WC 2015: India & Australia have met 11 times in WC, Aus lead 8-3

Sydney, March 18: Defending champions India lost to former champions Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground here on Thursday. While India hammered Bangladesh by 109 runs in the quarter-final at Melbourne, Australia beat Pakistan by 6 wickets at Adelaide.

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This was the 11th meeting between the two teams with Australia winning 8 of them, including two 1-run victories. The two sides had also met in the final of the 2003 edition which Australia had won by 125 runs.

Here is the list of brief results of India versus Australia games in WC:

• Australia beat India by 162 runs at Nottingham in 1983 [Aus 320/9 in 60 overs, India 158 in 37.5 overs]

• India beat Australia by 118 runs at Chelmsford in 1983 [India 247 in 55.5 overs, Aus 129 in 38.2 overs]

• Australia beat India by 1 run at Chennai in 1987 [Aus 270/6 in 50 overs, India 269 in 49.5 overs]

• India beat Australia by 56 runs at Delhi in 1987 [India 289/6 in 50 overs, Aus 233 in 49 overs]

• Australia beat India by 1 run at Brisbane in 1992 [Aus 237/9 in 50 overs, India 234 in 47 overs (target was revised to 236 in 47 overs)]

• Australia beat India by 16 runs at Mumbai in 1996 [Aus 258 in 50 overs, India 242 in 48 overs]

• Australia beat India by 77 runs at the Oval in 1999 [Aus 282/6 in 50 overs, India 205 in 48.2 overs]

• Australia beat India by 9 wickets at Centurion in 2003 [India 125 in 41.4 overs, Australia 128/1 in 22.2 overs]

• Australia beat India by 125 runs at Johannesburg in 2003 [Aus 359/2 in 50 overs, India 234 in 39.1 overs]

• India beat Australia by 5 wickets at Ahmedabad in 2011 [Aus 260/5 in 50 overs, India 261/5 in 47.4 overs]
  
• Australia beat India by 95 runs at Sydney in 2015 [Aus 328/7 in 50 overs, India 233 in 46.5 overs]

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