Australia captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first against Rohit Sharma’s India in their first ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday.
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Pat Cummins said Sean Abbott and Josh Inglis are not playing the match and all-rounder Marcus Stoinis misses out, having been in doubt to play the game due to hamstring niggle.
“We’ll bat first, looks like a good wicket. The sun is out and looks like a good afternoon to bat. We are in a really good spot, we have played quite a lot of cricket but we got a good balance of giving guys game time and keeping them fresh. Travis Head is on a couch in Adelaide, Abbott, Stoinis and Inglis miss out,” Cumins said after winning the toss.
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As expected, India are playing a three-pronged spin attack in Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and local lad Ravichandran Ashwin on a pitch which is a little bit on the slower side and looks dry
Rohit Sharma confirmed that Shubman Gill will not be playing the match with Ishan Kishan and will open the innings in his place.
“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,” Rohit Sharma said at the toss.
CWC 2023: IND vs Australia – Playing XIs
Australia: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(WK), Glenn Maxwell, Pat Cummins(C), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa
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
(With inputs from Agencies)
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