5 Reasons India can win the semi-finals against Australia

2.  Batting has been the highlight for India:

India has always been known as a nation of batsmen. The batting in this tournament has been in terrific form with centuries from Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma with wonderful back up and counterattack from Ajinkya Rahane and MS Dhoni. All of them collectively have posted totals that their bowlers can defend easily in the latter half of the game. India seemed to have transformed from a chasing superpower to a total defending powerhouse in this World Cup 2015. They did chase 280 plus against Zimbabwe and that too with Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni doing the hard work after the top order failed to giving a good start.

Against Australia they will face the trio of Johnson, Starc and Hazlewood with Faulkner, Watson and Maxwell as support. A tougher challenge, but they have passed with flying colors against the likes of Steyn, Morkel, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Khan, Jason Holder, Kemar Roach and Imran Tahir in the group stage and the occasion of a semi-final may bring the bowlers under pressure to perform beyond their capabilities. India will fancy their chances against this Aussie attack as they lack a quality spinner which could come in handy on the Sydney track.