India and Australia are facing each other in their 2023 ODI World Cup opener. The match is being played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. In this match, the Australian captain won the toss and elected to bat first. Batting first, India has got a target of 200 runs, thanks to the brilliant bowling by the Indian spinners.
While chasing the target, India got earlier setbacks in the form of Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, and Shreyas Iyer. India was struggling at three wickets on just 2 runs. However, the star batter of Team India Virat Kohli has once again taken charge and has completed a huge milestone in his career.
Virat Kohli now holds the record for scoring the most runs by any Indian batter in the history of ICC events that is ODI World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy, and T20 World Cup. Virat Kohli has now 2720* runs on his name and he is still batting at the crease. With this, he has surpassed the legendary Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar who had 2719 runs in all the major ICC events.
The other Indian players in this list are Rohit Sharma(2422), Yuvraj Singh(1707), Sourav Ganguly(1671), and MS Dhoni(1492).
While batting first, Australia put on a target of 200 runs. For the Aussies, Steven Smith had the most 46 runs, while David Warner came up with 41 runs. For India, Ravindra Jadeja got three wickets, while Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah got 2-2 wickets each.
Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Glenn Maxwell, Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
