WC 2015 IND vs AUS: Match facts and head-to-head records ahead of big semifinal

Sydney: Ten match facts for Thursday's World Cup semifinal between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday.

1: 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).

2: Australia have won their last 12 completed one-day Internationals on home soil.

3: 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.

4: 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).

5: 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.

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

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

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

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

10: Shane Watson has reached 50 in three of his last four, and four of his last six, ODI innings at Sydney.

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