Sydney, March 18: Defending champions India will take on former champions Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground here on March 26. While India hammered Bangladesh by 109 runs in the quarter-final at Melbourne, Australia beat Pakistan by 6 wickets at Adelaide.
ndia and Australia have met 10 times in the World Cup with the latter winning 7 of them, including two 1-run victories. The two sides had also met in the final of the 2003 edition which Australia had won by 125 runs.
Indian captain Mahandra Singh Dhoni, however, has a 100 per cent record against the Australians in World Cup. He led his side to a 5-wicket win over Australia at Ahmedabad in the quarter-finals of 2011.
Australia beat India by 162 runs at Nottingham in 1983 [Aus 320/9 in 60 overs, India 158 in 37.5 overs]
India beat Australia by 118 runs at Chelmsford in 1983 [India 247 in 55.5 overs, Aus 129 in 38.2 overs]
Australia beat India by 1 run at Chennai in 1987 [Aus 270/6 in 50 overs, India 269 in 49.5 overs]
India beat Australia by 56 runs at Delhi in 1987 [India 289/6 in 50 overs, Aus 233 in 49 overs]
Australia beat India by 1 run at Brisbane in 1992 [Aus 237/9 in 50 overs, India 234 in 47 overs (target was revised to 236 in 47 overs)]
Australia beat India by 16 runs at Mumbai in 1996 [Aus 258 in 50 overs, India 242 in 48 overs]
Australia beat India by 77 runs at the Oval in 1999 [Aus 282/6 in 50 overs, India 205 in 48.2 overs]
Australia beat India by 9 wickets at Centurion in 2003 [India 125 in 41.4 overs, Australia 128/1 in 22.2 overs]
Australia beat India by 125 runs at Johannesburg in 2003 [Aus 359/2 in 50 overs, India 234 in 39.1 overs]
India beat Australia by 5 wickets at Ahmedabad in 2011 [Aus 260/5 in 50 overs, India 261/5 in 47.4 overs]
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