India’s captain Rohit Sharma celebrates after scoring 50 runs throughout an ICC T20 World Cup cricket match on the Darren Sammy Nationwide Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, Monday, June 24, 2024.
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Captain Rohit Sharma’s 92 off simply 41 balls helped his workforce attain an unlimited 205 for five and led India into the Twenty20 World Cup semifinals with a 24-run win in opposition to Australia on the Daren Sammy Nationwide Cricket Stadium in St. Lucia.
Australia’s Captain Mitch Marsh gained the toss and India was despatched in to bat first.
Sharma scored his half-century off simply 19 balls and completed with eight sixes and 7 fours and set the tone for his workforce.
Virat Kohli was out for his second duck within the match, caught at midwicket off a Josh Hazlewood quick ball.
Suryakumar Yadav with 31, Shivam Dube with 28 and Hardik Pandya with 27 supported to present India their joint highest whole in opposition to Australia in males’s T20 World Cup historical past.
Travis Head stored Australia within the hunt with an astonishing 76 off 43 balls, however his teammates have been taken down by spinners Kuldeep Yadav (2-24) and Axar Patel (1-21) to be restricted at 181-7.
David Warner was taken in Arshdeep Singh’s (3-37) first over. Head and Marsh (37) then joined forces with an 81-run partnership, second-wicket off eight overs.
Marsh was caught by Patel, and Yadav clean-bowled Glenn Maxwell for 20 within the 14th over. Marcus Stoinis was caught by Panya additionally within the 14th over.
Head was deceived by Jasprit Bumrah’s gradual ball within the sixteenth over and Australia’s hope light.
India closed the Tremendous Eight with three wins from three matches, and can tackle Group 2 runner-up England within the second semifinal.
Of their first Tremendous Eight sport, India made a brilliant begin after Suryakumar Yadav carved a powerful half-century and their bowlers, led by Jasprit Bumrah, carrried them to a 47-run win in opposition to Afghanistan at Kensington Oval in Barbados.
After deciding to bat, Yadav made 53 from 28 balls smacking 5 fours and three sixes to earn the Participant-of-the-Match award and helped the Indians to a decent 181 for eight from their allotted 20 overs within the opening Group One match .
Bumrah produced exceptional figures of three for seven from his 4 overs and left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh supported with three for 36 from 4 overs, as Afghanistan have been bowled out for 134 off their 20 overs in reply.
In India’s second Tremendous Eight sport in opposition to Bangladesh, Hardik Pandya blasted a 27-ball half-century and Kuldeep Yadav’s three wickets completed off India’s win at 196-5 on the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.
Pandya struck 4 fours and three sixes in an unbeaten 50 whereas Yadav then took 3-19 in 4 overs to restrict Bangladesh to 146-8.
With two wins from two matches India moved to the highest of Group 1 within the Tremendous Eight stage.
Put into bat, India began fast as captain Rohit Sharma scored 23 off 11 balls. Virat Kohli added 37 off 28, hitting three sixes. The duo placed on 39 off 22 balls for India’s finest opening stand within the match.
Sharma was caught within the fourth over off Shakib al Hasan, whereas Kohli placed on one other 32 off 27 balls with Rishabh Pant for the second wicket.
Tanzim Hasan Sakib struck twice within the ninth over, getting Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav for six as India slumped to 77-3.
However Rishabh Pant anchored one finish with 36 off 24, together with 4 fours and two sixes, placing on 31 off 19 balls with Shivam Dube.
Pant was dismissed within the twelfth over however Dube stored the momentum as he hit three sixes, scoring 34 off 24 balls.
Pandya took cost and India scored 62 runs within the final 5 overs. Pandya was named participant of the match.
Bangladesh’s reply made a gentle begin. Openers Litton Das (13) and Tanzid Hasan (29) added 35 off 27 till Pandya acquired the breakthrough within the fifth over.
At 66-2 within the tenth over after which Yadav got here on to bowl he trapped Hasan lbw, dismissed Towhid Hridoy for 4 and claimed the large wicket of Shakib for 11.
Bangladesh didn’t recuperate after that.
Tempo bowlers Jasprit Bumrah (2-13) and Arshdeep Singh (2-30) helped to seal India’s fifth win over Bangladesh within the T20 World Cup.
