India vs Australia highlights, T20 World Cup 2024: India beat Australia by 24 runs, to face England in semifinal

India beat Australia by 24 runs in St. Lucia on Monday to reach the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup.

India captain Rohit Sharma led from the front with a blistering 92 -- from 41 balls, including seven fours and eight sixes -- as his side posted a total of 205-5.

Australia were then held to 181-7, opener Travis Head top-scoring with 76 in an innings where left-arm paceman Arshdeep Singh took 3-37.

India will now play defending champions England in Thursday's semi-final in Guyana.

Australia will fail to reach the last four if Afghanistan, who defeated them by 21 runs in a stunning upset last time out, beat Bangladesh in the concluding Group One game of the Super Eights stage later Monday.

South Africa, unbeaten in the tournament, have qualified alongside England for the semi-finals out of Group One.

Most sixes in a match in T20 World Cups

30 Ire vs Net Sylhet 2014
24 Aus vs Ind Bridgetown 2010
24 Aus vs Ind Gros Islet 2024
22 Aus vs Pak Gros Islet 2010
22 Eng vs SA Wankhede 2016

Most wins as captain in T20Is (including Super Over wins)

48 Rohit Sharma (60 mat)
48 Babar Azam (85)
45 Brian Masaba (60)
44 Eoin Morgan (72)

Most consecutive wins for India in T20Is

12 bw Nov 2021 & Feb 2022
10 bw Dec 2023 & June 2024 *
9 bw Jan 2020 & Dec 2020

India beat Australia by 24 runs, to face England in second semifinal

India secured a resounding victory, maintaining their undefeated streak in the World Cup, and advanced to the semifinals. The Australian team remained competitive during Travis Head's innings, which might have evoked memories of the ODI World Cup final among the Indian players.

However, the Men in Blue displayed composure and successfully completed the task, ensuring their progression in the tournament. The comprehensive nature of the win showcased India's dominance and their ability to handle pressure situations effectively.

Afghanistan now cannot surpass Australia on NRR with a defeat.

They need to beat Ban or the match should end in a no result for them to progress.

Australia need 29 runs in 6 balls. Who will bowl the last over? Hardik Pandya has the ball. Can Australia pull this off?

SIX! That's well struck. Cummins hammers Bumrah for a biggie. Australia need more and more hits from the 2023 World Cup winning skipper.

Australia need 32 runs in 9 balls

WICKET! Arshdeep Singh dismisses Tim David for 15 runs. Another full toss from Arshdeep. David gets a leading edge. Bumrah takes simple catch at short third man. Australia are 7 down now.

AUSTRALIA 167/7, need 39 runs in 12 balls vs INDIA

SIX! Full toss and outside off from Arshdeep Singh. Tim David whacks this high. The ball is high in the air. The ball easily goes over the fence.

Australia need 40 runs in 14 balls

FOUR! Tim David hammers Arshdeep Singh straight down the ground. Much-needed boundary for Australia at the moment.

Australia need 51 runs in 16 balls

WICKET! Arshdeep Singh gets rid of Matthew Wade for 1 run. Wade slashes this hard and Kuldeep Yadav takes a sharp catch at first slip. Superb catch from the Chinaman bowler. He takes the catch and throws it in the air. India are back in the game now. Australia 6 down.

Australia need 53 runs in 17 balls

WICKET! Jasprit Bumrah gets rid of Travis Head for 76 runs. Jasprit Bumrah gets the big fish. A lower one from Bumrah has done the job for India. Jasprit Bumrah has secured a crucial breakthrough for India, dismissing the dangerous batsman they were targeting. Approaching from around the wicket to the left-handed Travis Head, Bumrah delivered a slower ball on a good length, angling it in towards middle and leg stump.

Head, attempting to capitalize on the delivery by backing away and targeting the off side, mistimed his shot. The Australian batsman ended up slicing the ball straight up in the air towards the extra cover region, where Rohit Sharma calmly positioned himself underneath it and completed the catch with ease.

AUSTRALIA 150/5, need 56 runs in 21 balls vs INDIA

Stoinis vs Axar in T20s

8 inngs
40 balls
22 runs
4 dismissals
Avg 5.50
SR 55.00

Maxwell vs Kuldeep in T20s

8 inngs
49 balls
81 runs
5 dismissals
Avg 16.20
SR 165.30

It is the joint most Kuldeep has dismissed a batter in T20s alongside Nicholas Pooran.

FOUR! Flat from Axar Patel. Travis Had finds the gap and smashes the ball towards sweeper cover region. Superb shot from the left hander. Australia need a match-winning knock from Head.

Australia need 65 runs in 30 balls

WICKET! Axar Patel dismisses Marcus Stoinis for 2 runs. A flat delivery from Axar. Stoinis goes for a reverse sweep. Hardik Pandya at backward point takes a magnificent catch. The ball bobs out off Pandya's hands but the Indian vice captain manages to hold on in the end to complete a fantastic catch.

AUSTRALIA 135/4, need 71 runs in 35 balls vs INDIA

WICKET! Kuldeep Yadav gets rid of Glenn Maxwell for 20 runs. Kuldeep Yadav has managed to dismiss the dangerous Glenn Maxwell with a cleverly bowled delivery. The left-arm Chinaman bowler delivered a well-disguised googly, which was slightly slower in pace and pitched full on middle and leg stump. The ball turned away just a little bit, deceiving Maxwell, who had stepped down the track attempting to slog the ball away. The ball managed to sneak through his defenses, rattling the stumps.

AUSTRALIA 128/3, need 78 runs in 41 balls vs INDIA

What an over from Axar Patel. Just 3 runs off Axar Patel's over. Rohit Sharma looks happy with Axar's show. The left arm spinner didn't allow Head and Maxwell go over the top.

SIX! Travis Head whacks Kuldeep Yadav over long off. Hardik Pandya is at the boundary ropes but the ball is out of his reach. 9 runs off Kuldeep Yadav's over.

Australia need 81 runs in 48 balls

Maxwell vs Jadeja in T20s

15 inngs
65 balls
93 runs
7 dismissals
Avg 13.28
SR 143.07

4 6 1 1 4 1 - that's how Glenn Maxwell punished Ravindra Jadeja in his opening over. 17 runs off Jadeja's first over. Not a good outing from him in the first over. Maxwell is turning it on here.

Australia need 90 runs in 54 balls

FOUR! SIX! Ravindra Jadeja comes into the attack. Glenn Maxwell welcomes the allrounder with a boundary and then a huge biggie. Superb batting from him. What a shot from him.

Australia need 95 runs in 56 balls

WICKET! Kuldeep Yadav gets the breakthrough, removes Mitchell Marsh for 37 runs. Axar Patel has pulled off an incredible catch to dismiss the Australian captain, Mitchell Marsh. The left-arm spinner, Kuldeep Yadav, bowled a delivery that was slightly short of a good length and pitched on the stumps. Marsh, who was waiting on the back foot, got into position and executed a powerful pull shot. The ball rocketed towards the deep backward square leg region, where Axar Patel was positioned a few metres inside the boundary rope. Displaying remarkable athleticism, Patel leapt high into the air and plucked the ball out of the sky with his right hand. It's a BLINDER from AXAR PATEL!

AUSTRALIA 87/2, need 119 runs in 66 balls to win vs INDIA

77 of seven over - the first 50+ stand against India in this World Cup & the longest a pair has survived

SIX! Short from Hardik Pandya. Travis Head pulls this over deep mid wicket fence. Superb shot from the left hander. The ball goes like a rocket into the stands.

Australia need 125 runs in 75 balls

FOUR! Travis Head hits his hard over Hardik Pandya's head. Much-needed boundary for Australia at the moment.

What a start from Kuldeep Yadav. He concedes just 4 runs off his first over. Rohit Sharma must be happy with the Chinaman bowler's start. Kuldeep didn't allow Marsh and Head find a single fence in his over.

Australia need 137 runs in 78 balls

SIX! What a way to end the over. Full and on the stumps from Hardik Pandya. Travis Head clears the front leg and heaves it over cow corner into the stands for a maximum.

Australia need 141 runs in 84 balls

Rohit Sharma combined brute force with elegance in his 92 off 41 balls as India amassed 205 for five against Australia on a belter in their final Super Eights fixture of the T20 World Cup on Monday. On the best batting surface of the tournament, Australia put India in to bat and Rohit made the most of the conditions with a sublime knock comprising seven fours and eight sixes including a recording extending 200th in the format.

It was the start of something special when Rohit flicked Mitchell Starc for four in the first over of the game.

Virat Kohli (0) at the other end mistimed a pull off Josh Hazlewood in the following over to be caught in the deep.

Walking the talk once again, Rohit never took the foot off the pedal and went hammer and tongs against Starc, whose second over yielded as many as 29 runs, his most expensive in the format. The first two sixes in the over came via delightful aerial drive over extra cover before he smashed one in the cow corner region. The fourth maximum of the over came via a mishit that went all the way behind the stumps.

Rohit did bulk of the damage in his 87-run stand with number three Rishabh Pant (15 off 14), who welcomed leg-spinner Adam Zampa into the attack with a six over long-on.

Australia's trump card went wicket-less.

Another memorable shot of Rohit's innings was the down-on-one-knee six over deep mid-wicket off Pat Cummins in the latter's opening over. Credit must go to India for not allowing any other bowler to settle into a rhythm. Rohit brought his fifty at end of the fifth over with a single and that was also the fastest of the tournament.

Rohit unleashed a six over extra cover when Marcus Stoinis came into the attack in the eighth over. Such was the authority of Rohit's innings that he could choose his spot against all the bowlers of repute. It could have been a well-deserved 100 but Starc came back to remove the India skipper with a yorker.

Suryakumar Yadav (31 off 15), Hardik Pandya (27 not out off 17) and Shivam Dube (28 off 22) also played their part but India could not make the most of the last five overs, scoring only 43 runs for the loss of one wicket. Even as his colleagues leaked runs, Josh Hazlewood seemed to be bowling on a different pitch, conceding only 14 runs while taking one wicket in his four overs.

SIX! Hardik Pandya to Travis Head. The left hander plays this beautifully over the bowler's head. What a shot this is. Brilliant stull from the left hander. 50 comes up for Australia.

Australia need 150 runs in 87 balls

SIX! Axar Patel to Mitchell Marsh. The Australian skipper pulls it flat over square leg for a maximum. What a shot from him.

A brilliant over for Australia. Excellent batting from Head in this over. 14 runs off Bumrah's over. Australia need a big stand between Head and Marsh.

AUSTRALIA 36/1 in 4 overs, need 170 runs to win vs INDIA

FOUR! FOUR! Travis Head hits Jasprit Bumrah for back-to-back boundaries. Superb stuff from the left hander.

FOUR! SIX! Mitchell Marsh has hit Arshdeep Singh out of the park now. There is no sign where the ball is. He hits a boundary and then follows it with a biggie. This is a good over for the Australians. 14 runs off Arshdeep's over.

AUSTRALIA 22/1 in 3 overs, need 184 runs to win vs INDIA

FOUR! Short from Arshdeep Singh. Mitchell Marsh slaps this towards long on. A couple of bounces and the ball hits the fence.

AUSTRALIA 12/1 in 2.4 overs, need 194 runs to win vs INDIA

What an over from Jasprit Bumrah. Just 2 runs off his over. The pressure is mounting over Australia now. They have scored just 8 runs in the first two overs and have lost one wicket too.

WICKET! Arshdeep Singh removes David Warner early. A classic outswinger from Arshdeep Singh. Warner gets a thick outside edge and Suryakumar Yadav takes a simple catch at first slip.

AUSTRALIA 6/1 in 1 over vs INDIA

FOUR! Arshdeep Singh to David Warner. The left handers gets an under edge and the ball beats keeper Rishabh Pant and races towards the boundary.

Australia openers David Warner and Travis Head are in the middle. Australia need 206 to win the match. Arshdeep Singh will start the proceedings for India. Here we go...!!!!

Skipper Rohit Sharma blazed away to a 41-ball 92 as India posted an imposing 205 for five against Australia in their final Super Eights match of the T20 World Cup on Monday.

Batting first, Rohit fired on all cylinders and struck as many as eight sixes and seven fours during his sparkling knock.

Unperturbed by Virat Kohli's early dismissal, Rohit went after pacer Mitchell Starc and bludgeoned him for 29 runs in his second over, setting the tone for India at the Darren Sammy Stadium.

Starc, who was taken to the cleaners by Rohit, returned to dismiss the India captain and give some relief to the Australian camp.

But Suryakumar Yadav (31 off 16 balls) and Shivam Dube (28 off 22) kept up the tempo with their big hits before Hardik Pandya (27 off 17) finished the India innings in style.

Highest totals for India in T20 World Cups

218/4 vs Eng Durban 2007
210/2 vs Afg Abu Dhabi 2021
205/5 vs Aus Gros Islet 2024
196/5 vs Ban North Sound 2024

Also, the joint highest total against Australia in T20 World Cups equaling West Indies' 205/4 at Colombo RPS in 2012 semifinals.

Rohit Sharma's 92 off 41 powers India to 205/5 against Australia in St Lucia

10 runs off Pat Cummins' over. India finish at 205/5 in 20 overs. Superb batting from Rohit Sharma who played a captain's knock today. He whacked 92 off just 41 balls and hit seven boundaries and right maximums in his belligerent knock.

SIX! Very full and down the leg from Pat Cummins. Jadeja sends the pacer over deep mid-wicket for a maximum. 200 comes up for India.

WICKET! Marcus Stoinis gets rid of Shivam Dube for 28 runs. The Indian allrounder holes out but finds David Warner at deep mid wicket fence. Australia have strike back with some good overs and quick wickets.

INDIA 194/5 in 18.5 overs vs AUSTRALIA

SIX! Hardik Pandya whacks this over Marcus Stoinis' head. Superb shot from the Indian allrounder. Powerful strike from him.

INDIA 193/4 in 18.2 overs vs AUSTRALIA

SIX! Stoinis to Hardik Pandya and the allrounder whacks this over deep extra cover region. Terrific shot. It comes out of no where.