ICC World Cup 2023: India (201/4) comfortably defeat Australia (199) by 6 wickets

[Justcrazy]

Yes chasing 250 is different ball game as RRR pressure is always there .

with 250 , Indian batsmen would have to take more risks , chances of getting out would be more

 

[PassionForPak]

Zampa going 7 an over in this wicket

Their spin bowling on non-turning tracks is pretty bad actually...

They can outspin india if it spins.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

No more than 40 runs should be left for last 10. Ideally even less.

 

[kron]

Perhaps. Point is the product is still popular. People just consume it differently

50 over is too long for a family my man.

Definitely wouldn't take my partner and kids to a 50 over game.

20 over is fantastic. 3 hours. Finished.

 

[Mp812]

The game is not sealed yet. A wicket before 150 and its game on

Even at 170 if wkt falls..itll be a nailbiter then

 

[kron]

Great bouncer. But why is starc apologising to kohli. No need to apologise. You are doing your job. Bouncer is part of the game. No need to feel sorry.

Kohli is a tough guy. These bouncers would never bother him.

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Wow, legendary Kohli have 2nd lowest average against Zimbabwe and some stupid people still compare a certain overrated flat track minnow basher with this ATG.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

50 over is too long for a family my man.

Definitely wouldn't take my partner and kids to a 50 over game.

20 over is fantastic. 3 hours. Finished.

Maybe. But the product definitely is still in demand at least on streaming platforms and cable.

 

[Nado_]

Great bouncer. But why is starc apologising to kohli. No need to apologise. You are doing your job. Bouncer is part of the game. No need to feel sorry.

Gone are the days when the batsman would stare you down and tell you there’s more to come after hitting you with a bouncer

 

[Thanos]

Kohli is on 60*.

Will he score a century?

VK would've been 80+ if Rahul had responded to VK's calls of doubles.

Anyway personal milestones are secondary, team win is important so good for Rahul to not take unnecessary risk.

 

[Devadwal]

What a glorious cover drive by king

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Great bouncer. But why is starc apologising to kohli. No need to apologise. You are doing your job. Bouncer is part of the game. No need to feel sorry.

Kohli is a tough guy. These bouncers would never bother him.

He is checking to see if he is okay.

 

[Srinath_cricket]

Also with Indian bowlers bowling for him who some PPers here assure us are absolute trundlers compared to the raw fire of Shaheen and Rauf

Funnily enough our bowlers have been bowling consistently over 140 in test matches at any point of time in the day for the past few years.

 

[emranabbas]

Zappa failed here

 

[Devadwal]

India need 54 runs to win .
Virwt need 23 runs to complete hundred .can he do?

 

[kron]

Gone are the days when the batsman would stare you down and tell you there’s more to come after hitting you with a bouncer

Yes I dont get this. Kohli of all people doesn't care at all. So silly. There is really no need for that. Read the article that discusses steyn. He would never check on a player even if he hurts an opposition batsman as he believes this would affect his ability to bowl with full intensity.

 

[kron]

He is checking to see if he is okay.

This is not the Trojan war with everyone trying to kill each other.

Kohli is good vs bounce. These things would never bother him. He isnt a tail ender.

 

[kron]

Funnily enough our bowlers have been bowling consistently over 140 in test matches at any point of time in the day for the past few years.

Your bowlers are brilliant. No doubt about it at all. High quality bowlers.

Up there with aus on most pitches. Sa too on par.

 

[Devadwal]

Kohli is good vs bounce. These things would never bother him. He isnt a tail ender.

Check his record against bouncer in Australia .he totally destroyed Johnson and co in 2015 test series .

 

[kron]

Looks like india will take it all the way. Well played.

Statement by Indians today.

 

[kron]

Can kohli get a 100?

 

[Devadwal]

India 151/3 in 35 over
Kohli 80*

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Real King Back To The Top

 

[Devadwal]

150* partnership . highest for india against Australia in World cup history

 

[GLORY OF '92]

India should try to get it before 42 overs

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Real King Back To The TopView attachment 137269

Wow. Bobby has exclusive played in 2 new ball era and still doesn't average more than Kohli?

 

[mominsaigol]

Kohli to get his 78th century

 

[Zerotohero]

He is checking to see if he is okay.

This is not the Trojan war with everyone trying to kill each other.

Also after Phil Hughes incident the Aussies became concerned everytime ball hit Helmet.

 

[King_Babar]

India cruising here, I don't count wicket of Ishan and Iyer, they are not quality batters like KL, Kohli, Gill and will never play for regularly.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Man, the pitch has slowed down so much.

 

[Devadwal]

Look like Rahul not letting virat to score century lol

 

[Devadwal]

We need king century. Please rahul give strike to king

 

[kron]

India cruising here, I don't count wicket of Ishan and Iyer, they are not quality batters like KL, Kohli, Gill and will never play for regularly.

That's what I have been saying. India don't need iyer. If they fix their batting order a bit and add that special kid jaiswal they would look way more potent.

 

[kron]

If it gets to 200/3. That's impressive. A solid statement.

 

[Rajdeep]

Question is - why Australia chose to bat first here? Everyone knows batting gets easier under lights in dew

 

[RidiculousMan]

It's honestly disappointing to see Australia's spinners tonight. Zampa as their main spinner has bowled really average. If he can't get wickets in Chennai, then I don't think Australia as a team have a chance to win the World Cup this time around.

 

[Ab Fan]

For me, KL is the man of match. Kept wickets for 50 overs and came to bat early, counterattacked Zampa in first over who was probably the main weapon for Australia on this pitch.

Top efforts from Kohli, Jadeja and Kuldeep also.

 

[Ab Fan]

Question is - why Australia chose to bat first here? Everyone knows batting gets easier under lights in dew

Hot weather probably.

 

[Devadwal]

Rahul want his hundred lol

 

[Nikhil_cric]

For me, KL is the man of match. Kept wickets for 50 overs and came to bat early, counterattacked Zampa in first over who was probably the main weapon for Australia on this pitch.

Top efforts from Kohli, Jadeja and Kuldeep also.

He is underrated for sure. Folks hate him for nothing.

 

[Zerotohero]

Rahul trying to gift his wicket away

 

[kron]

Question is - why Australia chose to bat first here? Everyone knows batting gets easier under lights in dew

Check the record on the infographic again. Team that won toss and batted first usually wins 60 70% of the time.

 

[kron]

He is underrated for sure. Folks hate him for nothing.

He was brilliant today. Great innings under pressure. Maybe this is his year. People hate him due to his failure in KO stages.

 

[Saj]

Class batting from Kohli and Rahul.

Came in under pressure and they saw the new ball off and then started to take on the Aussie bowlers.

Perfect batting.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

He was brilliant today. Great innings under pressure. Maybe this is his year. People hate him due to his failure in KO stages.

Entire lineup has failed in KO matches. Why single him out?

 

[Swashbuckler]

Zampa bowling worse than how Shadab bowled in Asia Cup. If he won't improve dramatically, no chance for Aussies.

 

[Devadwal]

No century for king .

 

[Unbiased-Fan]

Gone.. Missed a famous century

 

[Rajdeep]

Zampa bowling worse than how Shadab bowled in Asia Cup. If he won't improve dramatically, no chance for Aussies.

Its due to dew he is unable to grasp the ball. You informed us that there is normally no dew in Chennai but in tv they are saying ground is covered with dew.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Is there a twist here? You simply cannot be expansive at Chennai. The pitch just doesn't allow it at times. Why give Australia a sniff?

 

[Devadwal]

There is any twist left in the game?

 

[kron]

Entire lineup has failed in KO matches. Why single him out?

Agreed. The times he opened he failed a few times and ever since then people have started hating him. Particularly given how he failed vs Pakistan until that recent odi game.

 

[pillionrider]

Hope Rahul can see this through not because I think India will lose, but for himself.

If Kohli was there at the end, he'd have got the MoM by default, but Rahul deserves this one.

 

[RKhan_Cricket]

Now he will score this century against Pakistan

 

[7sins]

Catches win you matches lesson learned

 

[RidiculousMan]

Perfect opportunity for KL to get the century. He often goes under the radar. Hopefully not today

 

[Swashbuckler]

Its due to dew he is unable to grasp the ball. You informed us that there is normally no dew in Chennai but in tv they are saying ground is covered with dew.

Normally no dew in Chennai.

 

[Mp812]

Aussies did not really seem to celebrate the kohli wicket.

 

[sindhiboy]

this is where agar was absolutely crucial, aus will regret dropping him alot

 

[Devadwal]

Still anything can happen

 

[Rajdeep]

Catches win you matches lesson learned

Thank you..we learn something new everyday, isn't it?

 

[Kriketer]

If Babar plays a similar innings in the World Cup even against Afghanistan or Sri Lanka, our fans would rate him ATG.

But Kohli needs to do it on a cold windy day on Dharmshala pitch with banana swing 3 times in the tournament before he can be exonerated from the tag of FTB.

Different ideals for batsmen.

I bet this is a type of a comment just to gather likes from padosis. Pakistani in general rate Kholi very highly and do consider him ATG of modern day cricket. You don't just have to make a comment for the sake of it

 

[emranabbas]

Coley missed is century he deserved it

 

[Thanos]

Kohli's bread and butter is singles and doubles. Those doubles KL denied earlier could've taken Kohli to 90+ but as I said earlier can't blame Rahul for not taking unnecessary risk.

Kohli probably tried to put extra efforts for century after KL scored few quick runs and gave away his wicket.

Can't blame any of the batsmen. Good batting by both.

 

[pillionrider]

Coley missed is century he deserved it

Coley is to Kohli as Cashmere is to Kashmir

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Batting is too good. Bowling is unbelievable.

I can't see anyone beating India.

 

[Devadwal]

Can rahul Bring century by hitting two more six

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Message to kill the game for NRR I guess. My goodness KL hits look classier than Bobby and Virat combined when he gets going

 

[Rajdeep]

India should play this team in next game (against Afghanistan):

Rohit
Gill
Kohli
Iyer
KL
SKY
Shardul
Jadeja
Kuldeep
Shami
Siraj

 

[pillionrider]

Rahul's challenge. Hit a 4 and then a 6.

 

[Thanos]

Message to kill the game for NRR I guess. My goodness KL hits look classier than Bobby and Virat combined when he gets going

His bat swing is so good and looks effortless.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Rohit
Gill
Kohli
Rahul
Pandya

Too many great players no way can you stop them all.

 

[DJhant]

It's good that India had to play out of their skin to win this, it would settle a few nerves. Iyer, Kishan were clearly under the wc pressure

 

[Energy]

Super win by India and very professional in their chase. Australia being made to look meek and that's what matters.

 

[pillionrider]

Rahul's challenge. Hit a 4 and then a 6.

Hahaha Rahul underestimates his own timing

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Bangalore boys have played some absolute gem knocks in this World Cup.

First , Rachin Ravindra .

Now KL Rahul.

Bah Gawd I'm so proud that my fellow Bangaloreans are doing so well

 

[deltexas]

Klrahul is done with his 1 good innings per series. Now he will play all remaining 8 games and flop lol.. story of his career. Just hope this one time he performs in more games ...

 

[Devadwal]

Great win for india after 2-3 scoreboard . Congratulations

 

[Rajdeep]

Was that a power cut or light effect?

 

[jnaveen1980]

KL Rahul played a flawless knock with absolute control.