IND Vs AUS 2023: Kohli And Rahul Powers India To Six Wicket Win Over Australia In World Cup 2023
Kohli And Rahul Powers India To Six Wicket Win Over Australia In World Cup 2023:
In a low-scoring thriller, brilliant half-centuries from Virat Kohli and KL Rahul helped India to win against Australia by 6 wickets in the World Cup 2023.
The captain of Australia, Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to bat first against India in their match against India at Chennai.
FIRST INNINGS:
At the start of the Australian innings, Jasprit Bumrah struck early as he dismissed Mitchell Marsh for a six-ball duck in the third over of the game.
No Australian batter scored a fifty as the highest score was just 46 off 71 deliveries from the bat of Steve Smith and David Warner scored 41 off 52 deliveries.
Australia’s middle order struggled against India’s spin attack and was in a spot of bother as they slipped from 110-2 to 140-7 in the middle overs of the game.
Some runs from the top order, as well as some fightback from the Australian lower order helped them score a fighting total of 200 before getting bowled out in 49.3 overs against India.
The best bowler of the match, Ravi Jadeja picked up three wickets for just 28 runs in his 10 overs. Bumrah and Kuldeep also claimed two wickets in the match and one wicket each was picked by Siraj, Hardik, and Ashwin.
SECOND INNINGS:
In the run chase, Mitchell Starc, as well as Josh Hazelwood unleashed their magic at the front as they got India three down for just 2 runs in the powerplay.
Furthermore, all three Indian batters including Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, and Shreyas Iyer were dismissed on a duck by Hazelwood and Starc.
Virat Kohli and KL Rahul scored magnificent half centuries under pressure, the king of the run chases, Virat once again stood tall as he scored 85 runs on 116 deliveries, smashing six fours in his knock. KL Rahul supported Virat at the other end as he scored an unbeaten 97 runs in 115 deliveries, as well as smashing eight fours and two sixes.
Josh Hazelwood was the pick of the bowlers for Australia who picked up three wickets for just 38 runs in his 9 overs. Apart from Hazelwood and Starc, no other bowler could pick any wicket as India chased down the target by 6 wickets.
