IND vs AUS: India’s winning start in the World Cup, defeating Australia by six-wicket
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by achinhimanshu
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World Cup IND vs AUS 2023 Highlights: In the ODI World Cup 2023, India defeated Australia by six wickets in its first match. Australia won the toss and batted first and scored 199 runs. In response, India scored 201 runs after losing four wickets and made a winning start to their World Cup campaign
India defeated Australia
India made a winning start to its World Cup campaign by defeating Australia by six wickets. The heroes of India’s victory in this match were Lokesh Rahul and Virat Kohli. However, both the batsmen missed the century. Rahul played an unbeaten 97 and Kohli played an inning of 85 runs. Apart from these two, only Hardik Pandya could open his account. He scored 11 runs. For Australia, Josh Hazlewood took three wickets and Mitchell Starc took one wicket. Steve Smith scored the maximum 46 runs for Australia with the bat. Warner also played an inning of 41 runs. In the end Starc contributed 28 runs. Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets for India. Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah got two wickets each. Siraj, Hardik and Ashwin took one wicket each.
With the victory in this match, India has achieved two important points. Team India has come to fifth place in the points table. India’s next match will be with Afghanistan on October 11.
![Viral Kohli and KL Rahul](https://achinhimanshu.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Virat-kohli-and-KL-Rahul.png)
What happened in the match?
Australia won the toss and decided to bat first. Bumrah dismissed Mitchell Marsh in his second over. He could not even open his account. After this, Smith and Warner took over the Australian innings by making 69 runs, but Kuldeep broke the partnership by dismissing Warner. Warner scored 41 runs.Smith and Labuschagne added 36 runs, but Jadeja dismissed Smith for 46 and Labuschagne for 27. They did not even allow Alex Carey to open the account and half of Australia’s team returned to the pavilion on 119 runs. Kuldeep bowled Maxwell on a personal score of 15 runs. Soon Green also became Ashwin’s victim on the score of eight runs. Cummins was out after scoring 15 runs and Zampa after scoring six runs. In the end, Mitchell Starc scored 28 runs and took his team’s score to 199 runs. Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets for India. Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah got two wickets each. Siraj, Hardik and Ashwin took one wicket each.
India had a very bad start while chasing 200 runs. Three batsmen returned to the pavilion on the score of two runs. Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer could not even open their account. Starc made Ishan Kishan and Hazlewood made Rohit and Shreyas their victims. After this, Kohli along with Rahul took over the innings. He also got a lease of life on the score of 12 runs. After this both of them did not look back. Both of them scored their half-centuries and made century partnerships. Even after this he remained at the crease. Kohli missed his century and became Hazlewood’s third victim at the score of 85 runs. After this, Rahul along with Hardik Pandya finished the match. However, he also missed his century and remained unbeaten on a personal score of 97 runs. For Australia, Hazlewood took three wickets and Starc took one wicket.
IND vs AUS Live Score: Virat Kohli missed a century
Virat Kohli is out after scoring 85 runs in 116 balls. Josh Hazlewood got him caught by Marnus Labuschagne. Kohli hit six fours in his innings and made a partnership of 165 runs with Rahul. However, he could not finish the match and also missed his century, but he got out after taking Team India to the threshold of victory. Now India needs only 33 runs to win. Hardik is at the crease with Rahul.
World Cup IND vs AUS 2023 Highlights: In the ODI World Cup 2023, India defeated Australia by six wickets in its first match. Australia won the toss and batted first and scored 199 runs. In response, India scored 201 runs after losing four wickets and made a winning start to their World Cup campaign India…
World Cup IND vs AUS 2023 Highlights: In the ODI World Cup 2023, India defeated Australia by six wickets in its first match. Australia won the toss and batted first and scored 199 runs. In response, India scored 201 runs after losing four wickets and made a winning start to their World Cup campaign India…