Chennai: Australia captain Pat Cummins won the toss and chose to bat first at the MA Chidambaram Stadium as his side and hosts India start off their World Cup campaign in 2023. Australia are five down in the game with a score of 133, looking to make a recovery. Ravichandran Ashwin is in the Indian squad. While Shubman Gill is not travelling with team, Ishan Kishan will open in place of him.
Team in blue is being led by Rohit Sharma and will be supported by a strong batting lineup that includes Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, and Shreyas Iyer. The Indian bowling attack is formidable with Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Ravichandran Ashwin leading the way.
“Teams evenly matched in an engaging India vs Australia clash in Chennai”, tweeted ICC.
India, the current world number 1 ranked ODI side, looks a complete side at the moment, despite their to World Cup warm-up matches being washed out. Contrarily, Cameron Green and Marnus Lanuschagne will make their 50-over World cup debuts with Australia batting first in their blockbuster tournament opener against hosts’ India in Chennai.
The venue is expected to offer assistance to the spinners as it is a happy hunting ground in one-day internationals for Australia with five wins from six matches, including a 21-run victory over India in March this year.