India v Australia 2nd Quarter-Final full Highlights Video, Match Report, Scores

ICC World Cup 2011, 2nd Quarter-Final, India (IND) v Australia (AUS) Played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad 24 March 2011 - day/night (50-over match) full Highlights Video, Match Report and Scores.

Yuvraj Singh played a match-winning innings as India, roared on by their supporters in Ahmedabad, knocked holders Australia out of the World Cup.

India v Australia Cricket World Cup Match Report
Ponting answered his critics with a brave century driving Australia to 260 for 6, but fifties from Sachin Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir kept India in the hunt before Yuvraj Singh - with 57 not out - combined with Suresh Raina to see the home side to victory with 14 deliveries to spare.

Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina celebrate India's win.

Yuvraj was once again the hero, winning his fourth man-of-the-match award of the tournament for a superb half-century under immense pressure as he and Raina put on a stand of 74 unbeaten runs to bat their side out of a trouble after a middle-order wobble had earlier silenced the Sardar Patel Stadium.

The result means that India book their spot in a dream semi-final showdown with Pakistan next week while Australia return home without the trophy that has been in their possession for the past 12 years.

At the start of the day it was Ponting who won the toss and had no hesitation in choosing to bat first on a track that provided turn from the start of the innings with Ravichandran Ashwin handed the new ball by skipper MS Dhoni.

Ashwin retained his starting place with the home side making just one change as Virender Sehwag’s return from injury saw Yusuf Pathan surprisingly left out and Raina maintained in the middle order. Australia meanwhile beefed up their batting line-up with David Hussey brought in for Steven Smith.

Brad Haddin and Shane Watson set the Aussies off to a solid start before Watson was the first to go, bowled by Ashwin as he attempted an expansive sweep. Haddin (53) and Ponting then added the highest partnership of the innings, sharing 70 runs before the Aussie wicketkeeper became the first of Yuvraj’s (2 for 44) two victims.

An uncharacteristically rash stroke from Michael Clarke (8) saw the Aussie vice-captain fall to the slow left-armer soon afterwards, before Zaheer Khan (2 for 53) produced a telling second spell - with the old ball - to see the back of Mike Hussey (3) and Cameron White (12).

Ponting meanwhile stood firm throughout and with a steely determination collected seven fours and a six on his way to his first ODI hundred in more than 13 months. His celebration at the milestone was muted, but there was a clear sense of satisfied defiance in his eyes after having been written off by many critics this week.

The Australian skipper fell soon after going to three figures, caught off the bowling of Ashwin (2 for 52), which left David Hussey to finish off the innings with a cameo of 38 unbeaten runs off 26 balls as the Aussies reached 260 for six.

India’s response was positive in the face of some wayward bowling from Brett Lee and Shaun Tait up front before Shane Watson entered the attack to remove Sehwag with a bouncer skied to square leg.

Yuvraj Singh is ecstatic after hitting the winning runs

The heartbeat of the home side’s innings was Sachin Tendulkar (53) who first went passed Kumar Sangakkara to become the tournament’s top run-getter, then passed 18 000 ODI runs, and then reached his 94th one-day half-century. The Little Master appeared to be on course to match Ponting with three figures before Tait returned to the attack to have Tendulkar caught behind by Haddin, sending a ripple of doubt through the the whole of India.

A composed half-century from Gautam Gambhir however kept the chase together despite Virat Kohli (24) throwing his wicket away off a Dave Hussey full toss, but then the innings started to wobble when Gambhir was run out for 50 after a miscommunication between himself and Yuvraj - the third calling blunder between the two in as many balls. The home side’s trouble then got worse when Dhoni fell to Lee for 7 and at 187 for five India still had plenty of work to do.

Two overs worth 27-runs however - from Tait and Lee - then set India immediately back on track and the local fans into delirium, with Yuvraj passing fifty for the fifth time in the tournament and Raina (34 not out) vindicating his selection as India strode to victory in the 48th over.

India v Australia 2nd Quarter-Final Cricket World Cup Scores

India won by 5 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)

	Australia innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SR Watson	b Ashwin	25	39	38	5	0	65.78
	9.6 90.2 kph, the man from Chennai has struck, Watson went for the slog sweep, this one was slower through the air, tossed up, and turned in to strike the off stump, even as Watson missed it completely, did not get too far across to pick it from outside off, played a bit early too 40/1
	BJ Haddin	c Raina b Yuvraj Singh	53	95	62	6	1	85.48
	22.5 83.6 kph, Yuvraj's golden arm strikes again. Raina takes a smart low catch tumbling forward. Haddin was clearly looking to make things happen against Munaf and Yuvraj, and he may have chanced his arm once too often. Yuvraj slows this one up in the air, tosses it up on off and gets it to break away. Haddin looks to power the cover drive with the spin, but once again goes in the air. It is dying on Raina, but he's alert enough to tumble forward and pouch it. 110/2
	RT Ponting	c Khan b Ashwin	104	172	118	7	1	88.13
	48.3 Ponting lines up for the reverse hit, a rarity, but ends up hitting it straight to Zaheer at short third man, end of a magnificent innings from the Australia captain, raises his bat as he walks back 245/6
	MJ Clarke	c Khan b Yuvraj Singh	8	30	19	0	0	42.10
	30.4 81.3 kph, uhoh, Clarke has played the worst shot of the day. India's best spinner in this World Cup has taken another wicket. Flighted ball on leg stump, Clarke looks to play an ugly slog-swipe, across the line and completely out of character, against the spin, and indeed the run of play. He got the front foot across, was inside the line and then top-edged the shot since it was very full. He was probably looking for the gap between long on and midwicket. Zaheer takes it in the outfield at midwicket. Nicely judged running take. 140/3
	MEK Hussey	b Khan	3	15	9	0	0	33.33
	33.3 118.8 kph, Zaheer does it again. It's again that mystery bare-knuckle slower ball. It's the latest invention from the Zaheer labs. Instead of getting fore-finger and middle-finger behind the seam, he gets the middle finger alone behind the ball and pushes it through with the knuckle of the fore-finger, which is to the left of the ball. Hence, there is a subtle change in pace, that the batsman can't read out of the hand unless he has binoculars. Hussey doesn't. The knuckle ends up pushing the ball in and also helps it move in after landing on the turf. Devon Smith got it the other day, and played all over it. Exactly how Mr. Cricket just did. 118 kph, flummoxes the batsman all ends up and castles him as he heaves the flick and misses. Zaheer spreads his arms on either side, breaks into a smile and trots along as his team-mates converge. Motera loves it. 150/4
	CL White	c & b Khan	12	36	22	0	0	54.54
	41.2 127.2 kph, and the man has struck again, 127.6 kph length delivery that seemed to stop on him from round the stumps, he had a feeble push at it for Zaheer to take the dolly as it looped back to him, he throws it in the air and takes off on a run, White's horror run continues 190/5
	DJ Hussey	not out	38	44	26	3	1	146.15
	MG Johnson	not out	6	7	6	0	0	100.00
	Extras	(lb 2, w 9)	11
	Total	(6 wickets; 50 overs; 220 mins)	260	(5.20 runs per over)

Did not bat B Lee, JJ Krejza, SW Tait

Fall of wickets1-40 (Watson, 9.6 ov), 2-110 (Haddin, 22.5 ov), 3-140 (Clarke, 30.4 ov), 4-150 (MEK Hussey, 33.3 ov), 5-190 (White, 41.2 ov), 6-245 (Ponting, 48.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	R Ashwin	10	0	52	2	5.20	(1w)
	9.6 to Watson, 90.2 kph, the man from Chennai has struck, Watson went for the slog sweep, this one was slower through the air, tossed up, and turned in to strike the off stump, even as Watson missed it completely, did not get too far across to pick it from outside off, played a bit early too 40/1 48.3 to Ponting, Ponting lines up for the reverse hit, a rarity, but ends up hitting it straight to Zaheer at short third man, end of a magnificent innings from the Australia captain, raises his bat as he walks back 245/6
	Z Khan	10	0	53	2	5.30
	33.3 to MEK Hussey, 118.8 kph, Zaheer does it again. It's again that mystery bare-knuckle slower ball. It's the latest invention from the Zaheer labs. Instead of getting fore-finger and middle-finger behind the seam, he gets the middle finger alone behind the ball and pushes it through with the knuckle of the fore-finger, which is to the left of the ball. Hence, there is a subtle change in pace, that the batsman can't read out of the hand unless he has binoculars. Hussey doesn't. The knuckle ends up pushing the ball in and also helps it move in after landing on the turf. Devon Smith got it the other day, and played all over it. Exactly how Mr. Cricket just did. 118 kph, flummoxes the batsman all ends up and castles him as he heaves the flick and misses. Zaheer spreads his arms on either side, breaks into a smile and trots along as his team-mates converge. Motera loves it. 150/4 41.2 to White, 127.2 kph, and the man has struck again, 127.6 kph length delivery that seemed to stop on him from round the stumps, he had a feeble push at it for Zaheer to take the dolly as it looped back to him, he throws it in the air and takes off on a run, White's horror run continues 190/5
	Harbhajan Singh	10	0	50	0	5.00	(4w)
	MM Patel	7	0	44	0	6.28
	Yuvraj Singh	10	0	44	2	4.40
	22.5 to Haddin, 83.6 kph, Yuvraj's golden arm strikes again. Raina takes a smart low catch tumbling forward. Haddin was clearly looking to make things happen against Munaf and Yuvraj, and he may have chanced his arm once too often. Yuvraj slows this one up in the air, tosses it up on off and gets it to break away. Haddin looks to power the cover drive with the spin, but once again goes in the air. It is dying on Raina, but he's alert enough to tumble forward and pouch it. 110/2 30.4 to Clarke, 81.3 kph, uhoh, Clarke has played the worst shot of the day. India's best spinner in this World Cup has taken another wicket. Flighted ball on leg stump, Clarke looks to play an ugly slog-swipe, across the line and completely out of character, against the spin, and indeed the run of play. He got the front foot across, was inside the line and then top-edged the shot since it was very full. He was probably looking for the gap between long on and midwicket. Zaheer takes it in the outfield at midwicket. Nicely judged running take. 140/3
	SR Tendulkar	2	0	9	0	4.50
	V Kohli	1	0	6	0	6.00

	India innings (target: 261 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	V Sehwag	c MEK Hussey b Watson	15	46	22	2	0	68.18
	8.1 124.2 kph, Sehwag is gone. He hasn't looked his best through this innings. Watson has got him with a bouncer that wasn't very high on pace, but was spot on with its direction. It angled in from outside off, cramping Sehwag for room as it came in, but he still looked to pull. The top edge ballooned up and landed in Hussey's hands at square leg, running back inside the circle. Huge wicket for Australia. I reckon, the huger one is at the other end though. 44/1
	SR Tendulkar	c †Haddin b Tait	53	93	68	7	0	77.94
	18.1 138.3 kph, Sachin is gone, or is he, is that a back foot no-ball, it was a length ball outside off stump, and he nibbled it on its way to Haddin, it was very close to being a no-ball, but Tait got away with it, he hadn't grounded the back heel on the line, Sachin has to walk back 94/2
	G Gambhir	run out (White/DJ Hussey)	50	116	64	2	0	78.12
	33.2 DJ Hussey to Yuvraj Singh, infantile running. Gambhir is gone. That was even more horrendous. Not sure what was happening there again. Yuvraj guides a ball outside off backward of square, very fine on the off side. The ball went nowhere, and first slip was after it. Gambhir wants a single and runs three-fourths of the way down the track. Yuvraj hasn't budged. Not sure what Gambhir was thinking. He turned and then gave up, he didn't have a chance anyway. Gambhir just looks miffed with Yuvraj, as he bad-mouths on the way back. The fault was entirely his. 168/4
	V Kohli	c Clarke b DJ Hussey	24	38	33	1	0	72.72
	28.3 86.6 kph, Kohli has thrown it away totally against the run of play, full toss on the stumps, he threw his bat wildly at it, but only found the man at midwicket, David cannot believe it, he is smiling wildly, Virat is disappointed but he has to go 143/3
	Yuvraj Singh	not out	57	90	65	8	0	87.69
	MS Dhoni	c Clarke b Lee	7	19	8	1	0	87.50
	37.3 140.2 kph, Dhoni has perished. He's not been in great form, and clearly that's affecting his thinking. After the last two balls, you'd have expected better than a wild airy cut to a short ball. That was again pacy from Lee, got it to bounce extra and Dhoni had no control on the cut. Seemed like he wanted to hit it right through Clarke at point. Pup keeps his cool and holds a blinder as the ball buzzes away to his right. India are throwing this away. 187/5
	SK Raina	not out	34	48	28	2	1	121.42
	Extras	(lb 3, w 16, nb 2)	21
	Total	(5 wickets; 47.4 overs; 232 mins)	261	(5.47 runs per over)

Did not bat R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, MM Patel

Fall of wickets1-44 (Sehwag, 8.1 ov), 2-94 (Tendulkar, 18.1 ov), 3-143 (Kohli, 28.3 ov), 4-168 (Gambhir, 33.2 ov), 5-187 (Dhoni, 37.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	B Lee	8.4	1	45	1	5.19	(3w)
	37.3 to Dhoni, 140.2 kph, Dhoni has perished. He's not been in great form, and clearly that's affecting his thinking. After the last two balls, you'd have expected better than a wild airy cut to a short ball. That was again pacy from Lee, got it to bounce extra and Dhoni had no control on the cut. Seemed like he wanted to hit it right through Clarke at point. Pup keeps his cool and holds a blinder as the ball buzzes away to his right. India are throwing this away. 187/5
	SW Tait	7	0	52	1	7.42	(2nb, 6w)
	18.1 to Tendulkar, 138.3 kph, Sachin is gone, or is he, is that a back foot no-ball, it was a length ball outside off stump, and he nibbled it on its way to Haddin, it was very close to being a no-ball, but Tait got away with it, he hadn't grounded the back heel on the line, Sachin has to walk back 94/2
	MG Johnson	8	0	41	0	5.12	(2w)
	SR Watson	7	0	37	1	5.28	(1w)
	8.1 to Sehwag, 124.2 kph, Sehwag is gone. He hasn't looked his best through this innings. Watson has got him with a bouncer that wasn't very high on pace, but was spot on with its direction. It angled in from outside off, cramping Sehwag for room as it came in, but he still looked to pull. The top edge ballooned up and landed in Hussey's hands at square leg, running back inside the circle. Huge wicket for Australia. I reckon, the huger one is at the other end though. 44/1
	JJ Krejza	9	0	45	0	5.00
	MJ Clarke	3	0	19	0	6.33
	DJ Hussey	5	0	19	1	3.80
	28.3 to Kohli, 86.6 kph, Kohli has thrown it away totally against the run of play, full toss on the stumps, he threw his bat wildly at it, but only found the man at midwicket, David cannot believe it, he is smiling wildly, Virat is disappointed but he has to go 143/3

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