AUS vs IND Super Eight - Match 11 Commentary

THAT'S IT! INDIA WIN BY 24 RUNS! Angling away, on a back of a length, slower and outside off, Mitchell Starc waits back in his crease and can only punch it in front of extra cover for a single.

Trifecta of play and misses! Pandya continues to take pace off and goes short again, on off, Mitchell Starc waits on the back foot to get the pull shot away but for the third time in a row, he fails to pick the change of pace and misses as he swings way too early.

And again! Pace-off and it is on a shortish length again, outside off, Mitchell Starc hops back as he attempts the pull but swings way too early and fails to connect.

Swing and a miss! Slower and into the wicket by Hardik, on off, Mitchell Starc swings for the pull but gets undone by the slowness of the delivery and connects with thin air.

DROPPED! Ravindra Jadeja goes at it casually and puts it down! He could have taken a couple of steps forward and made it to a safe catch.

Pandya bangs it on a hard length, on off, Pat Cummins hangs back and slaps it to the left of long on and comes back for the second run.

Overpitched and on middle, Mitchell Starc drills it wide of long on for a brace.

Another good yorker, on middle, angling in, Pat Cummins manages to get bat on this and jams it out through point for one more.

Nails the yorker this time, on off, Pat Cummins fails to dig it out.

SIX! Great shot! Pitched up and on off, slower again, Pat Cummins tries to go for the big shot but goes through it a bit early, he drags it towards the wide long on fence where the wind takes it over for a biggie.

Change of pace, back of a length and on off, Pat Cummins swings across the line but fails to connect.

Bye! Full and angling across, outside off, Mitchell Starc swings to go downtown but misses. Rishabh Pant fails to gather it cleanly and concedes an extra.

Another full toss, at the pads, Mitchell Starc swipes it through square leg for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Not a wicket-taking delivery but Arshdeep Singh won't mind one bit! The yorker goes wrong again by Arshdeep, full toss, at the stumps, Tim David has a swipe across the line but the ball catches the leading edge and it goes straight to short third where Jasprit Bumrah takes it safely near his waist.

SIX! Arshdeep Singh misses but Tim David doesn't! Arshdeep errs in length as he slips in a thigh-high full toss, outside off, Tim David frees his arms and launches it back over the bowler's head for a biggie.

WIDE! Too straight, full and on the pads, Tim David fails to tickle it fine as it goes down leg. There is a noise as the ball passes the pads but the umpire signals a wide.

FOUR! Good effort by Kohli but in vain! Lands it on a length, on middle, Tim David swings through the line and lofts it back over the bowler's head. Virat Kohli sprints and dives to his right but fails to cut it off. It seems like an excellent stop as he gets up quickly and the fielder from long on too, rushes in quickly to try and return the ball. But all a bit too late. By the time Kohli can get up or the long on fielder can get to the ball, it trickles into the ropes, deflecting off Kohli's right hand while making the dive

WIDE! Bangs it into the deck but it is down leg, Tim David lets it go through for a wide.

Angling across, on a good length, on middle, Pat Cummins shapes up to go back over the bowler's head but gets this one high on the bat. It lands well wide of Virat Kohli at long off for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Fine catch by Kuldeep Yadav! Arshdeep Singh strikes now as India strengthens their grip on the game even more. Arshdeep bowls it on a back of a length but the width is there for the batter to cash in. Wade tries to latch onto the width and throws his hands at it. Gets an outside edge that goes low to the right of short third where Kuldeep Yadav reacts quickly and dives low to grab it inches off the turf. Now, Wade is not going anywhere, as he reckons that the ball has been grassed. The two umpires get together and send the matter upstairs for the final verdict. The very first replay is good enough to show that the catch is clean, but the third umpire takes a couple of more looks and eventually, rules it in favour of the fielding side. That should be the final nail in the coffin for Australia.

Zoning in at the stumps, on a length, Tim David steps out and works it to the right of long on and that allows him to come back for the second run. Just 5 runs and a massive wicket of Head for India. 53 needed now off 18 by Australia.

Hurls it in the channel on off, on a good length, Tim David uses his feet as he looks to drive it away but gets beaten on the outside edge.

Serves it on a back of a length, on off, Matthew Wade dabs it wide of point and gets to the other end.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Jasprit Bumrah gets the big fish! India get the wicket they were after. Bumrah comes from around the wicket for the left-hander and serves it on a good length, angling in, on middle and leg. Takes pace off does Bumrah and Travis Head backs away to go big on the off side but goes through his shot early. Ends up slicing it straight up towards extra cover where Rohit Sharma settles under it and does the rest. End of a fine knock by Head though.

Hurls it in at the stumps, fuller in length, Tim David clips it wide of long on and gets to the other end.

Bumrah takes pace off straight away and lands it on a back of a length, over middle, Travis Head backs away and drags the shot to deep mid-wicket for a single.

Just one! Arshdeep nails the yorker, angling in, at the toes, Travis Head jams it out to deep mid-wicket for a single. Just 7 runs off the over, not enough for Australia as the required rate climbs to 14.5.

Lands it on a back of a length, over middle, Tim David is hurried on the pull and mistimes the shot through square leg for a single. 6 runs off the over so far. How many can Head can get off the last ball?

A hint of reverse swing from the over-the-wicket angle for Arshdeep, full and aimed at the stumps, Tim David gets his bat out in front of the front pad and keeps it out.

Attempts the yorker again but it comes out as a low full toss, on middle, Travis Head knocks it down to long on for a single.

FOUR BYES! Oh, this has gone past everyone! Tailing in, low full toss, around leg, Travis Head clears his front leg to whack it away. Gets beaten on the inside edge and it sneaks just past the leg pole. Rishabh Pant is late to get down low to his right and the ball races past him for a boundary.

Well struck but equally well fielded! Arshdeep goes very full, on off, Travis Head gets deep in his crease and drills it towards extra cover where Rohit Sharma makes a sharp stop low to his right.

Darts this one full and on off, Travis Head forces it towards long off for one.

FOUR! Nothing seems to bother Travis Head here! Axar Patel drags his length back and around off, Travis Head moves back quickly and smashes it past extra covers for a boundary.

Floated, full and on off, Tim David drills it down to long off for a run.

Quicker, short and outside off, Tim David is late on his cut shot and misses.

Flighted, full and on off, Tim David pushes it straight to short covers.

OUT! STRAIGHT TO THE FIELDER! Axar Patel gets his first now! As they say, 'One brings two' and that is exactly what has happened here. Tossed up, full and around middle, Marcus Stoinis goes down for the reverse sweep, connects well but unfortunately for him, he finds Hardik Pandya at backward point who juggles it but grabs it in the end, nonchalantly with his left hand.

Googly again, short and around leg, Marcus Stoinis works it through square leg for one more. End of a successful over for India!

Another short delivery, on middle, Travis Head backs away and cuts it towards deep point for one.

FOUR! Put away! Kuldeep Yadav goes short again and around middle, Travis Head rocks back and thrashes it over mid-wicket for a boundary. Head looks in some touch here!

Shortish and around off, Marcus Stoinis drags it down to long on for a single.

Floated, full and on middle, Marcus Stoinis blocks it out.

OUT! BOWLED'EM! Kuldeep Yadav gets the explosive Glenn Maxwell! He serves a fine googly here, slower through the air as well, full and on middle and leg, turns away a shy bit, Glenn Maxwell walks down the track to slog it away but gets beaten by the flight and the turn as the ball goes through to rattle the stumps. India will be relieved to see the back of Glenn Maxwell here!

Drags his length back once more, on off, Travis Head stabs it to short covers. Excellent over, just 3 runs off it!

Darts this one full and on off, Glenn Maxwell goes down and whips it hard towards deep mid-wicket for just one.

Another short delivery, on off, angling away, Travis Head punches it through covers for a run.

Goes short again, outside off, Travis Head cuts it away but fails to beat point.

Floated, full and on middle, Glenn Maxwell swipes it away towards deep square leg for a single.

Flatter, short and outside off, Glenn Maxwell tries to cut but gets an outside edge along the ground to short third.

SIX! That spoils the over! Kuldeep Yadav gives this one some more air, full and around off, Travis Head goes down, reaches out for it and flat bats it towards the long off fence. Hardik Pandya looks interested but only watches the ball sail over his head for a biggie.

Pushed through quicker, full and on middle, skids through, Travis Head stays back and pushes it to the right of the bowler.

Flighted, full and on off, Glenn Maxwell almost loses his balance but still manages to reverse sweep it towards deep point for one.

Floated, short and on leg, turns in, Glenn Maxwell moves back to flick it away but misses and gets hit on the pads.

Goes short and on middle, Travis Head punches it down to long on for a run.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Glenn Maxwell sweeps it towards deep square leg for a single.

Flatter, short and on middle, Glenn Maxwell moves across to hoick it away but ends up miscuing his shot towards short third. They cross.16 runs off the over!

FOUR! Glenn Maxwell is turning on the heat now! Ravindra Jadeja tosses it up, full and on middle, Glenn Maxwell goes down for the reverse sweep again and connects well to send the ball over point for another boundary now.

Short again and outside off, Travis Head cuts it towards deep point for a run.

Short and on middle, Glenn Maxwell stays back and nudges it through mid-wicket for a single.

SIX! BOOM! Outrageous shot! Floated, full and around off, Glenn Maxwell changes his stance completely and nails the switch hit to perfection as the ball goes over the deep backward point fence for a biggie.

FOUR! Maxi gets off the mark in style! Ravindra Jadeja starts with a quicker delivery, short and outside off, Glenn Maxwell makes room, opens the bat face and guides it between short third and backward point for a boundary.

Slower and angled across, on a length, outside off, Travis Head goes for the drive but fails to connect.

FOUR! Gets it through! Lands it on a back of a length, outside off, Travis Head waits on it and steers it between backward point and short third for four more runs.

FOUR! Axar Patel fumbles and that allows Travis Head to bring up his FIFTY! Full by Hardik, around off, Travis Head drags the hit on the bounce to long on where Axar Patel runs forward off the ropes but lets the ball go through his hands for a boundary. Travis continues to torment India and he would look to convert this into a match-winning knock.

Dishes it out on a shortish length, over middle, Travis Head drops his wrists and lets the ball go through.

Slower and fuller, outside off, Travis Head creams the drive towards extra cover where Rohit Sharma makes a good stop low to his right.

FOUR! Short and punished! Too short and too wide on off by Hardik, Travis Head reaches out and slaps it along the ground to the right of deep cover for a boundary.

OUT! WHAT A GRAB! Axar Patel, you freak! A one-handed worldie by Axar to send the Aussie skipper packing. Kuldeep misses his mark not by much as this is fractionally short, at the stumps, Mitchell Marsh is waiting on the back foot and bends his knees to get the pull shot away. Hits it as hard as he can and it goes flat towards deep backward square leg. Axar Patel is a few meters in off the ropes, leaps and the ball sticks in the right hand. It stays in even as Axar falls on his back.

Drops it short and away from the batter's reach, Travis Head reaches out and cuts it to deep point for a single.

Short and angling across, on off, Mitchell Marsh pulls it down to wide long on for a single.

Did Marsh drag his foot out of the crease there? Kuldeep slows it up and bowls the googly this time, fuller and outside off, Marsh gets down and sets himself for the slog sweep but the ball spins away and there is a bit of extra bounce too that takes the ball over the bat. The replays show that Marsh has his back leg grounded inside the crease when Pant took the bails off.

Spinning away a touch from the left-hander, on a nagging length, Travis Head makes room and punches it through covers for a single.

Kuldeep fires in a yorker, on middle, Mitchell Marsh squeezes it out towards mid-wicket and gets to the other end.

Hardik bangs it into the deck, on off, Mitchell Marsh flat bats it down to long on for a single. Another expensive over by Hardik, 14 runs off it.

Nicely bowled! Marsh shows his cards early as he skips down the track but Hardik keeps his wits around by banging into short, at the helmet of the batter. Marsh ducks and lets it go.

In the air...but it falls safely! Gets the ball to go across and keeps it wide of the batter, on the off side, Travis Head sits deep in his crease and shapes up to go cover. Slices it in the air but luckily for Head, the ball evades the fielder running to his right. A single taken.

SIX! Travis Head is on a roll here! Hardik is under immense pressure. Hardik goes into the wicket but it is not short enough to trouble the batter, Travis Head cashes in on the offered length and nails the pull over deep mid-wicket for a six.

FOUR! Nice shot! Another off-cutter by Hardik, on a length, outside off, Travis Head stays low to go big on the leg side but adjusts well to the lack of pace and drags the shot back over the bowler's head for a boundary.

Hardik bowls it on a back of a length, on off, without any pace on it, Travis Head gets on his toes and punches it with a high elbow to the right of cover for a couple of runs.

Slightly quicker and fuller too, at the stumps, Travis Head opts to rock back and dabs it wide of cover for one more run. A tidy first over by Kuldeep.

Turning away from the left-hander, on a nagging length, on off, Travis Head goes on the back foot and punches it firmly to cover where Ravindra Jadeja moves swiftly to his right and prevents the single.

Length is pulled back and it is near the wide guideline on off, Mitchell Marsh is made to reach out and he cuts it past cover for a single.

Kuldeep is mixing it up nicely here. Quicker and fuller by Kuldeep from over the wicket, around leg, Mitchell Starc is late on the slog sweep. It comes off the boots and strikes Marsh on the helmet. A concussion check will follow now.

Dishes out the googly and wide from the batter's arc, near the tramline on off, Mitchell Marsh reaches out and slaps it past cover for a couple of runs.

Starts with a full delivery, full and fired in on the pads, Mitchell Marsh sweeps it fine but can't get it past the man at short fine leg.

SIX! BOOM! Clean strike and this has gone many rows back! Hardik tries to attack the stumps with a good-length delivery, Travis Head gets into the position early and sets himself up for the big shot. Keeps his head still again and dispatches it way over deep mid-wicket for half a dozen. An expensive start by Hardik, 17 runs off it.

At 131.1 kph, slanting in, on a nagging length, at the pads, Mitchell Marsh works it in front of square on the leg side for a single.

Honing in at the stumps, on a good length, Mitchell Marsh uses his feet and nudges it to the right of deep square leg for a couple of runs.

Hardik sees the batter back away and follows him with a back-of-a-length delivery, Travis Head pulls it through mid-wicket for a single.

SIX! Clean as a whistle! Pace on by Hardik, on a length, on middle, Travis Head clears his front leg and with a still head, launches it over long on for a biggie. 50 comes up for Australia.

Going across the batter again, on a good length, pace taken off again, Travis Head frees his arms to go through the off side but gets an inside edge that rolls behind to the keeper.

WIDE! Tries the slower bumper first up, at the batter but it sails over Travis Head's head for a wide.

Shortish and on leg, Mitchell Marsh nudges it towards deep mid-wicket for a brace.

FOUR! Just wide! Flighted, full and on middle, Mitchell Marsh goes for the sweep again and connects well too, the ball flies wide of square leg where Kuldeep Yadav leaps to his left but fails to get a hand on that as it races away to the fence for a boundary.

Quicker, full and on middle, Mitchell Marsh blocks it out on the pitch.

SIX! That is some shot! Axar Patel drags his length back this time, on middle, Mitchell Marsh stays back and swipes it powerfully over the deep square leg fence for a biggie.

Floated, full and on middle, Mitchell Marsh goes down again but sweeps it straight to square leg this time.

Axar Patel starts with a flatter delivery, full and on middle, Mitchell Marsh goes down to sweep but gets an inside edge towards short fine.

Fullish and on middle, Mitchell Marsh knocks it towards mid on for a run. 14 runs off the over then!

Change of pace, on length and  on middle, Travis Head steers it towards point for a single.

FOUR MORE! Travis Head is on the charge here! Pitched up and around off, Travis Head backs away a bit, reaches out for it, and drills it through point for the third boundary of the over. Australia are taking an attacking approach against Bumrah, unlike the other teams.

Good comeback! Jasprit Bumrah bowls a good yorker just outside off, Travis Head tries to squeeze it away but fails to connect.

FOUR! Another one! Jasprit Bumrah goes short again and around middle, Travis Head picks up the length early and smacks it away towards the deep mid-wicket fence for another boundary.

FOUR! Travis Head gets off the mark in style! Jasprit Bumrah lands this short and wide outside off, Travis Head gets the chance to free his arms and crunches it over point for a boudnary.

SIX! BANG! 14 runs off the over! Short of a length and on middle, Mitchell Marsh hangs back in his crease and is waiting for that length, swivels and pulls it way over the deep square leg fence for a biggie.

FOUR! Fine shot! Arshdeep Singh takes pace off and lands this back of a length, on off, Mitchell Marsh gets on top of the bounce and punches it sweetly through covers for another boundary.

Put down! A tough chance though! This is on a good length and on middle, Mitchell Marsh uses his feet and swats it aerially down the deck. Arshdeep Singh on his follow through gets his hands on it but fails to hold on to it.

FOUR! He connects this time! Arshdeep Singh bangs this into the pitch again, on middle, pace on this time, Mitchell Marsh tries to pull and gets enough bat on it to clear mid on for a boundary.

Swing and a miss! Back of a length and around off, angles away, slower too, Mitchell Marsh goes through his slog across the line early and misses.

Misses out there! A juicy full toss, on middle, shaping in, Mitchell Marsh flicks it straight towards mid-wicket.

Length again, on off, takes off a bit, Travis Head stabs it down to the off side.

Good length and around off, Mitchell Marsh runs it down to deep third for a single.

Uppish but safe! Jasprit Bumrah bangs this hard into the pitch, on middle, angling in, Mitchell Marsh gets hurried by it as he tries to hook it away but only manages to glove it in the air. Rishabh Pant stumbles a bit while moving to his left and fails to reach the ball in the end. A bit of luck for the Aussie skipper!

On a length and around off, Mitchell Marsh guides it towards point.

Hard length and angling into the body of the batter, Travis Head misses his flick as the ball goes off his pads towards short fine leg. A leg bye is taken.

Jasprit Bumrah begins with a back-of-a-length delivery, outside off, Travis Head cuts it straight towards point.

OUT! TAKEN AT SLIPS! Arshdeep Singh draws first blood! A huge wicket for India as the dangerous David Warner has to go back to the hut now. This one is on a good length and just around off, gets it to nip away a shy bit, David Warner tries to push it away without any footwork and gets a thick outside edge wide of first slip, Suryakumar Yadav moves to his left and takes a sharp catch. Early blow to Australia. Folks, let us cast your mind back to the 2023 ODI World Cup final where Warner was dismissed similarly to Mohammed Shami, bowling from around the wicket with the southpaw edging it to Virat Kohli at first slip.

FOUR! A bit streaky! Short of a length and outside off, David Warner tries to cut it away but gets a bottom edge as the ball rolls behind, Rishabh Pant is caught wrong-footed and is late to put a dive in as the ball goes under him and to the fine leg fence for a boundary.

Goes a bit fuller now, on middle, David Warner takes a half stride out and taps it to short covers, Another dot!

Hits the hard length this time, on middle, David Warner has no room to play with and dabs it down to point.

David Warner and Australia get underway now! Back of a length and on off, David Warner stays back and punches it nicely through covers for a couple of runs.

Arshdeep Singh starts with a good-length delivery around off, shaping away, David Warner stays in his crease and steers it towards point.