Producer: Peuli Bakshi
India qualified for the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2024 by beating Australia by 24 runs at Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in Gros Islet on Monday.
Batting first, India lost opener Kohli for a duck but skipper Sharma held the wicket on the other side, top-scoring with a smashing 92 (41).
India lost the second wicket in 7.6 overs as Pant was dismissed by Stoinis at 15. India looked good at 93/2 then.
Suryakumar's quickfire 31 off 16, along with Shivam Dubey's 28 off 22 and vice-captain Pandya's 27* off 17 helped India post a big total of 205/5.
Hazlewood picked the first wicket of Kohli and the other four wickets were equally shared among Starc and Stoinis.
In Australia's chase, Travis Head opened for his side and stayed till 16.3 overs, top-scoring with 76 off 43.
Skipper Marsh scored 37 (28) after being dropped twice by the Indian fielders. Finally, Axar Patel's astounding catch dismissed him in 8.6 overs.
Maxwell tried to bring his side close to the total by hitting 20 off 12 but Kuldeep's spin wrecked his plans as he got clean bowled.
With Pat Cummins' concluding spell of 11* off 7, the Aussies ended at 181/7, falling short of 24 runs.
Arshdeep Singh registered three-fer and Kuldeep scalped two wickets, making Australia's road to the semi-final look distant.