ICC Cricket World Cup, 2nd Quarter Final Match, India v Australia at Ahmedabad, Mar 24, 2011
The home-ground advantage for India should be enormous; even though they have lost their past four ODIs in Ahmedabad, the noise of a partisan crowd in such an important game cannot be underestimated. Every time India score a run, the Australians will be deafened, unable to hear themselves think, let alone the advice of the fielding coach Mike Young; each wicket that Australia take will be greeted with a disconcerting silence.
And yet, for all the factors favouring India, there is something about Australia - they know how to win cut-throat matches. Last time Australia failed to lift the World Cup, Steven Smith was six years old, although as they proved against Pakistan last week, they haven't entirely forgotten how to lose at the world's biggest tournament.
Sehwag participated in the warm-up round of football during Wednesday's practice session, though he did not move much. Obviously he did not want to take chances with the knee. Later, he batted in the nets, albeit only against spinners for about 15 minutes. Once again he did not exert himself, refraining from bending his knee too much or stepping out as much as he would have liked. On Tuesday too he had batted for a regulated time in the nets, and if that is to be taken as an indicator, Sehwag is likely to return for the quarter-final.
INDIA v AUSTRALIA World Cup 2011 LIVE VIDEO, STREAMINGTeam: INDIA VS AUSTRALIA
Venue: AHMEDABAD
Date: MARCH 24-03-2011
Timing: 14.30 local | 09:30 GMT | 14.30 IST
Live Match Link:
Australia squad | |
RT Ponting(Captain), MJ Clarke, CJ Ferguson, BJ Haddin(WKT Keeper), JW Hastings, DJ Hussey, MEK Hussey, MG Johnson, JJ Krejza, B Lee, TD Paine, SPD Smith, SW Tait, SR Watson, CL White | |
India squad | |
MS Dhoni(Captain - WKT Keeper), V Sehwag, R Ashwin, PP Chawla, G Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, V Kohli, A Nehra, MM Patel, YK Pathan, SK Raina, S Sreesanth, SR Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh | |
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