When: Australia vs India, June 214 2.30 PM GMT, 10.00 AM Local, 4.30PM SAST, 6PM IST
Where: Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
What to expect: No rain, but plenty of heat and humidity. And runs: half the top 10 totals in the tournament have been scored in St Lucia.
Head to head in T20 World Cups: India and Australia have always been one of cricket’s fiercest rivals. In the ODI format, Australia have the wood on India. However, India dominate the head-to-head record in T20Is. Out of the 31 T20I matches played between the two teams, India have won 19. This includes a 4-1 series victory at home in their most recent bilateral series in 2023.
India vs. Australia Pitch Report : The highest score of this T20 World Cup 2024 has been made at the Darren Sammy Stadium. There have been 5 matches at this ground so far and 6 times the score has been 180 or more. But in the last match between South Africa and England, the pitch was difficult for batting. This was the only match played on the day. The match will be played India vs Australia. In such a situation, the pitch can help the spin bowlers.
India vs. Australia Tactics & Matchups: Start the bowling attack with Jasprit Bumrah. The strong morning gusts blowing east to west can assist new-ball movement, making Bumrah crucial against Australia’s left-handed openers. In this World Cup, Bumrah has bowled 29 balls to left-handers, conceding just 27 runs, taking three wickets, and allowing only two boundaries. He’s India’s best option to exploit Travis Head’s vulnerability outside off stump. Additionally, Burma’s around-the-wicket angle can trouble David Warner, who has scored 56 runs off 50 deliveries from Bumrah while getting out to him twice in all T20s. Bumrah has also excelled in the Powerplay this World Cup, taking three wickets for 21 runs at an economy rate of 2.62.
India Probable XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah
Australia Probable XI: David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh(c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Ashton Agar
India & Australia Squads:
India Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj.
Australia Squad: Mitchell Marsh (c), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa.