India vs Australia, ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Semi-Final 2 at Sydney: Match facts
Ten match facts for the ICC Cricket World Cup semi-final between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Sydney: Ten match facts for Thursday's World Cup semi-final between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground (14:30 local/03:30GMT):
- This is the first ICC Cricket World Cup semi-final between these teams. Previous World Cup knockout stage matches have produced one win apiece (Australia won the 2003 final, India a quarter-final in 2011). READ: India face an uphill task against Australia in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Semi-Final
- Australia have won their last 12 completed one-day Internationals on home soil.
- Aaron Finch has been the subject of six lbw appeals in the tournament, more than anyone else -- his dismissal against Pakistan was the first time in 28 dismissals that he fell lbw. India vs Australia ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 semi-final: What the pitch could be like?
- Shane Watson is one of two players to score at least 500 World Cup runs at an average of at least 50 and a strike rate of 100+ (AB de Villiers is the other). Top 10 batsmen in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
- Glenn Maxwell has scored 77 runs from the 54 balls Ravichandran Ashwin has bowled to him in ODIs, hitting four fours and seven sixes. He has been dismissed once.
- Maxwell (30.5%) has the lowest dot ball percentage in the tournament, minimum 50 balls faced -– he has hit 301 runs from 164 balls.
- Rohit Sharma has hit 124 runs from the 108 balls James Faulkner has bowled to him in ODIs, without being dismissed. Virat Kohli vs Australia: Stats highlights of India’s star batsman ahead of World Cup 2015 semi-final
- Mohammed Shami (69%) and Mitchell Starc (68%) have the two highest dot ball percentages in the tournament, minimum 50 balls bowled. Top 10 bowlers in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
- Mitchell Starc has the lowest ODI bowling average (17.4) and strike rate (22.5) in Australia, minimum 50 wickets taken.
- Shane Watson has reached 50 in three of his last four, and four of his last six, ODI innings at Sydney. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: Complete Coverage
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