India will play Australia in the second semi-final in Sydney on Thursday. The winner will play with New Zealand in the World Cup final in Melbourne on Sunday.
India won all six group matches to top Pool B and then won against Bangladesh by 109 runs in the quarter-finals. India will have a good start from Rohit from Shikhar Dhawan as Australia will depend on pace to become champions. Rohit Sharma will be key to India's batting. Australia are looking for their fifth World Cup title . The Indian opener said, "Of course we can win, no question about it. We know how to play big games".India have beaten Australia just once in 35 years in a one-day international at the Sydney Cricket Ground when a Sachin Tendulkar century helped them win the first of the three-match tri-series final in 2008. Amazingly, India have scored 300-plus scores every time they have batted first and dismissed the opposition in all seven matches so far.
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Australia have a dominant record; they have played on 10 occasions with the Kangaroos having earning a lopsided record with a 7-3 win-loss ratio. There is going to be sledging, there is going to be banter,” the Australian captain Michael Clarke told a news conference. If there is a bit of banter going around, so be it. There will be times where you’ll see a lot of bowlers and fielders getting right in their faces. Yeah, there will be times. “But as a team, we have to stick to our game plan and try to execute what we’ve been doing. Just hope it doesn’t cross the line. We all know as professional cricketers there are boundaries which we don’t need to cross. So, as long as it’s inside those boundaries, we’ll be fine.
Australia have won all six semi-finals they have appeared in since 1975, but India will consider the SCG as the best venue to stop that record . Then Michael Clarke and MS Dhoni’s side will play at the SCG, it will mark their 11th meeting in World Cup editions and 118th overall in One-Day Internationals (ODIs). One of international cricket’s fiercest rivalries can boast of many thrilling encounters. Australia enjoys a 67-40 head-to-head record over the Indian side and have had the measure over India over the decades.
Teams for Australia vs India - ICC World Cup Semi Final Match 2
India Team Squad
Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma
Australia Team Squad
Aaron Finch, David Warner, Steven Smith, Michael Clarke(c), Shane Watson, Glenn Maxwell, Brad Haddin(w), James Faulkner, Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood
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