India vs Australia

India vs Australia in match 5th, Cricket world cup 2023 all set to go on Sunday 08th Oct 2023 with their best to stand any chance of two points.

Big Competitions:

“World Cup is the biggest sporting event in cricketing history. So, for me, this is the biggest event that I will be part of every moment.”

Rohit Sharma on expressed lots of sentiments, ambitions and speaks about teams in the interview.
India will head into their World Cup opener match against Australia on Sunday with a lot of expectations, as well as a lot of confidence. They recently beat Australia 2-1 just before the World Cup and have been ticking most boxes as a team. However, Shubman Gill’s illness will be a matter of concern, with the team supposed to make a call on him before the game.

Australia have a powerful lineup with lots of all-rounders. However, they have struggled to find the right tempo to their innings in ODI cricket lately. They have gone too hard all the time, and it has resulted in their downfall several times. On the generally sticky surface of Chennai, how they adapt will determine how the game goes.

On Sunday, in Chennai. You’ll know the air will crackle with anticipation, but there’ll be a tinge of anxiety too, for this is India’s first match in a home World Cup that they start as favourites. It’s hard to imagine the pressure a team can go through in these situations, and it’ll come as a relief to India’s players when the umpires call “play”, and there’s a ball to focus on, or a batter and a set of stumps at the other end.

Match tips:

Rohit Sharma has been susceptible against left-arm seamers, having been dismissed five times against them since 2022. With Mitchell Starc breathing fire with the new ball, picking Rohit can be avoided.

If Shubman Gill plays, he should be the first name in India team with tremendous form, combined with his exceptional ability to deal with left-arm seam makes him the ideal candidate to not only have in your team but also to be the captain.

Shreyas Iyer is one of the best players of spin in the ODI format and spin generally plays a big role in India bowling line up. He has a batting average of 69.8 and a strike rate of 105.1 against spin in his ODI career. He will be the key for India in the middle order in this game.

Glenn Maxwell and Ravindra Jadeja both will play an important roles with the ball, particularly if there is grip in the surface. They will also provide points in batting and fielding, making them obvious choices to have in your team.

Steve Smith has a tremendous record against all three of India’s spinners in ODIs. He will be the most important batsman for Australia on the Chennai surface.

Back after being rested for the ODI series against Australia, Hardik Pandya is perhaps the most important member of India’s line-up. Apart from everything he brings to the table with the bat, he’s a genuine third seamer in white-ball cricket, his presence allowing India to pick an extra seamer or spinner as the conditions dictate. Much of their team-building worries over the last few months have revolved around finding ways to play six bowlers without compromising batting depth; Hardik is the one man who makes it possible.

Glenn Maxwell has turned himself into a genuine allrounder in ODIs for Australia and picking him in a squad against India is count a risk. It’s a relatively new development – he averaged 130.66 with the ball in 61 ODIs in the 2016-20 period but has taken his wickets at 28.53 since then – and Australia will be glad his improvement has coincided with this World Cup cycle. On a Chennai pitch that’s expected to turn, he may have to bowl a full 10 overs.

News from the Board:

Shubman Gill is recovering from dengue and is a doubtful starter. If he isn’t available, Ishan Kishan is likely to open with Rohit. India will have a choice to make in their middle order, likely between Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav, and another at No. 8, between R Ashwin and Shardul Thakur. Given Chepauk’s recent history and the dry, black-soil pitch that has been rolled out for this game, it’s likely they’ll go in with the third spinner in Ashwin.

On the other hand Marcus Stoinis is in a race against time to recover from a hamstring injury, which means Cameron Green is likely to take the main seam-bowling allrounder’s slot. Alex Carey is set to hold on to the keeping gloves ahead of Josh Inglis.

India vs Australia predicted XIs:

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj.

Australia: Mitchell Marsh, David Warner, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.

Pitch and conditions:

A straw-coloured, black-soil pitch is likely to induce India to play three spinners. Chepauk tends to offer a fair contest between bat and ball: the last eight first-innings scores in ODIs here have ranged from 227 to 299, with the team batting first going on to win six times.

The weather is likely to be muggy, with a forecast maximum of 33 degrees Celsius. The North-East monsoon could bring scattered showers in the evening.

Quotes:

India captain Rohit Sharma throws in a Sachin Tendulkar (or Lionel Messi) reference to highlight what this World Cup means to his team
“You heard the great man say so many times that you know, until he wins the World Cup, he’s got a bit of unfinished business. I’m sure you know who I’m talking about. So it’s the same for us as well. You want to win the World Cup, It’s the biggest prize that you can have in your career. But again, there’s a way to do it. There’s a procedure that you need to follow. There’s a process to it […] It’s good to be desperate. It’s good to be hungry. But you’ve got to find that balance, right? […] You cannot get way too ahead of yourself because that can lead into something that you don’t really wish for.”

Statistics:

The MA Chidambaram Stadium has hosted seven World Cup games. Australia have played three of them and won each time: they beat India by one run in a group-stage thriller and hammered Zimbabwe by 96 runs here in 1987; then, in the quarter-finals of the 1996 edition, they chased down 287 to see off New Zealand.
India have played one other World Cup game at Chepauk apart from the 1987 loss to Australia. They beat West Indies by 80 runs here during their run to the title in 2011.
India and Australia have met 12 times in ODIs since the end of the 2019 World Cup and won six games each.

ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP POINTS TABLE:

We have so far 4 matches in this World Cup and points table showing as below-