India vs Australia Highlights, ODI World Cup 2023: Virat Kohli and KL Rahul were the heroes of India's six-wicket win over Australia in their ODI World Cup campaign opener in Chennai on Sunday. Rahul hit 97 not out while Kohli scored 85 as the duo stitched a crucial 165-run stand to rescue India after the side lost three wickets for only two runs in the chase of 200. Earlier, combined effort from the Indian bowlers helped the side bowl out Australia for 199 after the hosts opted to bat first. Ravindra Jadeja scalped three wickets while Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah picked two each.
Here are the Highlights of the ODI World Cup 2023 match between India and Australia:
- 22:38 (IST)India vs Australia Live: That's a wrap!That's all from India's ODI World Cup campaign opener against Australia. We hope you liked our coverage for the game. Keep following NDTV Sports for all the action from ODI World Cup 2023.
- 22:02 (IST)India vs Australia Live: The turning point!India lost their first three wickets for only two runs in the chase of 200 runs. Australia did get the hold of the game there, but Virat Kohli and KL Rahul stitched a crucial 165-run stand to rescue India. Kohli hit 85 runs while Rahul remained not out at the score of 97.
- 21:54 (IST)India vs Australia Live: SIX! India win!KL Rahul finishes the game with a superb six over extra cover. He himself seems to be in shock is Rahul as he needed this to be a four to keep his hopes of century alive. Nonetheless, he must be happy for finishing things off for India. Rahul remains unbeaten at the score of 95 and India win the game by 6 wickets.
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- 20:37 (IST)India vs Australia Live: KL Kohli races to fifty!KL Rahul now races to his half-century. It's his 16th ODI fifty. India are strong favourites from here to win the game. The duo of Rahul and Virat Kohli has almost killed this game for Australia. They just need to give the finishing touch.
- 19:38 (IST)India vs Australia Live: Class!!!Two back-to-back flick shots from Virat Kohli for fours. He is so good with his wrists is Kohli that the bowlers hardly have anything with the leg side fielders inside the circle. Both were fuller deliveries from Cameron Green and Kohli flicked both of them between the mid-wicket and mid-on fielder for boundaries.
- 18:59 (IST)India vs Australia Live: FOUR!A picture-perfect straight drive from Virat Kohli for a four. He was smart enough to anticipate that it was going to be a fuller delivery and get the boundary as a reward. Kohli walked outside his crease and then drove the ball past the mid-off fielder for a four.
- 18:35 (IST)India vs Australia Live: WICKET!Poor batting from Ishan Kishan and he loses his wicket on the very first ball he faced in the match. It was a fuller ball bowled way outside off from Mitchell Starc and Kishan fell prey to it. The southpaw threw his bat to it and got an outside edge to slip.
- 18:23 (IST)India vs Australia Live: Do Australia have posted fighting total?A target of 200 might seem less, but this has been a tricky wicket so far. India need to start their chase in a solid manner to avoid any hiccups. On the other hand, Australia would look to get some quick wickets at the start to get back in the game.
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