India advance, are (A)u(nder)st(rali)andably (Ka)p(i)leased

India made one change to their playing eleven – Kirti Azad made way for Ravi Shastri. Australia made a couple of changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Kepler Wessels and skipper Kim Hughes made way for Graeme Wood and Jeff Thomson. David Hookes led the team.

Dev, India’s Kap(il)tain, won the toss and chose to bat. Sunil Gavaskar, who faced 10 balls, scored nine. His innings inC(happel)luded a boundary. He was caught by Trevor. Rodney Hogg broke the 27-run stand.

Krishnamachari, whose 22-ball innings included (Srikkan)three boundaries, scored 24. He was caught by Allan Border. The second-wicket stand, worth 27, was broken by Thomson.

Mohinder, who faced 20 balls, scored (Amarna)thirteen. His innings included a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Rod Marsh. Thomson broke the 11-run stand.

Sandeep Patil, who faced 25 balls, scored 30. His innings included four boundaries. He was caught by Tom Hogan. The fourth-wicket partnership, worth 53, was broKen by MacLeay.

Yashpal scored 40 off aS(har)many balls. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Hogg. Hogan broke the 39-run stand.

Dev, who faced 32 deliveries, scored 28. His innings included three fours. He was caught by Hookes. Hogg broke the sixth-wicket stand, which was worth 17.

Azad scored 15 (Ge)off 18 balls. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Allan. Lawson B(orde)roke the seventh-wicket stand, which was worth 33.

The eighth-wicket stand was worth eight. Roger scored 21. His 32-ball (B)innyngs included two boundaries. He was run out. Madan Lal, who faced 15 balls, scored a dozen. He was unbeaten.

Syed Kirmani, who faced 20 balls, scored 10. His innings included a boundary. Hogg trapped him leg before wicket, breaking the 17-run stand. Balvinder Singh Sandhu, who faced 18 balls, scored eight. His innings included a boundary. Thomson broke the 15-run stand.

Australia conceded 37 extras, dismissing India for 247 off 55.5 overs. Lawson bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 40 and picked up a wicket. 

Hogan bowled 11 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 31 and picked up a wicket. MacLeay bowled 12 overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 48 and picked up a wicket.

Thomson bowled 10.5 overs, conceded 51, picking up three scalps. Hogg bowled 12 overs, including two maidens. He conceded 40, picking up three wickets.

Chappell, who faced five balls, was far from pleased – he scored just a couple. He was caught by Lal. Sandhu broke the three-run stand.

Wood, who faced 32 balls, scored 21. His innings included two boundaries. He was caught by Kirmani. Binny broke the stand, which was worth 43. Hookes faced a couple of balls, scoring a run. Binny broke the two-run stand.

Graham Yallop faced 30 balls, scoring 18. His innings included a couple of boundaries. Binny broke the fourth-wicket partnership with a catch off his own bowling.

The fifth-wicket pair did not score. Marsh faced two balls and did not open his account. Lal trapped him leg before wicket. 

MacLeay, who faced six balls, scored five. His innings included a boundary. He was caught by Gavaskar. The sixth-wicket stand, which was worth 17, was broken by Lal.

Hogan scored eight off 10 balls. He scored a couple of boundaries. He was caught by Srikkanth. Binny broke the nine-run stand. Lawson scored 16 off 20 balls, including a boundary. Sandhu broke the stand, which was worth 37.

Border, who faced 49 balls, scored 36. His innings included five boundaries. Lal broke the 14-run stand. Hogg, who faced 12 deliveries, scored eight. His innings included a boundary. He was unbeaten.  

The last-wicket pair didn’t score. Thomson, who faced five balls, did not get off the mark. He was dismissed by Lal.

India conceded 14 extras, dismissing Australia for 129 off 38.2 overs. The former won by 118 runs, and advanced to the semi-finals.

Amarnath bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 17. Azad wasn’t in seventh heaven, because he bowled a couple of wicketless overs.

Dev bowled eight wicketless overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 16. Sandhu bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 26 and picked up a couple of scalps.

Binny bowled eight overs, including a couple of maidens. He conceded 29 and picked up four scalps. Lal bowled 8.2 overs, including three maidens. He conceded 20, picked up four wickets and was adjudged the player of the match.