The Indian team beat Australia by 6 wickets in a blatant manner. KL Rahul and Virat Kohli performed well for India. Team India managed to win the match only because of these players.
India vs Australia: The Indian team defeated Australia by 6 wickets in a blatant manner. Australia gave a target of 200 runs to win India. Which Team India achieved very easily. KL Rahul and Virat Kohli played big innings. It was because of these players that Team India managed to win the match। The spinners played a key role in all out Australia early.
India Wins
The Indian team, which followed the target of 200 runs, had a very poor start. When Michel Stark was dismissed on the Ishaan Kishan Zero in his first over. It was his debut match in the World Cup. This was followed by second over by Josh Hazlewood. In this over, he showed Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer the path of pavilion and Team India had lost 3 wickets within 4 runs. This saw the Indian team trapped in the crisis. But then Virat Kohli and KL Rahul partnered 165 runs for Team India। Because of these two, Team India managed to win the match. Kohli scored 85 runs। But he missed his century. Rahul scored 97 runs. The two have formed the largest partnership against Australia in the World Cup.
The bowlers were definitely impressed at the start of the match for Australia, but once Virat Kohli and KL Rahul were set, the match moved away from Australia. Josh Hazlewood scored the most 3 wickets for Australia. At the same time, Mitchell Stark achieved 1 wicket.
KL Rahul finishes off the chase with a MAXIMUM! 😎
He remains unbeaten on 97* & #TeamIndia start #CWC23 with a superb win against Australia 🙌
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— BCCI (@BCCI) October 8, 2023
1⃣5⃣0⃣ partnership up now between Virat Kohli & KL Rahul 👏👏#TeamIndia need 48 runs more to win now 👌👌
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— BCCI (@BCCI) October 8, 2023
Australian team All out on 199 runs
The Australian team had a poor start. When Mitchell Marsh returned to the pavilion without opening the account. David Warner and Steve then tried to take over the innings, but these two players did not play the big innings. Warner was dismissed for 41 runs and Smith 46 runs. Marnus Labuschagne contributed 27 runs. In the end Mitchell Stark and Pat Cummins made some big strokes. Stark scored 15 runs and Cummins scored 28 runs. But the entire team was All out at 199 runs in 49.3 overs and thus got a target of 200 runs to win India.
Bowlers did Amazing
Spinners showed amazing games for India. No Australian batsmen were successful ahead of the Indian spinners. Rabindra Jadeja achieved the highest 3 wickets for India. He gave just 28 runs in 10 overs. Apart from him, Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav got 2-2 wickets. Mohammad Siraj, Hardik Pandya and Ravichandran went one wicket each to Ashwin’s account.
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