Did you know this about Ind & Aus

Co-hosts Australia will take on defending champions India in the second mouthwatering semi-final of the 2015 Cricket World Cup. (Full WC Coverage)

Both teams have made the last four comfortably, with India beating Bangladesh by 109 runs and Australia triumphing by six wickets over Pakistan.

Here are some facts about the two juggernauts as they get ready to lock horns:

-Team Stats-

This is the first World Cup semifinal between these teams. Previous World Cup knockout stage matches have produced one win apiece (Australia won the 2003 final, India a quarterfinal in 2011).

Australia is the only side never to lose a WC semi-final match. They tied one game against South Africa in 1999 and have won five in 1975, 1987, 1996, 2003 and 2007.

India’s WC record in Semi- finals:  Played 5, Won 3, Lost 2, both losses came at home – at Mumbai 1987 & Kolkata 1996

India and Australia have faced each other 14 times at Sydney Cricket Ground SCG. Australia has tasted victory on 12 occasions and one match ended in a tie. The only triumph for India came at the CB series final in 2008.

Australia has won their last 12 completed one-day Internationals on home soil.

If India win on Thursday, it will a record for them – making two  successive finals. Previous final appearances – 1983 (won), 2003 (lost),  2011 (won). Australia have played in 6 finals – 1975 (lost), 1987  (won), 1996 (lost), 1999 (won), 2003 (won), 2007 (won)

-Player stats-

India captain MS Dhoni holds 100% World Cup record against  his opponents having led the team to victory in 2011 quarter-finals.

Mitchell Johnson is yet to dismiss Virat Kohl. Kohli has scored 82 runs in 76 balls (S/r 108) off Johnson. The Aussie bowler has however dismissed Suresh Raina 5 & Mahendra Singh Dhoni 3 times.

Aaron Finch has been the subject of six lbw appeals in the tournament, more than anyone else – his dismissal against Pakistan was the first time in 28 dismissals that he fell lbw.

Shane Watson is one of two players to score at least 500 World Cup runs at an average of at least 50 and a strike rate of 100+ (AB de Villiers is the other).

Glenn Maxwell has scored 77 runs from the 54 balls Ravichandran Ashwin has bowled to him in ODIs, hitting four fours and seven sixes. He has been dismissed once.

Maxwell (30.5%) has the lowest dot ball percentage in the tournament, minimum 50 balls faced – he has hit 301 runs from 164 balls.

Rohit Sharma has hit 124 runs from the 108 balls James Faulkner has bowled to him in ODIs, without being dismissed.

Mohammed Shami (69%) and Mitchell Starc (68%) have the two highest dot ball percentages in the tournament, minimum 50 balls bowled.

Mitchell Starc has the lowest ODI bowling average (17.4) and strike rate (22.5) in Australia, minimum 50 wickets taken.

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting leads in terms of scoring runs. He has scored 303 runs (5 Innings, Average 101) while India’s Sachin Tendulkar is second with 194 runs (6 Innings, Average 32.33)

-Head-to-head records-

Overall:

Played: 117

Australia wins: 67

India wins: 40

Tied: 0

No result: 10

First meeting:

Dec 6, 1980, Melbourne   India won by 66 runs

Last 10 meetings:

Feb 19, 2012:       Brisbane    Australia won by 110 runs

Feb 26, 2012:       Sydney      Australia won by 87 runs

Oct 13, 2013:       Pune        Australia won by 72 runs

Oct 16, 2013:       Jaipur      India won by nine wickets

Oct 19, 2013:       Chandigarh  Australia won by four wickets

Oct 23, 2013:       Ranchi      No result

Oct 30, 2013:       Nagpur      India won by six wickets

Nov 02, 2013:       Bangalore   India won by 57 runs

Jan 18, 2015:       Melbourne   Australia won by four wickets

Jan 26, 2015:       Sydney      No result

In World Cup:

Played: 10

Australia wins: 7

India wins: 3

June 13, 1983:      Nottingham   Australia won by 162 runs

June 20, 1983:      Chelmsford   India won by 118 runs

Oct 09, 1987:       Chennai      Australia won by one run

Oct 27, 1987:       New Delhi    India won by 56 runs

Mar 01, 1992:       Brisbane     Australia won by one run

Feb 27, 1996:       Mumbai       Australia won by 16 runs

June 04, 1999:      The Oval     Australia won by 77 runs

Feb 15, 2003:       Centurion    Australia won by nine wickets

Mar 23, 2003:       Johannesburg Australia won by 125 runs

Mar 24, 2011:       Ahmedabad    India won by five wickets