India face Australia in ICC ODI World Cup

Team India will play its first match with Australia in the ODI World Cup 2023 on Sunday 8 October. The match will start at 2 pm at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The toss will take place half an hour before this at 1.30 pm.

According to some media reports, this time Opener Shubman Gill, who is in top form, may not play this time because he had dengue three days ago. Both captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid say that Gill cannot be ruled out right now. However, if Gill does not play, Ishan Kishan can be given a chance in his place.

India had won Asia Cup 2023 previously by defeating Sri Lanka.

Both the teams had played 149 One day matches with each other in which Australia had won 83 and India had won 56 matches. 10 matches were neutral.

Shubman has been top performer with the bat so far this year. He has scored 1230 runs in 20 matches. He also scored a double century. Talking about the bowling front, Kuldeep Yadav took 33 wickets in 17 ODIs this year.

Marnus Labuschagne from Australia has played 11 matches this year and total scored 464 runs with a strike rate of 93.17. The highest was 124 runs.

Kangaroo team has a strong bowling attack. Mitchell Starc and captain Pat Cummins can shake up any batting unit, while Josh Hazlewood will take command with the new ball. However, leg spinner Adam Zampa was more successful this year. He has taken 15 wickets in 9 matches with an economy of 6.29.

Now it will be interesting to see that which team win this match.