NEW DELHI: India secured a commanding 44-run victory over New Zealand on Sunday, ending atop Group A within the Champions Trophy. As group leaders, they’ll tackle Australia within the first semifinal on Tuesday, whereas New Zealand is about to face South Africa in Lahore on Wednesday.
Shreyas Iyer anchored India’s innings with a stable 79 off 98 balls, whereas Hardik Pandya (45) and Axar Patel (42) supplied essential contributions. Kane Williamson saved New Zealand within the chase with an aesthetic 81, however the Black Caps have been bowled out for 205 in 45.three overs. Varun Chakravarthy starred with the ball, delivering a match-winning spell of 5/42 in 10 overs.
India’s final conquer Australia in an ICC knockout match dates again to the 2011 World Cup quarterfinal.
Since then, they’ve fallen brief towards the Aussies in key encounters, together with the 2015 World Cup semifinal, the 2023 World Cup last, and the 2023 World Check Championship last.
As India put together for one more high-stakes conflict with Australia, this is a take a look at their ODI head-to-head report:
INDIA VS AUSTRALIA: HEAD-TO-HEAD
IN ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY
India lead 2-1 in 4 encounters (one no end result)
1998: India received by 44 runs (Dhaka)
2000: India received by 20 runs (Nairobi)
OVERALL RECORD (151 ODIS)
Australia: 84
India: 57
No end result: 10
IN ICC ODI WORLD CUPS (14 MATCHES)
Australia: 9
India: 5
Groups (from):
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Australia: Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Adam Zampa, Cooper Connolly.
