Kolkata. The clash between five-time winners Australia and hosts India has been confirmed in the final of the ICC ODI World Cup. India defeated New Zealand by 70 runs in the first semi-final on Wednesday and qualified for the final. In the second semi-final match on Thursday, Australia defeated South Africa by 3 wickets and reached the final. Australia successfully chased down the target of 213 runs presented by South Africa in 47.2 overs with the loss of seven wickets. Travis Head scored the highest 62 runs for Australia. He played an aggressive innings hitting 9 fours and 2 sixes in 48 balls. Another opener, David Werner, also scored 29 runs in just 18 balls. He hit one four and 4 sixes. As soon as Warner got out, Australia was under pressure after Mitchell Mars was dismissed for zero runs. Then former captain Steve Smith scored 30 runs and gave some relief to the team. But after Marnus Lambusen was dismissed with 18 runs and Glenn Maxwell scored only 1 run, the team came under pressure again. However, wicketkeeper Josh English scored 28 runs and brought Australia close to victory. Then the captain Pat Cummins along with Mitchell Starc led the team to victory. Starc remained not out and scored 16 runs while Cummins contributed 14 runs. Although Gerald Kotzi and Tabriaz Samsi took 2 wickets each for South Africa, they could not save the team from defeat. With this, South Africa once again failed to reach the final of the World Cup, while Australia reached the final of the ODI World Cup for the eighth time. Now the final match will be played in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Earlier, with the help of deadly bowling by fast bowlers Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, Australia managed to limit South Africa to 212 runs. After winning the toss at Eden Gardens, South Africa, who batted first, scored the run after losing all wickets in 49.4 overs. David Miller scored the highest 101 runs for South Africa. He hit 8 fours and 5 sixes in 116 balls before being dismissed by Australian captain Pat Cummins. He was well supported by Heinrich Klaasen scoring 47 runs off 48 balls. Other batsmen of the team could not contribute much. South Africa started the game very badly The top-order batsmen were helpless against Starc and Hazlewood. South Africa managed to score only 24 runs in the 12th over and lost four wickets in the process. For Australia, Mitchell Starc took 3 wickets with 1 maiden in 10 overs and spent only 34 runs. Captain Cummins also took 3 wickets for 51 runs in 9.4 overs. Josh Hazlewood bowled economically and took 2 wickets with 3 maidens in 8 overs. Similarly, Travis Head also took 2 wickets.