India vs Australia, 1st Semi-Final (A1 v B2) - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Hardik Pandya to Zampa, out Bowled!! Cleaned up! Short of a good length delivery, seam-up, Zampa shapes to heave it across the line and misses it altogether. Beaten on the inside edge and the ball hits the top of off. Zampa b Hardik Pandya 7(12)

Shami to Nathan Ellis, out Caught by Kohli!! SIX and OUT! Shami is shaking his head though because of the six. 137.5kph, full and in the slot, Ellis clears his front leg to hoist it over long-on. Doesn't get the timing right and Kohli takes a few steps to his right at long-on to hold onto it. Nathan Ellis c Kohli b Shami 10(7) [6s-1]

Shami to Nathan Ellis, SIX, that's a meaty blow! Length ball around off, Ellis clears his front leg and swings his bat hard to clobber this slower ball over deep midwicket. Smith applauds as Australia cross 260

Hardik Pandya to Nathan Ellis, 1 run, 125.6kph, pace off, fullish length, pushed to point

Hardik Pandya to Carey, out Carey Run Out!! 1 run completed. Direct-hit and gone! The set batter has to depart. Excellent from Shreyas Iyer! 117kph, slower ball into the deck, Carey pulls backward of square and wants the strike. Varun running across from short fine leg stops as there's a quicker fielder attacking the ball. Shreyas runs in quickly from deep backward square leg, picks it up cleanly and hits the bullseye with a rocket throw at the keeper's end. Carey is well short of his ground. Carey run out (Shreyas Iyer) 61(57) [4s-8 6s-1]

Shami to Zampa, no run, 142.4kph, full and straight, rapped on the pads, umpire Richard Illingworth's finger goes up quickly and even Zampa reviews it quickly. UltraEdge confirms an inside edge onto the pad. Zampa was late into his glance but got some wood on it. Successful review

Shami to Carey, FOUR, 139.3kph, low full toss, Carey moves across, gets low and paddle-scoops it superbly over short fine leg for a one-bounce four

Varun Chakravarthy to Dwarshuis, out Caught by Shreyas Iyer!! Holes out! Full delivery marginally outside off, another googly, not much spin, Dwarshuis gets down to slogsweep and hits it straight down deep midwicket's throat as he doesn't get the necessary elevation. Dwarshuis c Shreyas Iyer b Varun Chakravarthy 19(29) [4s-1 6s-1]

Varun Chakravarthy to Dwarshuis, FOUR, thick outside-edge and no slip. Varun Chakravarthy goes wide of the crease, on a length outside off, Dwarshuis looks to push and the thick outside-edge helps, runs wide of short third man, Smith claps in appreciation

Kuldeep Yadav to Dwarshuis, SIX, Dwarshuis can hit them. We have seen that in the BBL. It's tossed up full outside off, out comes the slogsweep and the ball flies over deep mid-wicket, over Gill's head

Kuldeep Yadav to Carey, 1 run, 50 for Carey. Down leg, thick inside-edge on the flick and it rolls to short fine-leg. He needs to be there till the end for Australia

Axar to Carey, FOUR, Carey breaks the shackles. The dots and pressure was building up nicely and Carey picks the gap. It's tossed up outside the leg-stump, he brings out the reverse-sweep and hits it wide of point, the fielder came in before this ball and that's where the ball went

Axar to Maxwell, out Bowled!! Maxwell has missed a straight ball. He wanted to go too square on the leg-side and falls. A length delivery and into the wicket on middle, Maxwell goes on the back foot and wants to nudge a single, completely misses it. No turn, no deviation and Maxwell would be very disappointed at missing that. Two quick wickets for India. Maxwell b Axar 7(5) [6s-1]

Axar to Maxwell, SIX, there he goes, drifts outside the leg-stump, full and Maxwell sweeps it flat and clears the deep square-leg fielder, flies away

Shami to Smith, out Bowled!! Shami with a big big wicket. Smith curses himself as he misses a low full-toss, he came down the track and makes room to drive, the low full-toss hits the off-stump halfway up. Smith shakes his head on the way back, he was aiming to go over extra-cover and can't lay bat on ball. Smith was looking to maximise these last three-odd overs before an extra fielder can go back out. Looked good for a 100 but goes for 73. Another fine knock though. Relief for India as the runs and fours were coming a tad too easily in the last fifteen minutes or so. Shami with just a smile on his face. Smith b Shami 73(96) [4s-4 6s-1]

Hardik Pandya to Carey, FOUR, three dots and four to break that. Carey gives the charge and takes it on a length, he drives it hard and well wide of mid-off, to his left

Hardik Pandya to Carey, FOUR, first ball after the drinks break and four. Looked like an off-pace short of length delivery outside off, Carey pulls over mid-wicket and it's into the gap

Kuldeep Yadav to Carey, FOUR, ends the over well. What a beautiful shot. It's tossed up on middle, Carey gets forward and plays a lovely inside-out hit over extra-cover, nearly all the way too, one bounce over the ropes, one of the shots of the innings

Kuldeep Yadav to Carey, FOUR, turns into off, full and Carey with a free swing to the leg-side, gets forward and hits it to the wide long-on fence, into the gap as mid-on was inside. Rohit with a worried expression on his face

Varun Chakravarthy to Carey, SIX, in the slot outside off and Carey knows deep mid-wicket is free. It's into the stands away. It's tossed up full outside off, seam was diagonal as it came out, Carey with a big slogsweep and it flies into the crowd

Kuldeep Yadav to Carey, FOUR, bad ball and four. Down leg with short fine-leg in, full, Carey sweeps fine and easily beats short fine-leg

Jadeja to Carey, FOUR, mid-off is up and Carey takes a risk. He makes room outside the leg-stump, it's tossed up full outside off, he lofts and even though he did not hit it well enough, has the elevation to clear mid-off

Jadeja to Josh Inglis, out Caught by Kohli!! Such a soft dismissal. Length delivery on off and middle, Josh Inglis goes on the back foot to punch and finds cover. May have stopped on him a tad but Inglis who was playing it down, this time fails to do that. Simple catch. Again just when a partnership was building, India break it. Josh Inglis c Kohli b Jadeja 11(12)

Jadeja to Smith, SIX, lovely shot. Just a controlled loft, tossed up full on off, Smith gets forward and plays a checked drive, long-off is well wide and it flies straight and towards where a traditional long-off would have been there

Varun Chakravarthy to Smith, 2 runs, tossed up full outside off, Smith gets forward to drive and beats a diving cover to his right, long-off gets across and cuts it off. 50 for Smith

Varun Chakravarthy to Smith, FOUR, bad ball and four. Short outside off, Smith pulls wide of mid-wicket and that's into the gap at deep mid-wicket

Varun Chakravarthy to Smith, FOUR, too full and crunched past cover. Smith gets forward and times the drive and no chance for sweeper cover and long-off, Varun Chakravarthy bowled that with width outside off too

Jadeja to Labuschagne, out Lbw!! Labuschagne walks off after a word with Smith. This looks plumb. Drift into leg-stump, good length, skids on after pitching, Labuschagne goes on the back foot to nudge and misses, rapped on the pads and umpire Richard Illingworth has the finger up. Would be ump's call at worst. The promising stand is broken. Labuschagne lbw b Jadeja 29(36) [4s-2 6s-1]

Jadeja to Labuschagne, FOUR, another slogsweep and four to the vacant deep mid-wicket fence. Full on middle, Labuschagne takes a calculated risk and hits it well

Shami to Smith, no run, tough chance and Shami can't hang on. Full on off, driven hard and Shami sticks a left-hand out, can't hang on. Now that's two drops - one on either side by Shami, it so easily could have lobbed to cover as Shami got a firm hand

Axar to Labuschagne, SIX, and he nails this. It's tossed up full outside off, Labuschagne gets forward and low to slogsweep and it just clears the deep mid-wicket fence, the 50-run stand is up as well, good calculated blow

Axar to Labuschagne, FOUR, no boundaries for 50 balls and Labuschagne breaks that streak. Length delivery outside off, skids on, Labuschagne goes on the back foot and plays the late-cut, wide of short third man and runs away, lovely batting and a deft shot

Axar to Labuschagne, 1 run, tossed up full on middle, a forward defence to the right of Axar, he misses, then runs and throws it back, falls badly on his neck, is holding it. A break in play as the physio comes out

Axar to Smith, FOUR, mid-on is in and Smith comes down the track to loft over that man, it's tossed up and Smith hit that clean

Varun Chakravarthy to Head, out Caught by Shubman Gill!! And he strikes first ball against Head. The Indians in the crowd are elated. They know how dangerous Head is. He has tormented India in the past but his knock ends after promising much. It's tossed up full on off and middle, he gets forward to loft and miscues it, long-off is there and Gill runs forward and takes a nice catch. Was it the right move to go after Varun Chakravarthy with a long-off in place and that too off the first ball he faces? That is a massive wicket and India would be relieved. Head c Shubman Gill b Varun Chakravarthy 39(33) [4s-5 6s-2]

Kuldeep Yadav to Head, SIX, there he goes. Head is looking really dangerous now. It's tossed up on off, out he comes and lofts beautifully straight down the ground, lovely shot and it flies over the sightscreen

Hardik Pandya to Head, FOUR, just wide of mid-wicket. Length delivery on middle and leg, Head whips it in the air and wide of mid-wicket, no chance for deep square-leg

Hardik Pandya to Smith, FOUR, short of length on off, angling in, Smith goes on the back foot and pulls, does not time it but gets it over square-leg and it rolls to the fence

Shami to Head, FOUR, hat-trick of fours. Brilliant shot. The best shot he has played today. Length delivery outside off, more on the fullish side, just outside off and Head uses the depth of his crease, cuts hard and beats a diving Jadeja at backward point, to his left

Shami to Head, FOUR, luck with Head. On a short of length outside off, Head pulls and the thick inside-edge misses the off-stump and beats Rahul to his right, runs away for four

Shami to Head, FOUR, hint of width outside off and Head won't miss out. Cracks the cut between cover-point and extra-cover, wide length ball and Head pounces

Hardik Pandya to Head, SIX, into the crowd at deep backward square-leg. Length on leg-stump, just a flick of the wrists and it flies away, the fielder was just a spectator

Hardik Pandya to Head, FOUR, Head gets away. Just wide of mid-off. Was in the air too. Length and just outside off, Head gets forward and smashes it flat, Gill was the man but it flew to his left

Shami to Connolly, out Caught by Rahul!! Five balls beat the bat and the thick under-edge is found off the last ball. Rahul dives forward to take it. Length delivery outside off, Connolly flashes the cut and the under-edge is found, that's why it did not carry at a better height to Rahul, he has to dive and there was a sound when ball was next to bat. India were very confident but umpire Richard Illingworth turns the appeal down. The review is taken and UltraEdge shows a thick edge. Just reward for Shami who tormented Connolly in that over. Connolly c Rahul b Shami 0(9)

Shami to Head, no run, 136.8kph, chance! Head closes the bat-face early against this in-angling short of length ball. The leading edge goes to the right of the bowler and Shami sticks his right hand out. The ball doesn't stick. Early reprieve for Head!