India lock horns with Australia as Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bat first in their ODI World Cup opener at the Chepauk stadium in Chennai on October 8, Sunday.
India skipper Rohit Sharma, after losing the toss, said,"The conditions are there for the bowlers and the ball will turn as the game goes on, you need to understand what line and lengths to bowl and adjust accordingly. We played a lot of cricket before that, we played two good series before the warm up games, we have covered all bases. Unfortunately he (Shubman Gill) didn't recover in time, we waited till today morning and he couldn't recover. Ishan comes in to replace him, he will open the batting."
Meanwhile, Pat Cummins said," We'll bat first, looks like a good wicket. Sun is out, good opportunity to bat. We are in a good spot, we've played a lot over the last month. Travis Head isn't here, Abbott and Josh Inglis miss out."
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HEAD-TO-HEAD
Matches -149
Australia Won –83
India Won- 56
Most Runs For India: Rohit Sharma- 2332
Most Wickets For India: Mohammed Shami- 38
Most Runs For Australia- Ricky Ponting- 1765
Most Wickets For Australia- Brett Lee- 53
PITCH REPORT
"It will be a slowish surface, might be two paced and just looking at the color, much darker on one side and lighter on the other. I have seen Chennai pitches being harder and flatter, but this will be a little bit on the slower side, if you bowl back of a length and don't give pace then it won't be easy,” Ravi Shastri analysed the pitch. Meanwhile Harbhajan Singh said, “It looks dry, on the slower side and spinners will be in the game”.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Glenn Maxwell, Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa
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