WC 2015 IND vs AUS: Match facts and head-to-head records ahead of big semifinal
Sydney: Ten match facts for Thursday's World Cup semifinal between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday.
1: This is the first World Cup semifinal between these teams. Previous World Cup knockout stage matches have produced one win apiece (Australia won the 2003 final, India a quarterfinal in 2011).
2: Australia have won their last 12 completed one-day Internationals on home soil.
3: 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.
4: 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).
5: 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.
6: Maxwell (30.5%) has the lowest dot ball percentage in the tournament, minimum 50 balls faced -- he has hit 301 runs from 164 balls.
7: Rohit Sharma has hit 124 runs from the 108 balls James Faulkner has bowled to him in ODIs, without being dismissed.
8: Mohammed Shami (69%) and Mitchell Starc (68%) have the two highest dot ball percentages in the tournament, minimum 50 balls bowled.
9: Mitchell Starc has the lowest ODI bowling average (17.4) and strike rate (22.5) in Australia, minimum 50 wickets taken.
10: Shane Watson has reached 50 in three of his last four, and four of his last six, ODI innings at Sydney.
Head-to-head records:
Overall:
Played: 117
Australia wins: 67
India wins: 40
Tied: 0
No result: 10
First meeting:
Dec 6, 1980, Melbourne India won by 66 runs
Last 10 meetings:
Feb 19, 2012: Brisbane Australia won by 110 runs
Feb 26, 2012: Sydney Australia won by 87 runs
Oct 13, 2013: Pune Australia won by 72 runs
Oct 16, 2013: Jaipur India won by nine wickets
Oct 19, 2013: Chandigarh Australia won by four wickets
Oct 23, 2013: Ranchi No result
Oct 30, 2013: Nagpur India won by six wickets
Nov 02, 2013: Bangalore India won by 57 runs
Jan 18, 2015: Melbourne Australia won by four wickets
Jan 26, 2015: Sydney No result
In World Cup:
Played: 10
Australia wins: 7
India wins: 3
June 13, 1983: Nottingham Australia won by 162 runs
June 20, 1983: Chelmsford India won by 118 runs
Oct 09, 1987: Chennai Australia won by one run
Oct 27, 1987: New Delhi India won by 56 runs
Mar 01, 1992: Brisbane Australia won by one run
Feb 27, 1996: Mumbai Australia won by 16 runs
June 04, 1999: The Oval Australia won by 77 runs
Feb 15, 2003: Centurion Australia won by nine wickets
Mar 23, 2003: Johannesburg Australia won by 125 runs
Mar 24, 2011: Ahmedabad India won by five wickets
