Highlights of India vs Australia Icc cricket world cup

India and Australia are two of the biggest rivals in cricket, and their matches are always highly anticipated. On October 8, 2023, the two teams met in the opening match of the 2023 Cricket World Cup in Chennai, India.

Australia batted first and scored 199 all out in 49 overs. Ravindra Jadeja was the pick of the Indian bowlers with figures of 3-28. India then chased down the target comfortably, winning by 6 wickets with 10 overs to spare. KL Rahul and Virat Kohli both scored half-centuries for India.

The match was a great start to the World Cup for India, and it showed that they are one of the favorites to win the tournament. Australia, on the other hand, will need to improve their batting if they want to challenge for the title.

Here is the scorecard for the match:

Australia:

Mitchell Starc 30 (40) David Warner 23 (36) Marnus Labuschagne 19 (38) Steve Smith 27 (45) Glenn Maxwell 34 (42) Marcus Stoinis 12 (26) Alex Carey 12 (22) Ashton Agar 11 (19) Pat Cummins 12 (16) Mitchell Swepson 11 (18) Josh Hazlewood 10 (12)

Total: 199 all out in 49 overs

Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Warner, 6.5 overs), 2-43 (Labuschagne, 13.4 overs), 3-80 (Smith, 25.3 overs), 4-117 (Maxwell, 34.4 overs), 5-139 (Stoinis, 40.1 overs), 6-151 (Carey, 42.4 overs), 7-174 (Agar, 45.5 overs), 8-187 (Cummins, 47.4 overs), 9-193 (Swepson, 48.3 overs), 10-199 (Hazlewood, 49 overs)

Bowling: Jasprit Bumrah 4-31-10 Mohammed Shami 2-38-9 Ravindra Jadeja 3-28-10 Hardik Pandya 1-26-9

India:

Rohit Sharma 0 (1) Ishan Kishan 0 (2) KL Rahul 77 (102) Virat Kohli 63 (82) Suryakumar Yadav 33 (38) Rishabh Pant 19 (36) Hardik Pandya 10 (13) Ravindra Jadeja 0 (1) Mohammed Shami 1 (1) Jasprit Bumrah 0 (1) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 0 (1)

Total: 201/4 in 39 overs

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Rohit Sharma, 0.3 overs), 2-0 (Ishan Kishan, 1.2 overs), 3-2 (Shreyas Iyer, 3.1 overs), 4-159 (KL Rahul, 32.3 overs)

Bowling:

Mitchell Starc 1-34-10 Josh Hazlewood 1-37-9 Pat Cummins 1-47-9 Cameron Green 1-46-9 Ashton Agar 0-20-5

Result: India won by 6 wickets

Player of the Match: KL Rahul (India)