Chennai: India won by six wickets in the first match of the ODI Cricket World Cup against Australia. After winning the toss and batting first, India overcame the 199 runs scored by Australia losing only four wickets. India won in 41.2 overs. With opportune batting (97 not out from 115 balls), KL, the backbone of the Indian innings. Rahul is the key in the game. Earlier, Ravindra Jadeja who took three wickets and Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah who took two wickets each made the Aussies all out for 199 runs in 49.3 overs.
MA in Chepok Chasing a low target at the Chidambaram Stadium, India’s start shocked the fans. The backlash was smelled when the top three batsmen entered the tent in unison. Left-handed batsman Ishan Kishan, who replaced Shubman Gill, who was not free from dengue fever, fell in front of Mitchell Starc on the fourth ball of the innings.
Cameron Greene as Spectator. Virat Kohli, who was one down, struck a double blow in the second over bowled by Hazelwood. Captain Rohit Sharma leg before on the third ball. With Shreyas Iyer caught by David Warner in the last ball of the over, India were two runs for three wickets in two overs. This is the first time that India’s top three batsmen entered the tent without opening their account.
With this, the task of making the innings black is on Virat Kohli and KL. With Rahul. In the meantime, Kohli’s dismissal by Mitchell Marsh brought disappointment to Australia. From there, Virat Kohli and Rahul took India out with half-centuries. The partnership that came together in the third over broke up in the 38th over. The team was close to victory when Virat Kohli was dismissed with 85 runs off 116 balls.
The innings consisted of six fours. Labuscheyne is caught by Hazelwood. KL scored 97 runs off 115 balls including eight fours and two sixes. Rahul and Hardik Pandya with 11 runs, including a six in eight balls, took India to the brink of victory without losing more wickets.
Australia, who won the toss and elected to bat, lost their first wicket in the form of Mitchell Marsh in the third over. When Virat Kohli took a diving catch at slip off Jasprit Bumrah, the Aussies were only five runs on the scoreboard. Australia recovered with Steven Smith getting one down with David Warner. Bad balls crossed the boundary and both of them ended the innings black. The team score crossed 50 in 10.4 overs. Realizing that the pitch favors spin, captain Rohit Sharma brought in Kuldeep Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin. David Warner (41 off 52 balls) is out in the third ball of the 17th over. Warner’s comeback was caught by Kuldeep Yadav off his own bowling.
The Aussies went ahead again with Marnes Labusche coming in fourth. They crossed the hundred mark in 25 overs but lost the third wicket when the team score reached 110. Ravindra Jadeja bowled Steven Smith’s off-stump with a dreamy delivery. Smith’s contribution was 46 runs off 71 balls including five fours. Labuschein (27 off 41 balls) while adding nine more runs was bowled by Jadeja himself by wicketkeeper K.L. Handed over to Rahul.
The Aussies slumped to 119 for five when Jadeja edged the wicket-keeper batsman Alex Carey (nil) leg-before in the space of two balls. Kuldeep took the wicket of the dangerous Glenn Maxwell (15 off 25 balls). In the next over, Ashwin struck Cameron Green in the hands of Pandya for a double.
The partnership between captain Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc took the score to 165 from 140 for seven. Bumrah returned Cummins (15) in the 43rd over. Caught by Shreyas Iyer. Adam Sampa (six off 20 balls) was caught by Kohli off Pandya.
Mohammad Siraj dismissed Starc, who scored 28 runs off 35 balls in the third ball of the last over, and the Aussies were bowled out for 199 runs in the innings. Iyer takes the catch. Josh Hazelwood remained unbeaten with one run.
All six Indian bowlers got wickets. Ravindra Jadeja who took three wickets was supported by Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav who took two wickets each. Siraj, Pandya and Ashwin claimed a wicket each. The spinners who bowled 30 overs conceded 104 runs and took six wickets. The pacers claimed the remaining four wickets after conceding 89 runs in 19.3 overs.
2023-10-08 19:27:00
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