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India [352/5] defeat Australia [316] by 36 runs in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019

Impressive win for India, pretty comprehensive considering Aus are a very fancied side who don't give up in a hurry.
 
India vs Australia | 14th Match, World Cup | The Oval, London | June 09, 2019 | Match Thread

This Carey guy has impressed me to no ends. Batted well in tough circumstances even against the West Indies. Really like his hitting.

Also, if I may add as a personal note, what a pleasure it was to see Dhoni getting his hitting right. 27 off 14 - reminded me of the Dhoni of 2005 to 2007!
 
India won it fair and square. The runs were too much for the Aussies to chase. They were never really in it to be honest.
 
Hasan123 said:
Well played. I have to give credit to the Indian bowlers.

Be ready for next Sunday though.
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yes . Now INdia will be a bit more relaxed with 2 wins in their bucket. This was by no means an easy win. As long as Maxie was there i was not confident.
 
Gilly said:
316, excellent batting by the Aussies. Chasing is never easy and this will give Aus some confidence going forward.
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how about Warner?? TBH he's look like in fear or put in under pressure by team management or trying too hard to perform.. not only this game, he struggled in all 3 games in this world cup..
 
Aussies batted well. But if they want to beat the big teams, then they hv to sort out the issue with Warner's form. He looked totally clueless against Bumrah and Bhuvi.
 
My next important match besides India matches is ENGLAND vs AUSTRALIA. It is going to be a box office match.
 
1999 - Aus beat Ind - became champions later
2003 - Aus beat Ind - champions
2011 - Ind beat Aus - champions
2015 - Aus beat Ind - champions

2019 - Ind beat Aus - ???
 
jnaveen1980 said:
yes . Now INdia will be a bit more relaxed with 2 wins in their bucket. This was by no means an easy win. As long as Maxie was there i was not confident.
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It was too much to do for Maxwell. He needed Smith to hang around for a bit longer.
 
Mkumar825 said:
1999 - Aus beat Ind - became champions later
2003 - Aus beat Ind - champions
2011 - Ind beat Aus - champions
2015 - Aus beat Ind - champions

2019 - Ind beat Aus - ???
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1983 India beat Australia - Champions. But let us not get ahead of ourselves. One baby step at a time.
 
I know Warner will get more flak but Smith also is a culprit since after Warner dismissal, he himself slowed considerably.
 
still a very strong side, had carey taken pandya catch all may have been different. Ind outscored them and deserve the the win.

This aus side are contenders for sure.
 
Smbhayi said:
how about Warner?? TBH he's look like in fear or put in under pressure by team management or trying too hard to perform.. not only this game, he struggled in all 3 games in this world cup..
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No problem with Warner, players go through phases, he is scoring runs and thats all that counts. I think it is better to lose this one because if they did win then the focus would be on them. This will give them breathing space.
 
Mkumar825 said:
1999 - Aus beat Ind - became champions later
2003 - Aus beat Ind - champions
2011 - Ind beat Aus - champions
2015 - Aus beat Ind - champions

2019 - Ind beat Aus - ???
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Congrats in advance for winning the WC.
 
Warner is going to explode next game ... probably going to send Pak bowlers into orbit! Poor Pakistan ...
 
Zaz said:
Does anybody else also find ganguly annoying
Always cheerleading about how good the indian players and team are
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Not just Ganguly. South Asia seems to produce only rubbish commentators.

Only Rahul Dravid, Deep Dasgupta and Ajit Agarkar are somewhat decent.
 
WengerOut said:
I know Warner will get more flak but Smith also is a culprit since after Warner dismissal, he himself slowed considerably.
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Smith is an accumulator. High time everyone understands it. He cannot produce those gigantic overs. He has done a couple of times in the IPL. But his game is not naturally suited for slogging. He should build and other should hit the ball around. If Warner had been run out instead of Finch things would have been different. Against India Finch was clueless both in Australia and India. Today he looked different.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Smith is an accumulator. High time everyone understands it. He cannot produce those gigantic overs. He has done a couple of times in the IPL. But his game is not naturally suited for slogging. He should build and other should hit the ball around. If Warner had been run out instead of Finch things would have been different. Against India Finch was clueless both in Australia and India. Today he looked different.
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Accumulator doesn't need to slow down considerably. That is no excuse
 
Love you India! Totally demolished this overrated Aus team! Played and won like a Champion Team. Congratulations!!!
 
Today Nathan Coulternile nile looked like what he really is, a slogging tailender
 
Hasan123 said:
India will beat Sri Lanka,Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.
England will get through.

Australia should beat South Africa,Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.

New Zealand only need 2 more wins to qualify.

Difficult to see us getting through if we don't beat Australia.
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Did u forget pakistan? When listing teams for india 😝
Have better chance winning against pak than against eng, tho i will back them to win each game
 
Gilly said:
No problem with Warner, players go through phases, he is scoring runs and thats all that counts. I think it is better to lose this one because if they did win then the focus would be on them. This will give them breathing space.
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I think you would have won if you batted first. Chasing was never going to be that easy here. Once Warner starts hitting form in this world cup, Australia will be a very hard team to beat. Good luck against Pakistan and England. Backing Australia all the way against those two teams :D
 
Nikhil_cric said:
I think you would have won if you batted first. Chasing was never going to be that easy here. Once Warner starts hitting form in this world cup, Australia will be a very hard team to beat. Good luck against Pakistan and England. Backing Australia all the way against those two teams :D
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They would have and they wouldnt have, but one thing is sure i dont want ind to face aussies in semis 😝
 
Nikhil_cric said:
I think you would have won if you batted first. Chasing was never going to be that easy here. Once Warner starts hitting form in this world cup, Australia will be a very hard team to beat. Good luck against Pakistan and England. Backing Australia all the way against those two teams :D
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Funnily enough we can drop these matches and just look at beating Ban, SL, SA and win one of the remaining against Pak,Eng and NZ and that will get us through.
 
Great match and has setup India superbly for this tournament. India needed this win badly. Words can't describe the confidence the public and players get when they defeat Australia in a world cup match. This is just PERFECT.
 
Gilly said:
Funnily enough we can drop these matches and just look at beating Ban, SL, SA and win one of the remaining against Pak,Eng and NZ and that will get us through.
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Australia is quiet capable of giving phainty to English bowling line up.
 
Ram Shekhar said:
Great match and has setup India superbly for this tournament. India needed this win badly. Words can't describe the confidence the public and players get when they defeat Australia in a world cup match. This is just PERFECT.
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I hear what you are saying but only one match matters.
 
Gilly said:
I hear what you are saying but only one match matters.
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I think we'll be facing off one more time and that will indeed be the one with the highest stakes.. You're right too.

I also think Australia will not be defeated again in the group stage by any other team.
 
Australia is too difficult to beat twice
so dont want them to face again.
 
WengerOut said:
That was an exaggeration to convey the point across. And i think I said NCN is really a slogger. So dunno what your issue is.
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NCN has always been a slogger, It was a bit like saying today we found out Dhoni is a wicketkeeper.

No dramas I was just casually commenting, no issue.
 
Gilly said:
No problem with Warner, players go through phases, he is scoring runs and thats all that counts. I think it is better to lose this one because if they did win then the focus would be on them. This will give them breathing space.
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Thank God the bail didn't fall off :)
 
Harshu814 said:
Whats wrong in living in present , we won today :-) will celebrate,no need someones nod.

And for finals,win or lose you bet we ll be there ��
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So you should celebrate, India played well and deservedly won plus I was impressed with Kohli.

Australia though need to keep working on their plans.
 
I agree with all the Indian posters above in that Australia is the last team we Indian fans want to face in a CWC knockout match. They are a scary team who can effortlessly shift gears when the stakes are high. Even in the 2011 World Cup, it was only after beating Australia in the Quarter final did fans have confidence in the team to go all the way no matter who India faced after that. However, if we are to win the whole thing , I'd like us to beat Australia in a knockout - preferably in the semis. That would give this team the confidence to go ahead and beat the hell out of whoever comes in the final .
 
One thing is for sure with India in ICC tourneys they do well and their a strong team but the player that's is key and most dangerous IMO is Shikhar Dhawan very clutch player
 
Gilly said:
So you should celebrate, India played well and deservedly won plus I was impressed with Kohli.

Australia though need to keep working on their plans.
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You mean Dhoni, he was calling the shots near the end when Maxwell was hitting them
 
Hasan123 said:
India will beat Sri Lanka,Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.
England will get through.

Australia should beat South Africa,Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.

New Zealand only need 2 more wins to qualify.

Difficult to see us getting through if we don't beat Australia.
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It might be a washout as weather forecast says it will rain when PAK meets AUS in Taunton.
 
Such a pleasant surprise. Since I started following cricket this is only the second time we have beaten Australia in a WC encounter, respect to Shikhar Dhawan.
 
jacobjohn said:
So what? We are happy that our senior players have good rapport on and off field.
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he was giving credit to kohli but when maxwell was middling them kohli was doing a sarfaraz, Dhoni was in charge.

I think Dhoni will retire after world cup.
 
WengerOut said:
This is 1992 reloaded man. Accept it
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we got robbed there - has to split a point with sri lanka and lost to australia due to then absurd rain affected match rules.

and just when india said 'could this rule get any less fair?', the proteans went 'hold my beer...'
 
Congrats to India, good game but the way Australia started they never seemed interested in chasing down the total.

There's still a long way to go in the tournament. I see Indian posters are already deciding who to face in the semis lol. India got two big games coming up against New Zealand and Pakistan. If pitches offered any life instead of the flat one rolled down today, then India could easily lose both. This tournament will not be a walk in the park for any team as several are evenly matched or picking up unexpected games.
 
First of all congratulations to neigbours for a match well played, but this win does not bode well for Pakistan's chances of reaching semi finals.
 
Kriketer said:
Congrats to India, good game but the way Australia started they never seemed interested in chasing down the total.

There's still a long way to go in the tournament. I see Indian posters are already deciding who to face in the semis lol. India got two big games coming up against New Zealand and Pakistan. If pitches offered any life instead of the flat one rolled down today, then India could easily lose both. This tournament will not be a walk in the park for any team as several are evenly matched or picking up unexpected games.
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You realize that it's the exact opposite of what you're saying, right? India don't bat very deep, so England and Australia have a better chance of winning on good batting pitches. On pitches that favor bowling, I don't see India losing much.
 
Mitchell Starc raised his left hand in an attempt to catch the ball but it was hit with such ferocity by Shikhar Dhawan that umpire Ian Gould had to move out of the way with the nimble-footedness more akin to a ballroom dancer.

Four balls later, the left-hander was back in the pavilion – having holed out to substitute fielder Nathan Lyon on the deep square-leg boundary off Starc – but the damage had been. Foundations had not been so much laid as set firmly in concrete.

There is something about early June at The Oval that seems to agree with Dhawan. “I like playing here at The Oval, and I love ICC tournaments. Bouncy wickets suit my game,” he said.

This was his third ODI ton at England’s oldest international venue and two years and a day since he took 125 off Sri Lanka in the ICC Champions Trophy – albeit in a losing cause. Four years earlier – again almost to the day and in the same competition – he scored an unbeaten 102 against West Indies.

Australia must have had their fill of Dhawan, and indeed his opening partner Rohit Sharma. This was Dhawan’s second century in three innings against the Aussies while India’s century opening stand was the fourth between Dhawan and Sharma against Australia – the most by an opening pair in ODIs against one opponent.

If there was a concern about India’s star-studded line-up before the tournament it was an over-reliance on their top three. But what a top three. This was the second time in ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup history that India’s top three have all passed 50, the previous occasion being against South Africa in 2011.

But Dhawan’s form coming into the World Cup had been feast or famine. He was the fourth leading run-scorer in the Indian Premier League yet his output tailed off towards the end of the tournament.

Having finished the month of April with three successive fifties, he then scored no more than 19 in any format through May. Before his century against Australia, he had made 11 runs in three innings since arriving in the UK. Hardly a cause for panic but perhaps a degree of mild concern.

The measured, relative watchfulness of India’s opening pair is their standard modus operandi and the modest amount of pace in the pitch did not really allow for a different tactic but the smoothness of the acceleration was something to behold.

Dhawan and Sharma had 22 from seven overs and 41 from ten and at drinks India were ticking along at 81 without loss off 16. The serious chaos was saved until the final ten overs which went for 116 and caused waves of ecstasy across the vast oceans of blue in the Oval stands.

Dhawan was hurried early in his innings by two Pat Cummins bouncers and while those episodes barely seemed to disturb his progress, he did require attention to a hand injury from the physio and did not take the field during Australia’s innings. He appeared at the post-match ceremony with his left hand heavily strapped.

In the eighth over, the first signs of true aggression emerged as he gave Nathan Coulter-Nile the charge and drove him to the boundary. He carved him two more boundaries and took 14 off the over. India were off and running.

The single to bring up his century was a tight one with skipper Virat Kohli needing to dive to make his ground but it was all smiles in the end, most of all across the moustachioed face of Dhawan.

This was his sixth century at an ICC event, confirmation if it were needed that this gracefully destructive opening batsman is a big-match player.
 
India bowling coach Bharat Arun paid tribute his pace attack for dismantling Australia at The Oval in their second match of the World Cup.

Opening pair Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar shared six wickets between them as India strolled comfortably to victory by 36 runs and inflict Australia’s first defeat of the tournament.

Arun, 56, said: “It’s a dream to have a bowler like him [Bumrah]. He’s one of the best in the world both at the beginning of an innings at the death.

“My job is just to remind him and Bhuvi about their plans and what they’ve done well in the past.”

But he insisted that in a long tournament, every bowler has to be ready, saying: “It was always our plan to open the bowling with Bumrah and Bhuvi because he moves the ball around in English conditions and he bowls well at the death.”

The experienced Mohammed Shami waits in the wings and Arun said: “You have to wait your chance and be ready to grab the opportunities when they come.”

The pitch at The Oval had been used four days previously for New Zealand’s win over Bangladesh, which influenced India’s tactics when they came to defend their sizeable total of 352.

Australia struggled to stamp any authority on their run chase and coach Arun said: “We had plans not to give the batsmen any width and also to take the pace off the ball and I thought we executed the plans very well.”

He added: “It was a conscious plan to bowl short to David Warner – and you saw that most of the short balls we bowled at him he wasn’t very comfortable with.”

Arun admitted that conditions have been different to some of the pre-tournament hype about huge totals and matches simply being run-fests.

He said: “In England the ball moves around. You saw that when England played against Bangladesh they were nine off five overs but ended up with 60 in the powerplay. If you can assess the conditions and then you can launch later.”

India certainly did that – scoring only 41 from the first ten overs but then 116 off the last ten to set a target of 353 that was beyond Australia.

Arun also backed spinner Kuldeep Yadav, 24, who blew England away at Trent Bridge 11 months ago with 6/ 25, to return to form after a difficult IPL tournament this year.

He said: “Every bowler goes through a stage where they get hit. It’s my job to remind him about all the good things he has done in the past and build his confidence.”
 
Australia wicket-keeper Alex Carey defended his team’s tactics with the bat after they slipped to a 36-run defeat by India at The Oval in their third match of the World Cup.

Carey, 27, equalled his highest ODI score for Australia but his quickfire 55 not out was not enough to maintain Australia’s unbeaten start to the tournament.

When the big-hitting Carey came in to bat at No.7, his side faced a stiff task of needing 115 runs from the last ten overs to reach their target of 353.

But he insisted there was no discussion about promoting him or Glenn Maxwell up the order to push the run rate up.

Opener David Warner scored his slowest one-day international half-century and he failed to score of 50 of his 84 balls.

But Carey said: “We still backed the players out in the middle to get us there. If they’ve faced a few balls they have a better understanding of the situation.

“The deeper we take it, we trust our batters to soak up a few balls. They’ve done it in the past.

“There are so many options but we trust the batters we have. We had a good shake at it but we were just chasing a few too many runs in the end.”

Carey acknowledged that he took confidence from his time in the middle but he insisted: “There was a job to do to go at 12 runs an over for the best part of 10 or 15 overs. It was more the state of the game that dictated the way I played.

“With guys like Maxwell and [Nathan] Coulter-Nile we still back ourselves to go out and do that. We lost a few wickets against a really good attack.

“Bumrah and Kumar are really good finishers and unfortunately we fell short and didn’t have that set batter like India did.

“Shikhar played really well and the stats say if you get 120 you will win most games. It would have been nice to have one of our players in the top five who had 40 or 50 to go on make a big score and win the game for us.”

Carey, who dropped a costly catch in India’s innings when he spilled the explosive Hardik Pandya first ball, paid tribute to the special atmosphere created at The Oval by the vast and vociferous support for the Indian team.

He said: “It’s always brilliant playing against India. I’ve played them in Australia, in India and now here. Every time I’ve loved the atmosphere – they’re very colourful, there’s lots of noise. It’s always good to play against India.”
 
Australian captain Aaron Finch’s best-laid plans were exposed as India slugged their way to victory in a clash of the heavyweights at The Oval.

The last two ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup winners are no strangers, having played eight one-day internationals against each other already this year.

Honours were even at four games each, with Indian skipper Virat Kohli admitting his team were smarting from a recent series defeat on home soil, revenge ultimately proving a powerful motivation.

Finch hardly revealed a cunning game plan when he said pre-match that the key to beating India - a team blessed with one of the finest top orders in world cricket - was early wickets.

However, saying it and doing it proved two very different things.

For the sixth time Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma put on a century opening partnership against the Australians, the former going on to score a dazzling 117 while Kohli, Hardik Pandya and MS Dhoni also made valuable contributions as Indian batsmen delivered in style.

They started with caution, seeing off the pace threat of Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummings, and then accelerated in style, scoring 120 runs in their final ten overs to post 352/5, a target that would have needed a Cricket World Cup record to chase down.

“They outplayed us,” admitted Finch. “We didn’t bowl our best stuff and we struggled to get wickets early on, which was always going be important.

“They took their time, assessed the conditions and probably knew Mitchell and Pat were our two biggest threats.

“They swallowed their pride a bit, pulled back a gear and just made sure they got through those first ten overs. Batting that deep into the innings gives them so many options later on, as we saw. They just played really well and negated our biggest threats, it’s as simple as that.”

Finch and fellow opener David Warner seemed to follow a similar strategy in their response, as they started the chase with cautious conservatism.

And one stage Warner, normally such a brute, went 14 deliveries without a run and you could almost feel his frustration bubbling up from the stands.

After 84 balls and 56 runs, nothing was more guaranteed than he’d go out swinging, as he did when Yuzvendra Chahal tempted him down the wicket with a tossed up delivery, caught on the boundary by Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

With the required run rate now racing upwards over 11, India gleefully took advantage as Australia were forced to push the pace, wickets falling with regularity.

In the end they were only 37 runs short of the target but, in truth, they were never really in the match - the scorecard not necessarily telling the full story of India’s dominance across all departments.

“I thought they bowled really well with the new ball,” added Finch. “I thought we could do some damage at the back end of the innings, if we had some wickets in hands.

“I thought we were in a decent position but we lost our wickets at key times. They also bowled really well, they didn’t give us any length or width to work with. It was a pretty simple strategy but it was effective.”
Australia will have three days reflect on this performance before their next match with Pakistan at Taunton.

“There’s no panic, we’ve started off well with a couple of wins and it’s just a small hiccup,” he added.

“We will assess every option. We know Pakistan have quite a few left handers on their side and there’s not been enough games at Taunton to get a read on what the wicket will look like yet.”
 
Virat Kohli did his best to keep his head - while all around him seemed to be collectively losing theirs.

India’s Bharat Army marched to the beat of their numerous drums, the cacophony reverberating around this most venerable of cricket grounds, with blue very much the colour in this corner of London.

From first ball to last they chanted, cheered, sung and screamed, waving their flags with a flourish and underlining the power of ’home’ advantage.

And this was only their second match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 - the expectation only building ahead of challenges to come.

But confidence should now be surging for India after a consummate 36-run victory against defending champions Australia, following their confident six-wicket win over South Africa in their tournament opener.

“It’s far too early to talk about semi-finals, after six games we will be in a better position to think about that but it’s not for now,” said Kohli, whose side will next face unbeaten New Zealand at Trent Bridge on Thursday.

“However, we couldn’t ask for a better start against two very strong sides and I like we’ve got the strongest sides in world cricket early on. We have to be at the top of our game from the start of the tournament.

“It was the perfect one-day game for us. We were very professional and that pleases you as a captain. I couldn’t really ask for better, in all three departments. We set the tone with the bat and we bowled really well. We won all the crucial moments and never took our foot off the pedal.”

After winning the toss and deciding to bat, India set about producing a textbook batting performance, inspired by Shikhar Dhawan’s century, Kohli’s 82 and free-scoring cameos from Hardik Pandya and MS Dhoni.

With ball in hand India have a luxury of options and Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled astutely at the death while Kohli’s tactics were as canny as ever. It was all very ominous for those teams to come.

Set 353 to win, which would require a record World Cup run chase, Australia started their response with caution.

Aaron Finch and David Warner prodded conservatively, the latter facing an improbable 14 dot balls while the score seemed to crawl and the run rate sharply escalated.

They initially kept wickets in hand but as the scale of the task became more improbable the issue had to be forced - and then there was only one result.

This was the ninth time these teams have played this year - with honours even, India winning a series in Australia 2-1, while Finch’s team reversed that result with a comeback 3-2 victory on their travels.

And it was those defeats – against an Australian team without bowler Mitchell Starc – that proved Kohli’s inspiration.

“After losing in India we had a point to prove and that was our motivation,” he added. “I knew if we put runs on the board then we back our bowling line-up to defend anything. Our bowlers are at the top of their game right now, it’s a unit that really understands its strengths.

“We adapted well. They were too hesitant going for the boundaries early on so we kept the ball on a good length and at the stumps. I felt their mentality was just about not losing early wickets and I was always confident our total was too big for that strategy.”

The Bharat Army now marches north to Nottingham, another win there and Kohli may struggle to curb their undiluted enthusiasm.
 
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