IN THE second quarter final match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad, the Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and decided to bat first on a dry pitch on a hot sunny day.
Indian captain MS Dhoni, who became the first player to play 100 ODIs as wicketkeeper-captain, has made one change in the playing XI from the last match against West Indies. India won that match by 80 runs. Injured dashing opener Virender Sehwag came in the playing XI in place of all-rounder Yusuf Pathan.
In the second quarter final match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Australian captain Ricky Ponting has also made one change in the playing XI from the last match against Pakistan. Australia lost that match by four wickets. He picked David Hussey in the playing XI for Steve Smith.
In World Cup matches, Australia have beaten India in seven of the nine encounters. Since 2007, in 14 ODIs played in India against Australia, the Indian team have lost eight and won five. At Motera India have lost their last four games and in three of those matches India batted first.
However, past record is not all that counts. The Indian batting line-up, which consists of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sahwag, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh gives the team an upper hand for the Indians. Zaheer Khan has already claimed 15 wickets in the on-going ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.
Here are the playing XI of India and Australia in the second quarter final match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011:
India: MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, R. Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel.
Australia: Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Michael Hussey, David Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Jason Krejza, Shaun Tait.
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