Greatest Moments from 2015 Cricket World Cup

Australia Ends India's dream run

Steve Smith's hundred sealed the match for Australia

The build-up to the semi-final clash in Sydney was intense. Past and present players, experts et all provided their bona fide previews and suggestions. After all, the cricketing world was witnessing two of the strongest contenders of the World Cup.

The match, despite its projected intensity, ended with a loud unsatisfactory thump with Australia thrashing the defending champions by 95 runs. It also ended India's 11-game unbeaten run in the World Cup dating back to 2011.

With Steve Smith's hundred and Johnson's late cameo, Australia made 328/7 after their 50 overs. There were many individual match-ups but at the end, however, Australia's success to get Virat Kohli early in his innings was the one that sealed the deal.