Virat And KL Display Class As India To Defeat Australia By 6 Wickets At The ICC World Cup.
In Their ICC ODI World Cup Match Against Australia On Sunday In Chennai, Team India Had Only Scored Two Runs When They Lost Their Captain Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, And Shreyas Iyer.
A 165-Run Stand Between Former Captain Virat Kohli And Wicketkeeper Batsman KL Rahul, Though, Effectively Ended The Game For The Kangaroos And Brought India Back Into It. With 52 Balls Remaining, The Home Team Defeated The Visiting Team By Six Wickets. From The Non-Striker’s End, Hardik Pandya Observed As Rahul Gave India Its First Victory Of The Competition With A Beautiful Six.
“King” Kohli Was In Excellent Form As He Scored 85 Runs Off Of 116 Pitches Until Josh Hazlewood Threw Him Out. The Seamer Had Previously Taken Out Rohit And Shreyas Iyer For His Previous Two Wickets. India’s Celebrated Chasemaster, Virat Kohli, Hit The Boundary Rope Six Times. Rahul, On The Other Hand, Scored An Unbeaten 97 Off 115 Deliveries While Hitting Eight Fours And A Few Sixes.
During The First Three Overs, Mitchell Starc And Josh Hazlewood Both Delivered Sharp Bowling. Even If India Wasn’t Yet Out Of The Woods, Nothing Seemed Out Of The Ordinary. But It Very Easily Could Have Quickly Became 12 For 4.
Due To The Slowness Of The Surface And The All-Rounder’s Subtle Variations, Jadeja, Who Has Played For Chennai Super Kings For More Than A Decade, Took 3 For 28 In 10 Overs, Which Proved To Be Australia’s Downfall.
Kuldeep Yadav (2/42 In 10 Overs) And Ravichandran Ashwin (2/34 In 10 Overs) Also Did An Excellent Job Of Fulfilling Their Roles.
However, Jadeja Stole The Show As He Quickly Bowled Out A Stressed-Out Steve Smith (46 Off 71 Balls) And An Unusually Reserved Marnus Labuschagne (27 Off 41 Balls), Tipping The Balance In India’s Favor.
Pat Cummins Chose To Bat With An Eye On The Deteriorating Pitch In The Second Part Of The Game Due To The Absence Of Grass And Dry Surface Underneath.
Smith And David Warner Contributed 69 Runs, But It Took Them 14 Overs To Do It (Smith Scored 41 Off 52 Balls). They Were Utterly Uncomfortable, And Their Lack Of Proficiency With Sweep Shots Meant That One Scoring Opportunity Was Lost.
Warner Was The Crucial Wicket That Kuldeep Secured. He Bowled A Full, Quick Ball That Slipped A Little, And The Left-Hander Attempted To Loft It But Could Only Provide A Return Catch.
Australia Was Dismissed For 199 Runs In 49.3 Overs (Steven Smith 46, David Warner 41; Ravindra Jadeja). Jasprit Bumrah 2/35, Kuldeep Yadav 2/42, And Jadeja 3/38). 201/4 In 41.2 Overs (Virat Kohli Scores 85; KL); Rahul Is Still In (97); Josh Hazlewood Is On (3/38).
Source : The Week