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ICC World Cup: Australia has the edge over scarred India in semis: Smith Steve Smith piled on a lot of runs against India leading into the World Cup, and reckons the defending champions still have a few scars from their underwhelming tour against Australia. The teams meet again in the World Cup semifinals on Thursday, with India on a seven-match winning streak that started with a 76-run win over archrival Pakistan on Feb. 15.
That's of no great concern to Smith, who says "I think we'll have a little edge over them with a few scars from the matches throughout the summer" when India failed to win a competitive match. "They didn't beat us once," the 25-year-old right-hander said. "So I think that's going to be playing on their mind a little bit.
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"Four-time champion and top-ranked Australia lost to co-host New Zealand by a wicket in a low-scoring group match to finish second in Pool A, but otherwise has been dominant in a southern summer that included a test series win over India and limited-overs tri-series title against India and England. India didn't win a game in the tri-series. Smith was Australia's premier batsman in the test series and finished up as captain when Michael Clarke was injured. He scored 162 not out and 52 not out in the first test, and adding 133, 192 and 117 in Australia's first innings in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney to finish the series with 769 runs. He scored 47 in his only ODI innings against India in the tri-series.