India start their ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 campaign on Sunday with a mega clash against five-time champions Australia at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. With the World Cup being held at home, the Rohit Sharma-led side are under pressure to break their ICC title drought.
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The last time India won an ICC title was under the captaincy of MS Dhoni in 2013 when they won the Champions Trophy in England. Since then India have reached the semi-finals and finals in ICC events, but have always fallen short. The good sign, however, for India is that they won the ODI World Cup last time it was held in India in 2011.
The 2011 World Cup win also came under the captaincy of Dhoni was India’s second world title in the 50-over format. Now Rohit has an opportunity to join the exclusive list of Indian captains (Kapil Dev and Dhoni) to win World Cups for India.
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The Indian skipper understands the importance of the opportunity.
“World Cup is the biggest event I will be part of. Always a dream to be part of the World Cup team, it’s a big deal to be captain,” Rohit said ahead of the World Cup opener.
For India to have a successful campaign it will be imperative to start with a win and set the tone for the whole tournament.
Rohit added that India will look to stay in the moment and focus on one job at a time.
“Yes, it’s a World Cup but we want to focus on every opposition and game. What’s coming up tomorrow and keeping it simple. For me as a batter, I want to focus on what I can do best for the team. I will try and do everything required for the team,” added Rohit.
Here’s everything you need to about India vs Australia 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup match:
Match: India vs Australia, Match 5 of 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Date and match timing: 08 October 2023 (Sunday) at 2 PM IST. The toss will take place at 1.30 PM IST.
India vs Australia LIVE Streaming and TV Broadcast: The India vs Australia match will be telecast on Star Sports Network. The LIVE Streaming of the India vs Australia match will be available on Disney+ Hotstar.
India vs Australia Pitch Report and Weather Forecast
The pitch at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai is expected to favour spinners and be slow as was the case in the IPL. Both teams are expected to bank on the spinners.
The chances of rain stand at 12% for Sunday as per accuweather.com. The temperature could rise to as high as 33 degrees Celsius and humidity is expected to be around 82%.
India vs Australia Head-to-Head in ODIs
India and Australia have played in 149 ODIs so far with Australia winning 83 matches. Below is the full details.
Total matches: 149
Australia won: 83
India won: 56
No result: 10
India vs Australia Head-to-Head in ODI World Cups
Total matches: 12
Australia won: 8
India won: 4
India vs Australia Squads
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Suryakumar Yadav, Shubman Gill, Shardul Thakur.
Australia: Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith, Alex Carey (w), Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc.
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