India vs Australia Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: IND 52/1 (5); Rohit hits 19-ball fifty

Josh Hazlewood continues with his third over. 

A first change in the bowling attack. Pat Cummins comes in place of Mitchell Starc. Cummins to Rohit, SIX! A slower one to start the over, Rohit goes on one knee and slaps the ball over deep mid-wicket for a 100m six!

The covers are coming on as it has started raining in St Lucia. The players are running back.

Okay, so the sun is out and the covers are coming off now. The umpires are walking out and so are the players.

The field is set, and players are back in the middle. We will have the live action now.

Cummins to Rohit, FOUR! Too full and Rohit can not miss anything today. He throws his bat, slices through point and moves to 45. FOUR! Short and into the body, Rohit looks to play down the ground but an edge races behind the keeper. He takes a single and completes a 19-ball 50!

Josh Hazlewood continues. Pant takes three deliveries in this over to get off the mark with a single. Just two singles from this over as Hazlewood is making run-scoring look difficult. 

Mitchell Starc continues. Starc to Rohit, SIX! This is a statement shot from Rohit who caresses his lofted drive cover over for a maximum. Starc to Rohit, SIX! Another maximum. Full again and Rohit won’t miss this one. He plays it over extra cover for the same result. Starc to Rohit, FOUR! Make it three boundaries in a row for Rohit who plays the short ball over mid-on for a boundary. Starc to Rohit, SIX! Rohit is just not stopping anytime soon! What a start by the Indian skipper as he lofts the ball over deep mid-wicket for a third six of this over. Finally, a dot delivery as Rohit gives respect to the yorker. WIDE! Starc errors in his line and bowls a wide. Starc to Rohit, SIX! 29 off this over! Full toss and Rohit swings hard, gets an edge which runs behind the third man. 

Josh Hazlewood from the other end. Rohit gets a single off the first ball. A couple of dots for Kohli as he looks to get off the mark quickly. Hazlewood to Kohli, OUT! Short, swinging inside and Kohli plays a swivel pull, only to offer a catch to Tim David at mid-on. He departs on a five-ball duck! 

Kohli c Tim David b Hazlewood 0(5)

Rishabh Pant is the new batter in at number three. He respectfully ends the over with two dots. Just a single from this over. 

Mitchell Starc starts from over the wicket. Rohit Sharma has the strike. Starc starts with a full toss on off, Rohit plays it towards the backward point. A dot to start the innings. Starc to Rohit, EDGE! Full and wide line on the offside, Rohit throws his bat and the edge seems to have carried. The umpire goes upstairs, it turns out to be a bump ball. Starc to Rohit, FOUR! Full again, this time into the middle line, Rohit whips it over mid-on. He takes a single off the next delivery. Virat plays out the over. 5 from the first over. 

Rohit and Virat walk down the middle. Mitchell Starc has the new ball. 

The umpires and match officials walk out for the anthems, followed by the teams. India’s anthem first up. 

Rohit Sharma has been dismissed three times by left-arm fast bowlers in this T20 World Cup. 

Australia’s pace trio of Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, and Mitchell Starc has been economical in the early stages, delivering a combined 25 PowerPlay overs at 6.40 runs per over and taking five wickets. However, they haven’t claimed as many wickets as they would have liked. Will they change that today? 

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah

Australia: Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh (c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

Australia has won the toss and chose to bowl first. 

Matches played: 5

India won: 3

Australia won: 2

Last Result: India won by 6 wickets (Mohali; 2016)

Matches played: 31

India won: 19

Australia won: 11

No Result - 1

Last result: India won by six runs (December 2023; Bengaluru)

WICKETKEEPERS

Rishabh Pant 

BATTERS

Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Travis Head 

ALL-ROUNDERS

Hardik Pandya, Glenn Maxwell/Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel 

BOWLERS

Jasprit Bumrah, Adam Zampa, Pat Cummins, Arshdeep Singh 

Team Composition: AUS 4:7 IND Credits Left: 6

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah

Australia: 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: Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sanju Samson, Mohammed Siraj, Yashasvi Jaiswal

Australia: Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh(c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w), Pat Cummins, Ashton Agar, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, Josh Inglis, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis

Australia needs a win after a historic defeat to Afghanistan in Saint Vincent. India is in a better position after defeating Bangladesh in Antigua, but its qualification isn’t guaranteed yet. If both Australia and Afghanistan win, three teams will tie with four points, and the net run rate will decide the standings.

However, a win against Australia will secure India’s place in the next round. Australia can go through even if it loses to India. For that to happen, it would need Bangladesh to beat Afghanistan, which would create a three-way tie on two points. With the Aussies currently holding a better net run rate (0.223), they would just have to avoid a big defeat.

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IND vs AUS, T20 World Cup 2024: Unbeaten India faces desperate Australia in Super 8 tie as race for semifinals gets tense

T20 World Cup 2024: India will face old rival Australia in a crucial Super 8 match at the windswept Daren Sammy ground in Gros Islet, St Lucia on Sunday.

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