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Warner fires Australia to 49-run win over India

Captain Michael Clarke has challenged rival nations in the WorldTwenty20 tournament to match his team's all-round dominance afterAustralia's 49-run win over India.

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Captain Michael Clarke has challenged rival nations in the World Twenty20 tournament to match his team's all-round dominance after Australia's 49-run win over India.

Dirk Nannes destroyed India's top order and David Warner hit a record seven sixes as Australia overpowered Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men in Barbados in Sunday's Super Eights clash.

Australia's unbeaten run in the Caribbean tournament continued, scoring 5-184 on a bouncy Kensington Oval pitch to crush their Super Eights rivals who were bowled out for 135 in 17.4 overs.

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Openers Warner (72) and Shane Watson (54) smashed 13 sixes between them.

Warner's 42-ball innings included two fours and seven sixes, equalling his own Australian record of most sixes in a T20 International innings.

"If we can continue to make totals like that, with our bowling And the way we're fielding, it's going to be hard for opposition teams to beat us," Clarke said.

Nannes picked up 3-25 and is the tournament's leading wicket-taker with 10-84 from three matches while Shaun Tait blasted through India's tailenders to take 3-21.

The 33-year-old Nannes led the way as Australia claimed 4-23 in the first five overs of India's innings with the left-armer removing Murali Vijay (2), Gautam Gambhir (9) and knocking over the dangerous Yuvraj Singh (1) with a superb yorker.

Mitchell Johnson, back from missing one game with an elbow infection, took 1-24.

Harbhajan Singh (14) fell to Watson's bowling after adding 47 for the eighth wicket with Rohit Sharma who top-scored with an unbeaten 79 from 46 balls.

Earlier, Watson added 104 for the first wicket with Warner in 10.5 overs before the right-hander bowled for 54 off 32 deliveries including one four and six sixes.

Spinner Harbhajan withstood the barrage to concede only 15 runs in his four overs.

Dropped on seven, Watson feasted on the bowling of spinner Ravindra Jadeja (0-38 from two overs), hitting three consecutive sixes from the fourth over.

Warner repeated the effort with three consecutive sixes off Jadeja in the 10th over.

The left-hander was caught behind off the bowling of spinner Yuvraj Singh (2-20).

David Hussey clubbed 35 from 22 deliveries before becoming one of two victims for paceman Ashish Nehra (2-31).

After 10 overs Australia were 0-95 and eyeing a score of over 200. But the scoring rate dropped, with Ashish conceding only five runs from the 20th over.

No.3 batsman Clarke surprisingly didn't bat.

"Today was a good opportunity to put Dave Hussey in at three and Brad Haddin at four. Guys that seem to clear the rope pretty easy," he said.

Australia play Sri Lanka on Sunday in Barbados (0330 AEST Monday) before clashing with hosts West Indies in St Lucia on Tuesday (0700 AEST Wednesday) in a bid to qualify for the semi-finals.


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