that pretty fast.Though India used eight bowlers, it could not stop Australia from posting 359 for 2 – the highest score in World Cup finals.
Virender Sehwag’s 82 and rain delayed the inevitable before India was bowled out for 234 in 39.2 overs.
ICC World Cup Encounter 10: India v Australia at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera in Ahmedabad in ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
Yuvraj Singh’s all-round performance helped India beat Australia in a World Cup encounter for the first time since 1987 and qualify for the semi-final.In what looked like a tense chase, Yuvraj, in the company of Suresh Raina, ensured that the job was done with five wickets in hand and 15 balls to spare.
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What to Expect in India vs Australia Semi Final 2 - ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
The two teams meet each other in the second semi-final at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday (March 26), and though it could be easily billed as a contest between Australia’s bowling and India’s batting, the contest could well come down to who handles the big occasion better in a knockout game.
Reasons that favours India's winning in Australia v India Semi Final
Failing Top Order Batsmen for Australia
Ever since Aaron Finch and David Warner put up an opening stand of 57 against England on Valentine’s Day, Australia haven’t managed to get something of value from them as a duo. Their opening partnership scores read: 30, 14, 19, 30 and 15; this is quite symptomatic of how the openers have played during the course of the World Cup.
Unfavourable pitch for Aussies Team
According to AFP, nearly 42,000 Indian supporters are all set to be in attendance for the semi-final. While naysayers will try to trivialise the importance of crowd support, you should ask the South Africans what a packed house full of Indian supporters can do. They are animated, passionate and loud.Secondly, the involvement of the ICC in pitch preparation has ensured that the Australians won’t get the tailor-made surface that they would have liked. And a bit of strong sunlight on Wednesday and Thursday is all that will take to make the pitch helpful for Indian spinners. This makes things interesting because barring Daniel Vettori (who they couldn’t play well at all), the Aussies haven’t really faced high quality spin-bowling that they can expect from Ravichandran Ashwin on Thursday.
India's team form better than that Aussies
The only strong outfit that Australia has faced till now is New Zealand. Although a freak spell by Mitchell Starc nearly got the Aussies a win there, they were not at all convincing when faced with a decent opposition. In the game against Pakistan, Australia were put under serious pressure by a bowling unit that only had Wahab Riaz as its potent weapon.
MS Dhoni's Cool Captaincy and Attitude
Finally, India’s greatest opportunity lies with their captain. MS Dhoni has made a habit of winning ICC tournaments, and he is one person who can walk around wearing a shirt that reads ‘Been there, done that’ on the day of the knock-outs. In the seven and a half years of his captaincy, Dhoni has a World T20 title to his name, a World Cup, a Champions Trophy and a runners-up medal at the World T20.
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