India vs Australia: Top 4 T20Is

#1 India vs Australia, Durban (2007)

India v Australia - Twenty20 International World Cup Semi Final

The second semi-final of the inaugural edition of the T20I world cup in 2007 is one of the matches that every Indian cricket fan will take with him to his grave. India was never considered powerful enough to defeat the mighty Aussies in ICC events.

It was vengeance time for the Indians who were thrashed by Australia in the 2003 World Cup final on the same African soil. India put on 188 with Yuvraj Singh going all out on the Aussie bowlers, blazing to 70 off just 30 deliveries.

Australia started strongly with Matthew Hayden on a song but Sreesanth had other plans as he sent both the openers back to the pavilion. Australia finally fell 15 runs short and India set up a date with Pakistan in the final. They eventually defeated their arch-rivals in an electrifying final and went on to lift the cup.

India 188/5 (Yuvraj 70, Dhoni 36, Uthappa 34, Johnson 2-31, Clarke 1-13) beat Australia 173/7 (Hayden 62, Symonds 43, Gilchrist 22, Sreesanth 2-12, Joginder Sharma 2-37 by 15 runs.