Aussies take confidence from recent India success

Australia meet India for the 12th time at the World Cup when the sides clash tonight in South London (7.30pm AEST, Kayo, Fox Cricket, 9GEM) in an early group stage encounter that could yet be a prelude to a return match at the pointy end of the tournament.

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Aaron Finch's side will enter the match full of confidence having already put two wins on the board in this World Cup tournament, dispatching Afghanistan and the West Indies.

India, meanwhile, are playing just their second game of the World Cup and will be seeking retribution for Australia's 3-2 win on their home turf back in March.

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From their first meeting at Trent Bridge early in the 1983 tournament to their semi-final showdown in Sydney four years ago, Australia-India clashes have thrown up some memorable World Cup moments.

Australia v India at the World Cup

Played: 11. Australia won: 8. India won: 3.

Century-makers

Ricky Ponting 140*, The Wanderers, Jo'burg, 2003 final

Ponting salutes his ton in the 2003 Final // Getty

Mark Waugh 126, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, 1996

Trevor Chappell 110, Trent Bridge, Nottingham, 1983

Geoff Marsh 110, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, 1987

Steve Smith 105, SCG, Sydney, 2015 SF

Steve Smith on his way to a semi-final century in 2015 // Getty

Ricky Ponting 104, Gujarat Stadium, 2011 QF

Ajay Jadeja 100*, The Oval, London 1999 Super Sixes

Best of the bowlers

Ken MacLeay 6-39, Trent Bridge, Nottingham, 1983

Damien Fleming 5-36, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, 1996

Kapil Dev 5-43, Trent Bridge, Nottingham, 1983

Damien Fleming at the '96 World Cup // Getty

Every Australia-India World Cup meeting

1983 group stage: Australia 9-320 beat India 158 by 162 runs

1983 group stage: India 247 beat Australia 129 by 118 runs

1987 group stage: Australia 6-270 beat India 269 by 1 run

1987 group stage: India 6-289 beat Australia 233 by 56 runs

1992 group stage: Australia 9-237 beat India 234 by 1 run (rain affected)

1996 group stage: Australia 258 beat India 242 by 16 runs

1999 Super Sixes: Australia 6-282 beat India 205 by 77 runs

2003 group stage: India 125 lost to Australia 1-128 by nine wickets

2003 Final: Australia 2-359 beat India 234 by 125 runs

2011 Quarter-final: Australia 6-260 lost to India 6-261 by five wickets

2015 Semi-final: Australia 7-328 beat India 233 by 95 runs

Fast facts

Australia are seeking an 11th consecutive ODI victory. The current 10-game win streak is their longest run in the format since they strung together 12 victories in a row between 2009 and 2010.

Australia have won their past three ODIs against India – all three of them coming in March in India as Aaron Finch's side fought back from a 0-2 deficit to win a five-game series. The last time they enjoyed a longer run was a six-game stretch across 2015 and 2016.

Aussies seal historic ODI series triumph

India have won 12 of their past 13 games at the World Cup. Their only defeat in that span was at the hands of Australia in the semi-finals of the 2015 tournament.

India are searching for their 50th ODI victory against Australia. If successful, they would become just the third team in the history of the format to notch a half-century of wins against the Aussies. The others are England with 61 wins, and the West Indies with 60 wins.

Rohit Sharma powers India past the Proteas

If Rohit Sharma scores 20 runs he will become just the second Indian batsman in ODI history to score 2,000 runs against Australia. The run-away leader is Sachin Tendulkar with 3,077 runs against Australia.

MS Dhoni is set to play his 340th ODI for India to equal Rahul Dravid as the second-most capped ODI player for India, behind Tendulkar who played a total of 463 games.

Classic match-ups

1987: A thriller in Chennai

Steve Waugh, aged just 22, held his nerve in the final over to send Australia to victory in their opening match of the tournament. After Geoff Marsh hit a century to help Australia to 6-270, India looked in charge when they needed 70 off the last 15 overs with two wickets in hand. Craig McDermott sparked a collapse with figures of 4-56, before Waugh took a wicket on the penultimate ball of the match to have them all out for 268.

Geoff Marsh, Steve Waugh and Allan Border at the '87 World Cup // Getty

1992: Rain cruel India in Brisbane

The controversial rain rule in the 1992 World Cup is best known for dashing South Africa's hopes, but it also hurt India against Australia. Chasing 239 for victory, India lost three overs of their chase early but only had the target reduced to 236. Eventually requiring 13 off the final over and four off the last ball, Steve Waugh dropped a catch on the boundary but recovered to run out Venkatapathy Raju and win the match.

2003: Ponting masterclass leads Aussie charge

Damien Martyn and Ricky Ponting put on an unbeaten 234 // Getty

With the Australian team at the prime of their powers, Ricky Ponting whacked 140 off 121 balls to help Australia to the seemingly unassailable position of 2-359. The Aussies' only real threat came in the form of a rain delay, but Glenn McGrath took 3-52 to have India all out for 234 inside 40 overs. Damien Martyn was the unsung hero, with his 88no hit while nursing a broken finger.

2011: Indian titans end Australian reign

One of only three World Cup wins for India over Australia, but by far the biggest. By 2011 three-time defending champions Australia were a team on the slide. On the turning decks of the subcontinent, Ricky Ponting (104) played a lone hand with the bat in the quarter-final as Australia reached 6-260. It was never enough as India cruised to victory with 16 balls to spare and ended the Aussies' run of titles that stretched back to 1999.

2015: Australia's crushing semi-final victory

Mitchell Johnson's pace was too hot for India's top order // Getty

After dominating India all summer in the Tests, Steve Smith handed out one final punishment with a glorious 105 to take Australia to 7-328 in the semi. Even in the field the captain-in-waiting couldn't be kept out of the game. He first convinced Michael Clarke to successfully review an Ajinkya Rahane caught behind that no-one appealed for, before running out Ravindra Jadeja with a direct hit. India were eventually all out for 233 ending their title defence.

2019 World Cup

Australia's squad: Aaron Finch (c), Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey (wk), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa

June 1: Australia beat Afghanistan by seven wickets

June 6: Australia beat West Indies by 15 runs

June 9: India v Australia, The Oval

June 12: Australia v Pakistan, Taunton

June 15: Sri Lanka v Australia, The Oval

June 20: Australia v Bangladesh, Trent Bridge

June 25: England v Australia, Lord's

June 29: New Zealand v Australia, Lord's (D/N)

July 6: Australia v South Africa, Old Trafford (D/N)

July 9: Semi-Final 1, Old Trafford

July 11: Semi-Final 2, Edgbaston

July 14: Final, Lord's

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