India vs Australia Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: India Beat Australia by 24 Runs, Qualify for Semis as Group Toppers
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India defeated Australia by 24 runs in their last Super 8 match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024.
After being asked to bat first by Australia, India put up a massive total of 205/5.
With a 41-ball 92, captain Rohit Sharma was India's top scorer.
Suryakumar Yadav played a crucial cameo of 31 runs off 16 deliveries.
In response, Australia could only score 181/7.
Arshdeep Singh picked up 3 wickets for India.
With this victory, India are through to the semi-finals as the Super 8 Group 1 toppers. Australia, meanwhile, are on the verge of elimination.
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India vs Australia Live Score: How the Tables Have Turned!
India vs Australia Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Oh! How the tables have turned.
When India will take on Australia today, in St Lucia, it will be for just another Super 8 game of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024. Parallels cannot be drawn between the importance of this game and the final of an ICC event.
Yet, India will be presented with an unique opportunity of obliterating the trophy hopes of that very team, which, time and again, had dashed the hopes of a billion – be it at the ODI World Cup, or the World Test Championship.
India are all but through to the semi-finals, unless they face a rather embarrassing defeat. Australia, however, will need to win, or hope that Afghanistan lose to Bangladesh in the next match.
Overall, the contextual significance cannot be overlooked. We will be bringing you all the live updates.
India vs Australia Live Score: Head to Head Results
Matches played: 32,
India won: 19,
Australia won: 11,
No Results: 2
India vs Australia Live Score: What's the pitch like?
So far, St Lucia has suited the batters. Similar outcome can be expected today. The 200-run mark has been breached twice on this ground – by West Indies against Afghanistan, and by Sri Lanka against the Netherlands.
India vs Australia Live Score: Rain Threats
Although it has been raining in St. Lucia, the chances of rain disrupting activities are minimal, and no delays are expected at the start.
India vs Australia Live Score: India Will Be Batting First
Toss has happened in St Lucia, and Australian skipper Mitchell Starc has won the flip of the coin. Australia will be bowling first!
Considering this is virtually a do-or-die contest, Marsh has announced the match to be a quarter-final for Australia. "It's a quarter-final, we are looking forward to it. This is a big challenge against India. We have had ourselves in this situation before, every game is a must-win now," he said.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma, meanwhile, said he wanted to bowl first as well. "We would have fielded first as well. We wanted to chase. The wicket looks a bit sticky. I hope it doesn't change much," Sharma stated.
India vs Australia Live Score: India Unchanged, Starc Returns For Australia
As expected, India have not made any changes to their team. Australia, however, have brought back Mitchell Starc in Ashton Agar's place, considering the track in St Lucia is not as spin-friendly as it was in St Vincent.
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah.
Australia Playing XI: Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh (c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
India vs Australia Live Score: Let's Play
National anthems have been played out. Mitchell Starc has the ball in hand. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are opening for India. 40 enthralling overs await. Let's play.
India vs Australia Live Score: Eventful First Over
An eventful first over. An appeal for caught behind at first slip, but it was a case of bump ball. A delightful boundary. Some movement through the air. And five runs in six deliveries.
India: 5/0 after 1 over.
India vs Australia Live Score: Kohli Out
WICKET!
Would you believe it? Virat Kohli is out on a duck for the second time in this tournament. Josh Hazlewood bangs a short ball, Kohli goes for a pull but does not get the right timing or connection. Tim David sprints from mid-on to deep mid-wicket, before completing a stunning catch.
India: 6/1.
India vs Australia Live Score: Starc Clobbered
6, 6, 4, 6, 0, Wide, 6! 29 runs off the third over!
Mitchell Starc has been absolutely clobbered. Rohit Sharma has knocked the wind out of Australia's sails. Exceptional counter-attacking batting.
India vs Australia Live Score: Hazlewood Halts the Hysteria
Alright, let's breathe. After the madness of the third over, Josh Hazlewood has halted the hysteria with a perfectly executed fourth over, which saw only a couple of singles and four dot balls.
India: 37/1 after 4 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Rain Stops Play
OH NO!
Just when things were going smooth for India, with Rohit Sharma having struck yet another mighty six to welcome Pat Cummins into the firing line, rain has halted play in St Lucia. The covers are on, the players are off, and for now, we wait.
India vs Australia Live Score: Game Resumes, So Does the Onslaught
FIFTY!
A half-century is just 19 deliveries. Brilliant batting from Rohit Sharma. Australia are looking rattled, out of ideas. The Indian captain is dominating any and every bowler.
India: 52/1 after 5 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: End of Powerplay
Powerplay has concluded with an 8-run over, as even Rishabh Pant is getting a move on now. Australia need something to end the flow of runs, and they need it immediately. Afghanistan, meanwhile, will be enjoying this show.
India: 60/1 after 6 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: No Respite, No Mercy, No Holds Barred
Good heavens!
Mitchell Marsh turns to his prime wicket-taking option, Adam Zampa, hoping the leg-spinner will be able to weave his magic. Instead, Zampa is taken to the cleaners too, conceding 16 runs in his first over.
India: 76/1 after 7 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Brutal From Rohit, But Pant Departs
WICKET!
Rohit Sharma is going gung-ho from one end, but at the other end, Rishabh Pant has thrown his wicket away. 17 runs had already come from the first five deliveries of Marcus Stoinis' first over, but Pant still went for a big hit and ended up skying the ball. When it came underneath, the safe hands of Josh Hazlewood was placed at mid-off to complete the catch.
India: 93/2 after 8 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Suryakumar Arrives
Suryakumar Yadav comes out in the middle, and takes only a couple of deliveries to get a boundary. A score in excess of 200 is well on the cards here. Australia could be staring at elimination.
India: 102/2 after 9 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: No Stopping Rohit
While what we are seeing is impeccable batting from the Indian captain, Australia's bowling has been baffling as well. Marcus Stoinis is bowling one short ball after another, whilst not having a fine leg fielder for protection, against the player who plays the pull shot for fun. 12 runs come from Stoinis' second over.
India: 114/2 after 10 runs.
India vs Australia Live Score: No. 1 T20I Batter Joins the Party
And now, the world number 1 T20I batter has decided to join the party – he is the number 1 after all! Pat Cummins concedes a six and a four in his second over. He would not mind a place to hide, just like the entire Australia team.
India: 127/2 after 11 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Rohit Bowled
WICKET!
Rohit Sharma misses out on what would have been his sixth T20I hundred – by just 8 runs! Mitchell Starc redeems himself by bowling a brilliant yorker, and the Indian captain drags it into his pads, and then the stumps. Sharma departs on a 42-ball 91.
India: 131/3 after 12 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Dube Delight
Mitchell Marsh has neither read the Shivam Dube memo, nor has he learned anything from the IPL matches. The Australian captain introduces a spinner – Adam Zampa – soon as Dube is in the crease, and the result is a massive six.
India: 142/3 after 13 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Another Big Over
All hell has broken loose. Australia are struggling to sneak in a single economical over. Marcus Stoinis gets taken for a ride now. India have crossed the 150-run mark and there are still six overs remaining!
India: 155/3 after 14 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Suryakumar Dismissed
WICKET!
Mitchell Starc has produced a crucial breakthrough for Australia yet again. Suryakumar Yadav was looking in absolutely sublime touch, but he has thrown his wicket rather sheepishly – by edging a wide slower delivery into the gloves of Matthew Wade.
India: 162/4 after 15 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Hazlewood's Fine Spell Concludes
Give Josh Hazlewood a medal or something. On a day every Australian bowler has been clobbered, he has conceded just 14 runs in four overs. In his last over, the pacer conceded four singles.
The positive news for India? Hazlewood's four-over quota has been exhausted, so he will not be bowling in the last four overs.
India: 166/4 after 16 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Zampa Back into the Attack
Adam Zampa returns to the attack. Marsh puts down an easy catch from Hardik Pandya on the second ball. Sigh for India! 5 runs come from the over.
India: 171/4 after 17 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Boundary From Hardik
Captain Cummins takes charge in the 18th over of India's innings. Shivam Dube grabs a quick two runs off the first delivery. Three singles follow before Hardik hits a boundary on the fifth ball. Yet another single to end the over with
India: 181/4 after 18 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: A Couple of Sixes & a Wicket
WICKET!
Stoinis takes the ball for the penultimate over, and Hardik Pandya greets him with two consecutive maximums, putting the Australians under immense pressure. Oh no! Dube attempts to clear the ropes but is caught by Warner. Nonetheless, he made a solid contribution, scoring 28 off 22 balls.
India: 195/5 after 19 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: India Finish at 205/5
Ravindra Jadeja partners after Dube's departure with Hardik at the crease as Captain Cummins prepares for the final over. After a single, a dot, and another single, Jadeja smashes a six, propelling India past the 200-run mark. The over concludes with two more runs added to the total.
India put up a total of 205/5.
Australia need 206 runs to win.
India vs Australia Live Score: Arshdeep Strikes
Arshdeep Singh starts with the new ball, David Warner and Travis Head open for Australia. Warner gets off the mark with a quick two on the second ball. Arshdeep bowls two dots, then Warner edges one past keeper Rishabh Pant for a boundary. Wow! Arshdeep removes Warner in the first over. What a start for India!
The ball got a thick edge from the bat and Suryakumar Yadav at slips was too quick to let it go.
Australia: 6/1 after 1 over.
India vs Australia Live Score: Marsh in at 3
Skipper Mitchell Marsh is out in the middle and Jasprit Bumrah has taken the ball for the second over. Bumrah maintains pressure on the Aussies, conceding only 2 runs.
Australia: 8/1 after 2 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Flurry of Big Hits
Arshdeep is back and starts with two dots on the trot. Marsh then hits a boundary. Arshdeep has another chance as Marsh hits the ball back at him, but he can't hold on. Marsh then hits another boundary and follows it up with a gigantic six.
Australia: 22/1 after 3 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Head Gets Going
Bumrah returns and is greeted with a boundary by Head. Head hits another boundary to follow it up with. After a dot ball, Head smashes another four off Bumrah!
Bumrah has conceded more than 10 runs in an over only once in this tournament and it's today. 2 more runs come from the over.
Australia: 36/1 after 4 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Axar Joins the Attack
Spin has been introduced into the attack with Axar Patel taking the ball in the 5th over. After two dot balls, Marsh hits a six and then adds four more runs off the 5th ball.
Australia: 48/1 after 5 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Hardik Hammered
This is explosive batting from Travis Head. What does India need to do to get him out? Hardik Pandya bowls the last over of the powerplay and gets hammered, conceding 17 runs. Head hits a six in the last ball.
Australia: 65/1 after 6 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Kuldeep Starts Well
Kuldeep Yadav starts off well, as the scoring rate finally takes a dip. Only four singles come from the left-arm wrist spinner's first over. India need someone to back Kuldeep here.
Australia: 69/1 after 7 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Another Big Over
Another big over for Australia, as Hardik Pandya concedes 14 runs in his second over. He nearly got the better of Head as the southpaw mistimed a hit, but Rohit Sharma could not get to the ball in time.
Australia: 83/1 after 8 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Axar Takes Blinder, Marsh Departs
WICKET! STUNNING CATCH!
Axar Patel might have taken the catch of the tournament, and Australian captain Mitchell Marsh has to finally depart. Marsh goes for the sweep against Kuldeep Yadav but finds Axar at deep backward square leg, where Axar takes a fine catch.
Australia: 87/2 after 9 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Head's Half-Century
It's that match again. It's India's nemesis Travis Head, single-handedly taking Australia closer to the victory line. He hits three boundaries off Hardik Pandya's third over.
Australia: 99/2 after 10 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Jadeja Concedes 17 Runs
Ravindra Jadeja has been welcomed with three boundaries off Glenn Maxwell's willow. Australia's required run rate now is only 10 runs per over.
Australia: 116/2 after 11 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Head-Ache Continues
Travis Head has decided he will not discriminate when it comes to hitting the bowlers, so even Kuldeep Yadav concedes a six in his third over. Australia now need 81 runs from 8 overs.
Australia: 125/2 after 12 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Good Over From Axar
Axar Patel replaces Ravindra Jadeja, and immediately pulls things back for India. Just the three singles came from this over.
Australia: 128/2 after 13 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Kuldeep Dismisses Maxwell
WICKET!
Big breakthrough. Kuldeep Yadav is the man with the golden arm for India. The wrist spinner bowls a wrong one, Maxwell danced down the track but could not read it, and the result is a wicket for India.
Australia: 135/3 after 14 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Marcus Stoinis Out
ANOTHER WICKET!
This could be the turning point of the match. Marcus Stoinis, who had just arrived at the crease, went for a reverse sweep and found Hardik Pandya at point, who completes the catch in the second attempt.
Australia: 141/4 after 15 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: India Nearly There
This match is India's to lose now. Arshdeep Singh concedes 7 runs in his third over, four of which came from byes. Australia need 58 runs from the last 4 overs, and lest you forget, two of those overs will be bowled by Jasprit Bumrah.
Australia: 148/4 after 16 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Australia Head-Less
WICKET!
This could be the last nail in Australia's coffin! Travis Head has to depart, and Jasprit Bumrah has nearly secured the win for India. Head mistimes a slower delivery and Rohit Sharma takes a catch at cover.
Australia: 153/5 after 17 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Arshdeep On Fire
TWO WICKETS!
Indians can start celebrating now. This match is all but done. Matthew Wade edges an Arshdeep Singh delivery and finds Kuldeep Yadav taking a brilliant diving catch at short third. Later in the over, Tim David edges a delivery too, and finds Jasprit Bumrah at short third.
Australia: 167/7 after 18 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: 10 Runs From Bumrah's Last Over
Jasprit Bumrah concedes 10 runs in his last over. Australia now need 29 runs from 6 deliveries. However, they don't have a Rinku Singh in their team.
Australia: 177/7 after 19 overs.
India vs Australia Live Score: Victory For India
VICTORY!
India have defeated Australia by 24 runs. With this victory, India are through to the semi-finals as the Super 8 Group 1 toppers. Australia, meanwhile, are on the verge of elimination.
What does this victory mean? That, India have qualified as the toppers of Group 1. What's the advantage? In case the semi-final against England – on 27 June at Guyana – is washed out, India will qualify for the final by virtue of being the group toppers. And, England fans wouldn't want to hear this, but it is very likely that the semi-final contest will be a rain-affected one.
We will bring you all live updates from that semi-final. Till then, good night!