India will take on Australia in a Super10 Group 2 match of the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup 2016 Sunday at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali.
The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Indian team and Steve Smith's Aussie squad will aim to seal a place in the semi-finals when they take each other on in a virtual quaterfinal encounter of the World Twenty20 2016 at Mohali.
The Super10 Group 2 leader New Zealand has already been qualified. Kiwi batsman Ross Taylor said that Sunday's enounter between Australia and India wound be the "game of the tournament." "It's going to be a great game, probably the game of the tournament. Theoretically, it's the quarterfinal. We are not leaving Kolkata tomorrow. I will be in my room watching it. Hopefully, the best team wins," Taylor said on Friday.
Watch the live stream here, here, here, here and here the and the live scores here, here and here. The 20 over match starts at 7:30 p.m. local time (2 p.m. GMT/9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT) on March 27.
The Indians, who began their WT20 campaign with a massive loss against New Zealand, came back strongly with two back-to-back wins against arch-rival Pakistan and Bangladesh. India's in-form batsman Virat Kohli said that his team can beat Australia again. The Indians thrashed Australia by 3-0 at their homeground in a twenty20 series held in January 2016.
"It was very good to get that win (over Bangladesh). It is very difficult to be consistent in this formant and you need to come to terms with that. Sometimes you need character to get you over the line and that is why our spinners and Hardik (Pandya) were brilliant for us. This format requires you to be at the top of your focus while batting and fielding. So we need to stay in the moment and not get carried away," Kohli said.
Australia also won two of three league matches. They bounced back in the tournament with two consecutive wins against Pakistan and Bangladesh after losing their opening match against New Zealand.
The probable squads:
India- Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Mohammed Shami, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Hardik Pandya, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh
Australia- Steve Smith, David Warner, Ashton Agar, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, John Hastings, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Nevill, Andrew Tye, Shane Watson, Adam Zampa.
