A billion hearts beating in sync and 11 men who could bring agony or ecstasy to a country that stood together on a muggy Thursday night.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s boys turned world beaters at the Sardar Patel Stadium at Motera here, dumping reigning champions Australia out of the competition by five wickets. A mouth-watering semi-final clash lies ahead with arch-rivals Pakistan in Mohali next Wednesday, March 30.
A scintillating innings from man of the match Yuvraj Singh built on the hard work by Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Zaheer Khan. The result put in the shade Ricky Ponting’s magnificent century earlier as Australia posted 260/6.
India’s bowlers produced one of their most disciplined performances so far, the batting stood up to the challenge, while the Australians showed their frailer side under pressure.