CRICKET - WT20: India-Australia Preparing For The Must-Win Tie

India looks to take advantage of the recent international whitewash 3-0 T20, while Australia intends to shake unstable host outfit

Mohali: It was 3-0 whitewash against Australia in the T20I series down under earlier this year, which served as a catalyst in the response of the Indian team.

Then they won seven straight games (two against Sri Lanka and five in the Asian Cup) and entered into World T20 as the tournament favorites.

Skipper MS Dhoni on the eve of the obligation to win the tie India vs Australia at the PCA Stadium in Mohali on Saturday. 

However, the script has not gone as expected. MS Dhoni's men were beaten integrated in Nagpur in the first match against New Zealand. ViratKohli alone led to the victory of India against Pakistan in Kolkata. He huffed and puffed to snatch a victory against Bangladesh, which entered the Super 10s through a qualifying round.

That leaves India with a situation of having to win against Australia in the Stadium of Punjab Cricket Association here today to qualify for the semifinal and take second place in Group Two.

Although Kohli takes a lot of pride in the battle against Australia in their backyard in January, the No. 3 hitter India is well aware of what kind of approach that the team needs to keep for the big game today.

"If you look at the way we played through this station, which has been the catalyst for our performances this season Twenty20 so far. So obviously, we can focus on the positive things we did there against Australia. But we can not take anything for granted.

'A quarter-virtual end "

"It's a quarter-virtual end for us. And it's very important to stay in the moment, focus on what we have to do, why we were able to beat them in Australia is very important to note," Kohli said conference prior to the match.

At the same time, Kohli does not want the Indian team to focus too much on the last series with Australia. "It's not so much that we have won them and we can go out and do it again. That's why we did is what we have to focus on. If we play to our potential, we are able to repeat that. But as I said, to play its potential, you need to focus on why it happened and not the feeling we had after, "said Kohli.

Meanwhile, Shane Watson said the Australian team has improved a lot since the home defeat against India. "We have a very different team games we played. We went through a number of players over those three games.

Now we're a little more settled as a unit. That's a great starting point for us compared to India, which have been almost the same team all the way through, which certainly know their role well into the unit batting and bowling unit. For us to be able to click as a batting unit bowling (against Pakistan on Friday) which is a great thing and most importantly enter a knockout game, so I've got no doubt India will be very careful of what we do, "Watson said.