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Australia ride knockout nerves, luck to set up final date with India

Can South Africa ever win a World Cup? The question will come back to haunt their fans again as Australia nearly choked this time before denying the Proteas by three wickets in a low-scoring, edge-of-the-seat thriller — reviving memories of their semi-final heartbreaks against the same rivals in 1999 and 2007. It will be the final match-up the world wanted — India versus Australia — as all roads lead to the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.