Sachin Tendulkar was done in by Shaun Tait but India are still well in with a chance. All eyes glued on Gambhir and Kohli. Click through for LIVE STREAMING!Australia- 260 for six: Ricky Ponting (104), Brad Haddin (53), Yuvraj Singh (2/44) Zaheer Khan (2/53), R Ashwin (2/52)
India Innings:
19th Over: Tait gets Tendulkar for 53, caught off Haddin behind the wickets. Kohli joins Gambhir in the middle. Can the two Delhi lads do it for India?
18th Over: Spin for the first time. Jason Krejza into the attack. Crucial moment in the match. A lot will depend on how India play the off-spinner.
17th Over: Shaun Tait runs in with the ball. Sachin Tendulkar brings up his 94th ODI fifty.
16th Over: TENDULKAR DROPPED! Lee fumes. Respite for India.
14th Over: 18,000 runs for Sachin Tendulkar. What a player, what a man. India, meanwhile, are looking very good in the middle.
12th Over: Two consecutive boundaries from Tendulkar and he is now the highest scorer in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Two runs short of 18,000 ODI runs. India are 65 for one
9th Over: Watson gets Sehwag. First blood for Australia. Gambhir walks in. Tendulkar drives one through covers. The Little Master is undettered. He will keep playing his shots.
7th Over: Another bowling change. Shane Watson introduced into the attack. India looking good at this stage.
6th Over: Mitchell Johnson into the attack. India's openers still look comfortable though and the hosts are riding on them.
DID YOU KNOW?
Ricky Ponting became the first captain to register four centuries as captain at ICC Cricket World Cup.
2nd Over: Tait to Tendulkar. Two boudaries in the over. The Little Master is on fire. Good, aggressive intent.
1st Over: Brett Lee runs in with the new ball. Booming drive through the covers from Sehwag. And a review for a catch to the keeper. Wasted. Original decison- NOT OUT- stays. No deflection off Sehwag's bat. India are 5 for no loss
Australia Innings: 260 for six:
Ricky Ponting (104) defied a strong Indian attack to help Australia post a challenging total against India in Motera.
Former India wicketkeeper and STAR Sports commentator, Vijay Dahiyareckons it is a good score and India will feel the pressure when they chase: "The opening partnership will be the most important. Sehwag can give the side an explosive start and the rest will depend on Tendulkar."
50th Over: Harbhajan Singh for the final over. David Hussey on strike. His cameo has propelled Australia. India need 261 to make their way through to the semi-finals.
49th Over: Ricky Ponting's reverse sweep goes wrong. Ashwin gets another scalp. Easy catch for Zaheer. What an innings from the captain.
47th Over: David Hussey ups the ante, hits Ashwin for a huge six over mid-wicket and Ponting gets his 30th ODI hundred, sixth in all ICC CWC. It has taken the Aussie skipper 18 innings to get here. Take a bow.
46th Over: Seven off Zaheer's ninth over. Ponting moves closer to his 30th ODI hundred.
DID YOU KNOW?
Australia have won their last five ICC CWC games against India - one each in 1992, 1996, 1999 and two in 2003. India's last triumph dates back to 1987.
44th Over: Batting powerplay has been taken. Maximum of three fielders outside the 30-yard circle. Ponting eyes the area square of the wicket on the leg side. Zaheer Khan in operation. David Hussey spoils a good start to the over. Two boundaries on the trot. Australia: 209 for five
43rd Over: Ashwin back in the attack- doesn't allow the Australians to cut loose. No sign of the batting powerplay yet.
42nd Over: Cameron White hits one right back to Zaheer Khan and he accepts it with glee. Austrlia still under the pump even with Ponting poised for a tall score.
38th Over: India have lost both their reviews- an unsuccessful LBW call followed by an unsuccessful appeal for a catch by the keeper.
34th Over: Zaheer Khan castles Michael Hussey as Australia slip into a deeper spot. Nice comeback by India but Ponting still looks like he wants to bat for his life.
31st Over: It's Yuvraj again and this time he gets rid of Michael Clarke. This is getting interesting but Ponting, who has reached yet another ODI fifty, would want someone to drop anchor with him.
23rd Over: That's it- Haddin goes as Yuvraj strikes. Smart, sharp catch from Raina. India manage to put a foot in the door before it could have slammed shut.
22nd Over: Haddin brings up his 15th ODI fifty with a boundary off Munaf. You can hear a pin drop in Motera. Ponting looking dangerous at the other end too.
14th Over: Brad Haddin tears into Munaf Patel. The local lad gets it all wrong and the Aussie keeper loves it. Start of an Aussie mayhem?
DID YOU KNOW?
Ricky Ponting (31) has hit the most sixes in all ICC Cricket World Cups. Sachin Tendulkar is not far behind at 27. Some firepower in Motera now.
10th Over: Shane Watson tried to slam Ashwin across the line, missed and the offie hit timber. Huge blow.
9th Over: Spin at both ends already? Harbhajan Singh into the attack. And just two runs off the over.
7th Over: Haddin dispatches Ashwin over the ropes. Australia break the shackles.
1st Over: Good start from R Ashwin. Just three from the first over. Shane Watson looked nervous.
Huge roar in Motera as India's national anthem comes to an end. The stage is set. India vs Australia. ICC CWC 2011 Quarter-Finals.
The Toss
Australia won the toss and elected to bat in their quarter-finals against India in Ahmedabad.
PITCH REPORT
Sourav Ganguly reckons the Motera track will be good for the batsmen and the skipper winning the toss would like to bat first. Dry and red soil- the Pavillion End will see lots of spin, says the former Indian skipper.
Captains Speak
Ricky Ponting feels 250 will be a good score while MS Dhoni reckons the pitch will assist the spinners as the game goes on. The India captain, who is leading in his 100th game frets the travelling schedule on LIVE TV!
Team News
Australia- David Hussey in for Steven Smith. India- Virender Sehwag in for Yusuf Pathan
Playing XI:
India: SR Tendulkar, V Sehwag, G Gambhir, V Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (Captain & WK), SK Raina, R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, MM Patel
Australia: BJ Haddin (WK), SR Watson, RT Ponting (Captain), MJ Clarke, CL White, MEK Hussey, DJ Hussey, MG Johnson, B Lee, JJ Krejza, SW Tait
India vs Australia in ODIs/World Cup
World Cup
India had defeated Australia by 118 runs at Chelmsford on June 20, 1983 and by 56 runs at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on October 22,1987. By 1987, both the countries have won two games each.
Australia have won their last five World Cup games against India - one each in 1992, 1996, 1999 and two in 2003.
Australia enjoy a success % of 77.77 as they have won seven out of nine contested - success % 77.77. India's winning % is just 22.22.
ODIs
India's winning % against Australia is just 36.45 in ODIs - 35 wins against 61 losses (eight no-result games). Australia's success % is quite healty - 63.54.
ODIs in 2011
Australia's winning % is 83.33, having won 10 and lost 2 out of 13 played (NR 1).
India have won 6 and lost 4 out of eleven contested - winning % 59.09. (Tied 1)
Overall World Cup
Australia have won 55 and lost 18 out of 75 played (NR 1 & Tied 1) - winning % 75.00.
India have won 36 and lost 26 out of 64 contested (Tied 1 & NR 1) - success % 57.93.
Approaching milestones
- Sachin Tendulkar (99) is all set to become the first batsman to register one hundred international centuries.
- Brad Haddin (279 runs + 12 dismissals) needs 21 runs to complete the double of 300 runs and ten dismissals.
- Zaheer (15) may become the first Indian bowler to capture 20 wickets in a world cup competition. In the 2003-03 competiton, he had captured 18 wickets at 20.77 runs apiece, equalling Roger Binny's feat of 18 at18.66 runs apiece in eight games in 1983
- Sachin Tendulkar (6 centuries + 13 fifties) requires just one fifty to post 20 innings of 50-plus at the World Cup.
- Ricky Ponting, in case of a hundred, would be the first to register four centuries as captain at the World Cup. At present, he shares the record with Sourav Ganguly. Both have three centuries each to their credit as captain at the World Cup.
- In case of a hundred, Sachin would be the first batsman in the history of ODIs to register ten centuries against Australia. With nine hundreds, he already holds a record for most centuries against an opponent.
- Sachin (17955) requires just 45 runs to become the first batsman to complete 18,000 runs in ODIs.
- Yuvraj Singh(284 runs + 9 wickets) is all set to become the second Indian all-rounder to complete 300 runs and capture ten wickets in a world cup competition. Kapil Dev is the only Indian all-rounder to accomplish the double, having performed the feat in the 1983 World Cup - 303 runs + 12 wickets in eight matches.
- Yuvraj (7973) requires 27 runs to complete his 8000 runs in ODIs.
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni (5926) requires 74 runs to complete 6000 runs in ODIs.
- Gautam Gambhir (3899) requires 101 runs to complete 4,000 runs in ODIs.
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