Australia beat InAustralia beat India 95 runs in World Cup 2015 semifinal to setup title clash against New Zealand. Catch all the highlights of India vs Australia semi-final here.
Defending Champions Team India suffer a heartbreak in Sydney as Australia record an emphatic win in the second semi-final of World Cup 2015 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Catch all the highlights from the match here: (Scorecard | Stats)
05.20 (IST): Michael Clarke at presentation ceremony: Obviously really excited, the boys played some outstanding cricket, Smithy's hitting the ball so sweetly and I was really proud of the execution of our bowlers. A lot of the guys sacrificed themselves for the team. Thanks to MS Dhoni and the India team, they've given a lot over the summer. You asked if MS was going to be at the next World Cup, I'm sure he will be, he has a lot of cricket in him. Losing to New Zealand [in the group stage] gave us a kick up the backside, the boys have turned up to training and the results have showed that. It's a wonderful achievement, we're proud to make the final but it's going to be tough against New Zealand. We'll fly to Melbourne, recover tomorrow, speak about training. It's been a long summer, we've got a few aches, mentally ready for the final but physically a few things to sort out. They're a great team, it's always good to play New Zealand, we hope plenty of Aussies come out to support us.
05.05 (IST): Mahendra Singh Dhoni at presentation ceremony: They played very good cricket, over 300 is always a difficult score, I felt it was just over par, they could have had 350. We started okay but they bowled well, they got the reverse swing going. We were happy with where we were at the start of the tournament.
We got off to a very good start, Shikhar's dismissal was slightly on the softer side, at a time when we could have had the bowling under pressure. Didn't really need to play a big shot. But you get pressure chasing 300+, makes you do things you don't want to do. There was too much for me to do, our lower order can't contribute too much in these conditions. Most of the good teams bat quite deep.
Not sure [about next World Cup], I'm 33, I'm still running, still fit. Next year, T20 World Cup, will be time to decide about 2019 or not.
Rahane is one player who has improved, right through the Tests, ODIs, he's improved his batting a lot. I would like to thank the fans, at the end of the day when you play cricket you want people to come and watch, we've been here four months and the fans are travelling all over.
The final blow! Australia celebrate the fall of Dhoni's wicket in the World Cup 2015 semis.
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16.52 (IST): It's all over! India will not get a shot at defending their title Down Under. MS Dhoni & Co.'s World Cup 2015 campaign has been brought to an end by Michael Clarke's Australia. A 95-run defeat sends the Men in Blue packing.14:29 (IST): WICKET! Mitchell Johnson gets Virat Kohli and India are under pressure. He bangs in short, Kohli pulls only to to find a top edge. Kohli poor run continues as India lose two big wickets under 100.
Josh Hazlewood celebrates the wicket of Shikhar Dhawan.
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14:19 (IST): Amazing Stat! Virat Kohli has 13 hundreds in successful chases.09:30 (IST): More than three hours before the start of the World Cup semi-final between Australia and India on Thursday and already there were India flags being flown outside the Sydney Cricket Ground. (Read more)
14:16 (IST): WICKET! Josh Hazlewood gets the big one. Shikhar Dhawan hits it straight to Glenn Maxwell at deep extra-cover. Virat Kohli joins Rohit Sharma.09:59 (IST): India's short-ball tactics are not working today. Aussies had warned them before the semis.
09:55 (IST): Change in bowling: Mohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are now bowling in tandem, replacing Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav, respectively.
Virat Kohli celebrates the wicket of David Warner with Ajinkya Rahane.
Smith led Australia's rescue mission against India.
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Rohit Sharma in action.
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