India has qualified for the semi-finals by registering a 24-run win against Australia on Monday. At the same time, the road to the semi-finals has become difficult for Australia. Now they will have to depend on the result of the Afghanistan vs Bangladesh match. Batting first in the match played at the Darney Sammy National Cricket Stadium, India scored 205 runs for five wickets in 20 overs with the help of a brilliant innings of 92 runs by captain Rohit Sharma. In reply, Australia scored 181 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs. India won this match by 24 runs.
India took revenge on Australia
With this, India avenged its defeat in the ODI World Cup held last year against Australia. At that time, Australia had broken the dream of becoming the winner by defeating India in the final and now India has made the road ahead very difficult for Australia by defeating them. India won all its three matches in the Super Eight stage and topped Group One with six points. The Australian team is in second place with two losses and one win after three matches. Afghanistan has two points with one win and one loss in two matches and is in third place. Afghanistan is scheduled to play against Bangladesh on Tuesday morning and if the team manages to win that match, it will make it to the semi-finals and Australia's journey will end here.
After Warner, Head, and Marsh took charge
The Australian team, which came out to chase the target of 206 runs, got the first blow at the score of six runs. Arshdeep Singh got David Warner caught by Kuldeep in the first over. After this, Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head took charge. There was a partnership of 81 runs for the second wicket between the two. In the ninth over, Kuldeep got captain Marsh caught by Axar Patel. He returned after scoring 37 runs in 28 balls. After this, Glenn Maxwell came to bat at number four. However, he did not stay on the wicket for long. He was bowled by Kuldeep. He scored 20 runs. Marcus Stoinis could score only two runs in this match.
Head hit a half-century in 24 balls
At the same time, Travis Head managed to score 73 runs. He troubled the Indian bowlers and scored 76 runs in 43 balls. The opener completed his half-century in 24 balls. This is his second half-century in the current tournament. Earlier, he played an explosive innings of 68 runs against Scotland. Head was caught by Bumrah in the 17th over by Rohit Sharma. He hit nine fours and four sixes at a strike rate of 176.74. In this match, Tim David scored 15, Matthew Wade scored one, Pat Cummins scored 11 and Mitchell Starc scored four runs. Cummins and Starc remained unbeaten. Arshdeep Singh took three wickets for India. At the same time, Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets. Apart from this, Bumrah and Axar Patel got one success each.
India set the third-biggest score in T20 World Cup
India batted strongly in this match and set a target of 206 runs in front of Australia. This is the first time in this World Cup that India has set a score of 200 runs. This is India's third-biggest score in the T20 World Cup. Earlier, Team India had scored 218 runs for four wickets in 20 overs against England in 2007. At the same time, in the current tournament, India had scored 196 runs for five wickets in 20 overs against Bangladesh. India won this match. In this match, Indian batsmen hit a total of 15 sixes. In the current tournament, India has hit the most sixes in this match. Earlier, Indian batsmen had hit 13 sixes against Bangladesh.
Kohli flopped again
Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first and Josh Hazlewood proved the captain's decision right by dismissing Virat Kohli without opening the account. However, Rohit looked in a different color today and he took on the Kangaroo team's bowlers with stormy batting. Rohit completed his half-century in just 19 balls during this period.
Rohit taught Starc a lesson
Rohit scored 29 runs from Starc's over and continued his strong batting. Rohit was at one time moving towards a century, but Starc ended his innings. Rohit hit seven fours and eight sixes in his innings of 41 balls. Rohit became the first batsman to hit 200 sixes in T20 Internationals. Although the Indian innings slowed down a bit after Rohit's dismissal, Rishabh Pant (15), Suryakumar Yadav (31), Shivam Dubey (28) and Hardik Pandya (27*) played some good shots and took the team's score beyond 200. At the same time, Virat Kohli once again failed and was dismissed without opening the account for the second time in the tournament. Starc and Stoinis took two wickets each for Australia. At the same time, Josh Hazlewood was a success.
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