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India vs Australia highlights, ICC World Cup 2023: KL Rahul, Virat Kohli power India to six-wicket win vs Australia in Chennai

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Oct 21, 2023, 08:24:18 IST

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India vs Australia highlights, ICC World Cup 2023: KL Rahul, Virat Kohli power India to six-wicket win vs Australia in Chennai

World Cup 2023: India beat Australia by six wickets to begin their ICC World Cup campaign on a positive note on Sunday. Half-centuries from Virat Kohli and KL Rahul powered India's chase of 200 after the home team lost three wickets with just two runs on the board. Thanks to Kohli and Rahul's 165-run partnership for the fourth wicket, India completed the task in 41.2 overs. Earlier, India bowled out Australia for 199 following a disciplined effort with the ball. Captain Pat Cummins opted to bat first after winning the toss but things didn't go as planned for the visitors, who were reeling at 119 for five in the 30th over. Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja (3/38) did the bulk of the damage with his middle over blows. Steven Smith top-scored for the Aussies with 46 off 71 balls, while David Warner made 41 from 52 balls.

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Australia 54/1 after 12 overs and Kuldeep Yadav comes in the attack

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OVERS 10.4: FOUR! 50 up for Australia as Warner pulls a Pandya delivery to the mid-wicket fence

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Australia 43/1 after 10 overs

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Change of ends for Bumrah as he is back in the attack

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Ravichandran Ashwin concedes 3 runs off his first over, Australia 32/1 after 8 overs

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Australia 29/1 after 7 overs

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OVERS 6.6: FOUR! Smith straight drives a Pandya delivery down the ground

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OVERS 6.4: FOUR! Warner pulls a Pandya delivery to the fine leg fence

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OVERS 6.2: FOUR! Warner straight drives a Pandya delivery down the ground

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Hardik Pandya replaces Bumrah in the attack

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Siraj bowls a maiden to Smith, Australia 16/1 after 6 overs

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IND vs AUS Live Score: Australia 16/1 after 5 overs

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OVERS 4.1: FOUR! Smith cover drives a Bumrah delivery for his second boundary

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OVERS 3.4: FOUR! Smith flicks a Siraj delivery through mid-wicket

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OVER 2.2: OUT! Marsh edges a Bumrah delivery for Virat Kohli to take a diving catch at first slip, Marsh falls for a duck, Australia 5/1

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IND vs AUS Live Score: Australia 5/0 after 2 overs

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OVER 1.1: FOUR! First boundary of the match as Warner cuts a Siraj delivery to the point fence

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IND vs AUS: Mohammed Siraj shares the new ball with Bumrah

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India vs Australia: 1 run off that first over by Bumrah

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OVER 0.2: First run on the board for Australia as Warner taps to point for a quick single

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IND vs AUS: Jasprit Bumrah first up with the new ball for India with 2 slips in place

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India vs Australia: David Warner and Mitchell Marsh walk out to open the batting for Australia

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Time for the national anthems

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India 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

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Australia 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

13:36 (IST) Oct 08

The conditions are there for the bowlers, slightly on the slower side. We need to understand our lines and lengths early. We've played a lot of cricket before the WC, played two good series' and covered all our bases. He (Shubman Gill) hasn't recovered in time. Ishan comes in to replace him, he will open the batting.

Rohit Sharma

13:36 (IST) Oct 08

We'll bat first, looks like a good wicket. Sun is out, good opportunity to bat. We are in a good spot, we've played a lot over the last month. Travis Head isn't here, Abbott and Josh Inglis miss out.

Pat Cummins

13:33 (IST) Oct 08

IND vs AUS Live: Australia captain Pat Cummins wins toss, opts to bat against India

13:30 (IST) Oct 08

Zaheer Khan and Javagal Srinath are the leading wicket-takers for India in ODI World Cup

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IND vs AUS: But the five-time world champions will miss allrounder Marcus Stoinis, who is ruled out with a hamstring injury

13:27 (IST) Oct 08

India vs Australia: Glenn Maxwell, though, is considered by the Australians as a "proper spinner" who can come good both with bat and ball

13:18 (IST) Oct 08

I am feeling really good. I have been out for a while but now I have been playing for the last two months, feels good to be back and traveling with the team. It feels great to play in a home WC, you don't get to play home WCs but we are the lucky ones. Australia are a very good side, we played them recently, and it is going to be a cracking contest. The feeling is quite relaxed, we have played a lot of cricket recently, when the warm up games were washed out, the players tried to relax and refresh. Basically the preparation stays the same, try and give your best, try to keep things simple and back your strengths, enjoy the occasion as you don't get to play a lot of WCs. It is starting at 2 o clock, it is going to be a little hot but we are looking forward to it and hopefully things go our way.

Jasprit Bumrah

13:15 (IST) Oct 08

When it was Ton Ton at Taunton

13:14 (IST) Oct 08

IND vs AUS: Australia, on the other hand, interpret the same conditions in a completely different vein-playing with three pacers in Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc, leggie Adam Zampa being the lone specialist spinner

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India vs Australia: While Pandya doubles up as the third pacer with Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj, Rohit said he sees the allrounder as more than just a back-up option

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India vs Australia

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IND vs AUS: It means left-hander Ishan Kishan will take Gill's place while the middle order will be manned by Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja

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India vs Australia: While the pressure of winning a home World Cup plays like a broken record all the time, dynamic opener Shubman Gill's likely unavailability due to fever is a huge blow

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Chetan Sharma and Mohammed Shami are the only two Indians to take a hat-trick in ODI World Cup

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IND vs AUS: It's not that the team doesn't have a few things to be worried about

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India vs Australia: Since then, the Aussies have always been dominant at Chepauk, winning five of the six matches they have played at the venue. It includes two wins out of three against India, the most recent coming in March earlier this year, which gave Australia the series

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STAT ATTACK

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IND vs AUS: Thirty-six years ago, when India played their first World Cup match at home at the same Chepauk, it was Australia who beat them by one run to start their winning run, which ended with the trophy

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India vs Australia: The failures at the business ends of T20 World Cups and ICC World Test Championship Finals have added to the sense of disappointment, but the ODI World Cup is still probably the 'Kohinoor' that every powerhouse wants in its cabinet

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HEAD TO HEAD

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IND vs AUS: It is precisely this sense of "unfinished business" that drives Rohit Sharma's golden generation

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India vs Australia: These two geniuses will always be remembered as players who departed with no "unfinished business"

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India are two-time champions having added the 2011 title on home soil to their 1983 triumph, a Kapil Dev-inspired breakthrough performance

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IND vs AUS: So did Leo Messi's Argentina, as a decade of final failures was forgotten in a moment on that magical night in Qatar last December

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India vs Australia: Sachin Tendulkar had to wait 22 years to reach the promised land in 2011

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India vs Australia highlights, ICC World Cup 2023: KL Rahul, Virat Kohli power India to six-wicket win vs Australia in Chennai

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