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.
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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
16:28 (IST): FIFTY! MS Dhoni reaches his 58th ODI fifty in style. Slams Shane Watson over extra-cover for a huge six.
16:22 (IST): WICKET! Ravindra Jadeja is run out by Steve Smith. Dhoni plays it down to backward point, and hesitates but Ravindra Jadeja wanted to be on strike. Smith
16:16 (IST): DROPPED! MS Dhoni is dropped on 42 by Michael Clarke off Josh Hazlewood. MS goes down the track and pulls but gets a thick edge to mid-wicket, Clarke gets both hands to it but it pops out.
15:59 (IST): WICKET! Mitchell Starc strikes in the powerplay to break an important 70-run stand for the fifth wicket. Ajinkya Rahane gets a faint edge to keeper Brad Haddin.
15:50 (IST): MS Dhoni and Ajinkya Rahane have added 62 runs for the fifth wicket.
15:31 (IST): TRIVIA! MS Dhoni has the highest average in successful run chases. Can
15:02 (IST): WICKET! James Faulkner joins the party. Bowls a short balls, Suresh Raina looks to play it down to third man but gets a thick outside edge to keeper. Brad
14:40 (IST): WICKET! Mitchell Johnson rocks India with his second wicket. Rohit Sharma had hit him for a huge six on the previous delivery but Johnson bounces back with his wicket. Rohit looks to play it on the off side but gets an inside edge
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.
14:19 (IST): Amazing Stat! Virat Kohli has 13 hundreds in successful chases.
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.
13:42 (IST): STAT! 15 Instances of India chasing down a 300+ score. No other team has done it more than 8 times. However, India have never done it in a World Cup.
13:35 (IST): DROPPED! Shikhar Dhawan gets a life. He edges Josh Hazlewood and Brad Haddin makes a mess of it.
13:32 (IST): Australian pacers have given nothing away.
13:22 (IST): Rohit Sharma survives. He edges one to Shane Watson at first slip. Watto claims the catch and Kumar Dharamasena gives not out but asks for third umpire's help. Replays show ball bounced before reaching Watson.
13:16 (IST): With two slips in place, Mitchell Starc starts proceedings. Can Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan provide a solid start as India chase a record 329.
13:12 (IST): STAT! In the last 10 floodlit ODIs at Sydney, teams batting second have won 7 times. Can India pull off a record win?
12:47 (IST): That's the end of first innings and Australia have scored a World Cup semi-final record of 328 for seven. Mitchell Johnson and Brad Haddin score 14 in the last over. Steve Smith hit 105 while Aaron FInch scored 81. For India, Umesh Yadav picked up four wicket, while Mohit Sharma bagged two wickets.
12:32 (IST): WICKET! Mohit Sharma gets his second wicket. Shane Watson slogs but straight to Ajinkya Rahane at deep backward square leg.
Just got official estimate. Crowd 65% India; 25% Australia and 20% non-aligned. India fights back.
— Prannoy Roy (@PrannoyRoyNDTV) March 26, 2015
12:23 (IST): WICKET! Umesh Yadav gets his fourth wicket. Bowls a length ball, James Faulkner eyes mid-wicket area but misses it completely.
12:02 (IST): WICKET! After Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma joins the party. Michael Clarke pulls but straight to Rohit Sharma at short mid wicket.
11:43 (IST): WICKET! Umesh Yadav gets his third wicket and his second one with a short ball. Aaron Finch mistimes pull which is taken be Shikhar Dhawan at short mid wicket.
11:38 (IST): WICKET! R Ashwin gets the danger-man Glenn Maxwell for 23. The Aussie goes for a slog sweep, but straight to Ajinkya Rahane at backward square leg.
11:23 (IST): Glenn Maxwell has been promoted ahead of captain Michael Clarke to make the most out of the batting PP.
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