Team India opens its World Cup 2023 campaign with a win where the men in blue beat Australia by six wickets. In this match, Australian captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bat first.
While batting first, Australia was bundled out on 199 runs in 49.3 overs. For Australia Steven Smith scored the most 46 runs while David Warner got 41 runs. Apart from it, Mitchell Starc contributed with 28 runs and Marnus Labuschagne got 27 runs from his bat, helping Australia to get a respectable total.
For India, Ravindra Jadeja got three wickets, and Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav managed to get two wickets each. Apart from it, Mohammed Siraj, Hardik Pandya, and R Ashwin occupied one-one wickets in their kitty.
Chasing a target of 200 runs, India had a horrible start where they lost Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, and Ishan Kishan on the individual score of zero. After that, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli came to the crease and stitched a solid partnership of 165 runs in 215 balls. Kohli scored 86 runs with the help of six fours. KL Rahul had 97 runs with the help of eight fours and two sixes.
For Australia, Josh Hazlewood got three wickets while Mitchell Starc managed to get one.
For playing a superb knock of 97 runs under pressure, KL Rahul has been selected as Man Of The Match.
