India vs Australia, Super 8 T20 WC Live Score: India will have to stop Australia’s campaign in the T20 World Cup today when they face a stunned and under pressure opponent at their final Super 8 match being played at Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.
A third win for India on the trot will not only make them group winners and take them to the semifinals but also seriously damage Australia’s quarterfinal chances following Saturday night’s shock loss to Afghanistan in Saint Vincent.
After losing to Afghanistan, Australia no longer hold their destiny in their hands and they will be anxiously monitoring that Bangladesh game Rashid Khan team is going to play as it would determine if they would proceed or not.
India though wants an early exit of its biggest rivals having seen heartbreaking losses from Australia in major ICC events.
To fine-tune their game ahead of knockouts, India does not need much anything after ticking all boxes in back-to-back wins over Afghanistan and Bangladesh respectively.
In answer to his critics Shivam Dube who was unable to perform his role scored a vital knock while both Rohit and Virat Kohli played substantial knocks against Afghanistan.
Rishabh Pant, number three often gets dismissed off reverse hit he would want to put this right.
Hardik Pandya has been one of the best things about Team India during this tournament because he has always batted well with bat unlike his incisive spells.
Kuldeep Yadav has taken no time to contribute match-wining performance for his side therefore he will be looked upon for picking some wickets during middle overs.
Despite playing three Super 8 matches with travel days sandwiched between each other, it is unlikely that management will opt for rotating players.
India arrived here on Saturday night but did not train yesterday considering that the journey had been very tiring even before starting the game against Australia.
It will be the second day game at this venue. All the day nighters have seen high-scores but in England’s previous game here, they could not chase 164 against South Africa in a day game.
This has been the best batting strip of the tournament, but the sun beaming down on to it throughout is likely to aid the slower bowlers.
Australia however has much more to worry about before today’s match. The batting turned out to be a disaster against Afghanistan and very unusually Mitchell Marsh’s men had an awful evening even while fielding.
Marsh needs to lead from the front and get runs on board against India having scored just 88 runs at a strike rate of 111 in six matches so far.
With ball in hand, Glenn Maxwell needs to arrest his economy rate of 8.58 per over.
Kohli versus Adam Zampa will be quite interesting as both players have had their moments with Kohli often getting outdone by Zampa’s leg spinners.
Australia played Afghanistan by choosing an extra spinner instead of Mitchell Starc: Ashton Agar but it could change for India.
