AJ Finch and SB Smith added 182 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 262nd occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the World Cup. It also provides the 61^st occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in the World Cup.

 

AJ Finch and SB Smith added 182 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 40th occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the World Cup. It also provides the eighth occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in the World Cup.

 

AJ Finch and SB Smith added 182 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 65th occasion of batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership in the World Cup. It also provides the 18^th occasion of batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership for the second wicket in the World Cup.

 

AJ Finch and SB Smith added 182 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the tenth occasion of Australian batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership in the World Cup. It also provides the second occasion of Australian batsmen posting 150 plus runs partnership for the second wicket in the World Cup.

 

AJ Finch and SB Smith added 182 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the seventh occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India in the World Cup. It also provides the second occasion of Australian batsmen posting a three figure partnership against India in the World Cup.

 

AJ Finch and SB Smith added 182 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 14th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the World Cup Semi final. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	CG Greenidge, AI Kallicharran	2	125	2	Win	NZl	The Oval	18.06.75
2	CG Greenidge, DL Haynes	1	132	1	Win	Pak	The Oval	20.06.79
3	Majid Khan, Zaheer Abbas	2	166	2	Pak	Win	The Oval	20.06.79
4	HA Gomes, IVA Richards	3	132*	2	Win	Pak	The Oval	22.06.83
5	Imran Khan, Javed Miandad	4	112	2	Pak	Aus	Lahore	04.11.87
6	MW Gatting, GA Gooch	3	117	1	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	05.11.87
7	MD Crowe, KR Rutherford	4	107	1	NZl	Pak	Auckland	21.03.92
8	MG Bevan, SG Law	5	138	1	Aus	Win	Mohali	14.03.96
9	Saeed Anwar, W Wasti	1	194	2	Pak	NZl	Manchester	16.06.99
10	SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar	2	103	1	Innd	Ken	Durban	20.03.03
11	TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara	2	120	2	Srl	NZl	Col-RPS	29.03.11
12	AB de Villiers, F du Plessis	4	103	1	RSA	NZl	Auckland	24.03.15
13	CJ Anderson, GD Elliott	5	103	2	NZl	RSA	Auckland	24.03.15
14	AJ Finch, SPD Smith	2	182	1	Aus	Ins	Sydney	26.03.15

 

AJ Finch and SB Smith added 182 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the second occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for any wicket in the World Cup Semi final. Both the occasions are listed below

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	MG Bevan, SG Law	5	138	1	Aus	Win	Mohali	14.03.96
2	AJ Finch, SPD Smith	2	182	1	Aus	Ins	Sydney	26.03.15

 

AJ Finch and SB Smith added 182 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the record partnership by Australian batsmen for any wicket in the World Cup Semi final. The previous best was 138 runs partnership for the fifth wicket between MG Bevan and SG Law against West Indies at Mohali on 14.03.96

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	AJ Finch, SPD Smith	2	182	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	26.03.15
2	MG Bevan, SG Law	5	138	1	Aus	Win	Mohali	14.03.96

 

AJ Finch and SB Smith added 182 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the fifth occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in the World Cup Semi final. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	CG Greenidge, AI Kallicharran	2	125	2	Win	NZl	The Oval	18.06.75
2	Majid Khan, Zaheer Abbas	2	166	2	Pak	Win	The Oval	20.06.79
3	SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar	2	103	1	Innd	Ken	Durban	20.03.03
4	TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara	2	120	2	Srl	NZl	Col-RPS	29.03.11
5	AJ Finch, SPD Smith	2	182	1	Aus	Ins	Sydney	26.03.15

 

AJ Finch and SB Smith added 182 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for the second wicket in a World Cup Semi final. The previous best was 166 runs partnership between Majid Khan and Zaheer Abbas of Pakistan against West Indies at The Oval on 20.06.79

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	AJ Finch, SPD Smith	2	182	1	Aus	Ins	Sydney	26.03.15
2	Majid Khan, Zaheer Abbas	2	166	2	Pak	Win	The Oval	20.06.79

 

SPD Smith scored 105 in this game to provide the 165th occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred in the World Cup. It also provides the 26^th occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a hundred in the World Cup. It also provides the sixth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a hundred against India in the World Cup.

 

SPD Smith scored 105 in this game to provide the fifth occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred in the World Cup Semi final. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	GA Gooch	115	1	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	05.11.87
2	Saeed Anwar	113*	2	Pak	NZl	Manchester	16.06.99
3	SC Ganguly	111*	1	Ind	Ken	Durban	20.03.03
4	M Jayawardene	115*	1	Srl	NZl	Kingston	24.04.07
5	SPD Smith	105	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	26.03.15

 

SPD Smith scored 105 in this game to provide the second occasion of a batsman scoring a hundred against India in the World Cup Semi final – the first occasion being – England’s GA Gooch scoring 115 at Mumbai on 05.11.87

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	GA Gooch	115	1	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	05.11.87
2	SPD Smith	105	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	26.03.15

 

Australia posted 328 for 7 in this game to provide the first occasion of a team posting 300 plus runs in a World Cup Semi final. The previous best was 299 for 6 by New Zealand against South Africa at Auckland in the first Semi final of WC 2015 on 24.03.15.

 

Australia posted 328 for 7 in this game to provide the 89th occasion of a team posting 300 plus runs in the World Cup. It also provides the 18^th occasion of Australia posting 300 plus runs in the World Cup.

 

Australia posted 328 for 7 in this game to provide the sixth occasion of a team posting 300 plus runs in the World Cup. It also provides the third occasion of Australia posting 300 plus runs against India in the World Cup.

 

UT Yadav captured four for 72 in this game to provide the 190th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in the World Cup. It also provides the 136th occasion of a bowler capturing exact four wickets in the World Cup

 

UT Yadav captured four for 72 in this game to provide the most expensive bowling figures in terms of runs conceded when a bowler has captured four or more wickets in a World Cup game. The previous expensive figures in this category of statistics was credited to K O’Brien of Ireland who had figures of 4 for 71 agaiinst West Indies at Mohali on 11.03.11 and also to ST Finn of England who had figures of 5 for 71 against Australia at Melbourne on 14.02.15

 

UT Yadav captured four for 72 in this game to provide the 20th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing four or more wickets in the World Cup. It also provides the 15th occasion of an Indian bowler capturing exact four wickets in the World Cup

 

UT Yadav captured four for 72 in this game to provide the most expensive bowling figures in terms of runs conceded when an Indian bowler has captured four or more wickets in a World Cup game. The previous expensive figures in this category of statistics was credited to DS Mohanty who had figures of 4 for 56 against Kenya at Bristol on 23.05.99

 

UT Yadav captured four for 72 in this game to provide the 13^th occasion of a bowler capturing four or more wickets in a World Cup Semi final. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	GJ Gilmour	12.0	6	14	6	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	18 Jun 1975
2	BD Julien	12.0	5	27	4	1	Win	NZl	The Oval	18 Jun 1975
3	Asif Iqbal	11.0	0	56	4	1	Pak	Win	The Oval	20 Jun 1979
4	CJ McDermott	10.0	0	44	5	2	Aus	Pak	Lahore	04 Nov 1987
5	EE Hemmings	9.3	1	52	4	2	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	05 Nov 1987
6	SK Warne	9.0	0	36	4	2	Aus	Win	Mohali	14 Mar 1996
7	SM Pollock	9.2	1	36	5	1	RSA	Aus	Birmingham	17 Jun 1999
8	AA Donald	10.0	1	32	4	1	RSA	Aus	Birmingham	17 Jun 1999
9	SK Warne	10.0	4	29	4	2	Aus	RSA	Birmingham	17 Jun 1999
10	M Muralitharan	8.0	0	31	4	2	Srl	NZl	Kingston	24 Apr 2007
11	SW Tait	10.0	0	39	4	1	Aus	RSA	Gros Islet	25 Apr 2007
12	Wahab Riaz	10.0	0	46	5	1	Pak	Ind	Mohali	30 Mar 2011
13	UT Yadav	9.0	0	72	4	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	26 Mar 2015

 

MM Sharma returned with figures of 2 for 75 in this game to provide the 49^th occasion of a bowler conceding 75 plus runs in an innings of a World Cup game. It also provides the fourth occasion of an Indian bowler conceding 75 plus runs in an innings of a World Cup game.

 

MM Sharma returned with figures of 2 for 75 in this game to provide the sixth occasion of a bowler conceding 70 plus runs in an innings in a World Cup Semi final. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	DW Steyn	8.5	0	76	1	2	RSA	NZl	Auckland	24.03.15
2	MM Sharma	10.0	0	75	2	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	26.03.15
3	CZ Harris	10.0	0	72	1	2	NZl	Pak	Auckland	21.03.92
4	CJ Anderson	6.0	0	72	3	1	NZl	RSA	Auckland	24.03.15
5	UT Yadav	9.0	0	72	4	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	26.03.15
6	SarfrazNawaz	12.0	1	71	1	1	Pak	Win	The Oval	20.06.79

 

MM Sharma returned with figures of 2 for 75 in this game to provide the second most expensive bowling in terms of runs conceded in a World Cup Semi final. The most expensive bowling is credited to DW Steyn of South Africa who had figures of 1 for 76 against New Zealand at Auckland on 24.03.15

 

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	DW Steyn	8.5	0	76	1	2	RSA	NZl	Auckland	24.03.15
2	MM Sharma	10.0	0	75	2	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	26.03.15

 

MM Sharma and UR Yadav returned with figures of 2 for 75 and 4 for 72 in this game to provide the first occasion of two bowlers from the same team conceding 70 plus runs in an innings of World Cup Semi final.

 

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	MM Sharma	10.0	0	75	2	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	26.03.15
2	UT Yadav	9.0	0	72	4	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	26.03.15

 

MS Dhoni scored 65 in this game which represent his 50^th fifty as captain. He became the second captain to score 50 fifties in the annals of one day games. RT Ponting of Australia has scored 73 fifties. MS Dhoni’s 50 fifties comprises of 06 centuries and 44 half centuries while RT Ponting’s 73 fifties comprises of 22 centuries and 51 half centuries

 

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+
1	RT Ponting	Aus	230	220	22	8497	164	42.91	22	51	73
2	MS Dhoni	Ind	178	153	47	6022	139*	56.81	06	44	50

 

MS Dhoni was dismissed run out for 65 in this game to provide the 69^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in the World Cup. It also provides the tenth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in the World Cup

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	RJ Shastri	57	2	v England	Perth	22 Feb 1992
2	M Azharuddin	93	2	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Mar 1992
3	SR Tendulkar	70	2	v West Indies	Gwalior	21 Feb 1996
4	SR Tendulkar	137	1	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	02 Mar 1996
5	SC Ganguly	97	1	v South Africa	Hove	15 May 1999
6	R Dravid	145	1	v Sri Lanka	Taunton	26 May 1999
7	V Sehwag	82	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Mar 2003
8	G Gambhir	50	2	v Australia	Ahmedabad	24 Mar 2011
9	S Dhawan	73	1	v Pakistan	Adelaide	15 Feb 2015
10	MS Dhoni	65	2	v Australia	Sydney	26 Mar 2015

 

MS Dhoni was dismissed run out for 65 in this game to provide the tenth occasion of a captain dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in the World Cup. It also provides the second occasion of an Indian captain dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in the World Cup

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	IM Chappell	62	2	Aus	Win	Lord’s	21 Jun 1975
2	GP Howarth	60	2	NZl	Eng	Birmingham	15 Jun 1983
3	M Azharuddin	93	2	Ind	Aus	Brisbane	01 Mar 1992
4	AJ Stewart	77	2	Eng	RSA	Melbourne	12 Mar 1992
5	MD Crowe	91	1	NZl	Pak	Auckland	21 Mar 1992
6	A Ranatunga	50	1	Srl	Ken	Southampton	30 May 1999
7	SP Fleming	60	1	NZl	Ken	Gros Islet	20 Mar 2007
8	RT Ponting	86	2	Aus	Eng	North Sound	08 Apr 2007
9	MP Vaughan	79	2	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	21 Apr 2007
10	MS Dhoni	65	2	Ind	Aus	Sydney	26 Mar 2015

 

MS Dhoni was dismissed run out for 65 in this game to provide the second occasion of an Indian captain dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in the World Cup. M Azharuddin was dismissed run out for 93 – also against Australia at Brisbane on 01.03.92. It is interesting to note that M Azharuddin and MS Dhoni are the only two captains to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in the World Cup.

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	M Azharuddin	93	2	Ind	Aus	Brisbane	01 Mar 1992
2	MS Dhoni	65	2	Ind	Aus	Sydney	26 Mar 2015

 

MS Dhoni was dismissed run out for 65 in this game to provide the fourth occasion of an Indian batsman dismissed run out against Australia after scoring a fifty in the World Cup.

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	M Azharuddin	93	2	v Australia	Brisbane	01 Mar 1992
2	V Sehwag	82	2	v Australia	Johannesburg	23 Mar 2003
3	G Gambhir	50	2	v Australia	Ahmedabad	24 Mar 2011
4	MS Dhoni	65	2	v Australia	Sydney	26 Mar 2015

 

MS Dhoni completed 6000 runs as captain in one day games. He reached the milestone when he was on 43   during the course of his knock of 65 in this game. At the end of this game his run aggregate as captain in one day games read 6022. He became the third captain in the history of one day games to total 6000 plus runs. Others are – RT Ponting {8497} and SP Fleming {6295}

 

UT Yadav’s 4 for 72 in this game was in vain to provide the 37th occasion of a bowler’s four or more wickets going in vain in the World Cup. It also provides the 25th occasion of a bowler’s exact four wickets going in vain in the World Cup.

 

UT Yadav’s 4 for 72 in this game was in vain to provide the second occasion of an Indian bowler’s four or more wickets going in vain in the World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of an Indian bowler’s exact four wickets going in vain in the World Cup. The two occasions are listed below. It is interesting to note that on both the occasions, Australia was the opponent. N Kapil Dev’s 5 for 43 was in vain against Australia at Nottingham on 13.06.83

 

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	N Kapil Dev	12.0	2	43	5	1	v Australia	Nottingham	13 Jun 1983
2	UT Yadav	9.0	0	72	4	1	v Australia	Sydney	26 Mar 2015

 

UT Yadav’s 4 for 72 in this game was in vain to provide the third occasion of a bowler’s four or more wickets going in vain in the World Cup Semi final

 

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Asif Iqbal	11.0	0	56	4	1	Pak	Win	The Oval	20 Jun 1979
2	Wahab Riaz	10.0	0	46	5	1	Pak	Ind	Mohali	30 Mar 2011
3	UT Yadav	9.0	0	72	4	1	Ind	Aus	Sydney	26 Mar 2015

 

Australia’s win in this game by 95 runs provide the sixth occasion of Australia winning a World Cup Semi final. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Team	Result	Margin	BR	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Australia	won	04 wkts	188	v England	Leeds	18 Jun 1975
2	Australia	won	18 runs		v Pakistan	Lahore	04 Nov 1987
3	Australia	won	05 runs		v West Indies	Mohali	14 Mar 1996
4	Australia	won	48 runs		v Sri Lanka	P Elizabeth	18 Mar 2003
5	Australia	won	07 wkts	111	v South Africa	Gros Islet	25 Apr 2007
6	Australia	won	95 runs		v India	Sydney	26 Mar 2015