24 JUN 2024 ICC MEN’s WORLD CUP at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

India 205-5 (20 ov) Rohit Sharma 92 off 41, 7 fours, 8 sixes, S Yadav 31 off 16, 3 fours, 2 sixes, Dube 28 off 22 , 2 fours, 1 six, H Pandya 27 not out off 17, 1 four, 2 sixes, Starc 2-45, Hazlewood 1014, Stoinis 2-56.

Australia 181-7 (20ov) Head 76 off 43, 9 fours, 4 sixes, M Marsh 37 off 28, 3 fours, 2 sixes, Maxwell 20 off 12, 2 fours, 1 six, Arshdeep 3-37 Kuldeep 2-24, Bumrah 1-29, A Patel 1-21.

India win by 24 runs.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s scintillating 92, clobbering eight sixes and seven fours in 41 balls led India to a 240run win in St Lucia over Australia. India finish top of Super 8s Group1 and will face defending champions England in the semi-finals in Guyana on Thursday (15:30 BST). Australia will go out if Afghanistan beat Bangladesh in the final group game (01:30 BST on Tuesday) or Bangladesh win and significantly boost their net run rate  with South Africa waiting in the last four.

Australia won the toss and put India to put who reached three figures inside nine oveers and Rohit was bowled by Mitchell Starc in the 12^th with the score at 127-2 but Australia actually fought back to limit India to 205-5.

David Warner was caught at slip off Arshdeep Singh in the first over of Australia’s reply for six, before Travis Head  and captain Mitchell Marsh  counter attacked India. Their stand of 81, from eight overs was ended by Axar Patel’s one-handed catch on the deep square leg boundary to dismiss Marsh for 37. Head miscued Jasprit Bumrah to Rohit for 76. Australia slided to 181-7 and are left at the mercy of Bangladesh in order to avoid going out.

South Africa into Semi-final

24 JUN 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua.

West Indies  135-8 (20 ov) mayers 35off 35, 3 fours, 2 sixes, Chase 52 off 42, 3 fours, 2 sixes, Shamsi 3-27, Jansen 1-17, Markram 1-28, Maharaj 1-24, Rabada 1-11.

South Africa 124-7 (16.1ov) Stubbs 29 pff 27, 4 fours, Klaasen 22 pff 10, 3 fours, 1 six.  Russell 2-19, A Joseph 2-25, Chase 3-12

South Africa win by 3 wickets DLS Method.

South Africa beat West Indies in Antigua and are through to the T20 World Cup semi-finals. South Africa chasing 135  wobbled at times but withstood the pressure and Marco Jansen thumped a six to seal the win with five balls to spare. The Windies# momentum was halted by a sudden downpour that kept the players off the field for 75 minutes. South Africa returned with a new target from 17 overs and a flurry of boundaries quickly put them back to road to victory. As the game went towards a nervy conclusion South Africa needing nine from seven balls, Kagiso Rabada hit a glorious cover drive for four and Jansen finished the job at the start of the last over.