Last Updated: November 19, 2023, 18:03 IST
KL Rahul made 66 earlier than being caught behind. (AP Photo)
KL Rahul top-scored for India whereas Virat Kohli made 54 on the Narendra Modi Stadium.
KL Rahul and Virat Kohli struck half-centuries but Australia produced a superlative bowling effort to restrict India to 240-all out in 50 overs within the ultimate of the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup being performed on the Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Rahul top-scored with 66 whereas Kohli made 54.
Pat Cummins took a gutsy determination to bowl first regardless of the favored perception {that a} crew successful the toss should put runs on the board. However, the Australian skipper put his religion in dew hoping that the batting will get simpler.
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Mitchell Starc backed his skipper’s determination when he removed opener Shubman Gill on 4 within the fifth over.
However, India captain Rohit Sharma blazed away, but once more to counterpunch as he peppered the boundary en rout to 31-ball 47 with the assistance of 4 fours and three sixes.
The pitch was anticipated to play sluggish and Glenn Maxwell was launched early within the Powerplay. He landed a serious blow as Rohit was caught by Travis Head who took a shocking working catch.
Shreyas Iyer was handled cheaply with Cummins sending again the in-form batter again to the dressing room on 4.
Having misplaced two wickets in fast succession pushed India right into a gap and right here was a section when India didn’t rating a single boundary in 97 deliveries.
Kohli, the main run-getter of the match, settled in properly and battled his method to a half-century but Cummins, as he had stated on the match-eve, silenced the one-lakh robust crowd when he removed the previous within the twenty ninth over – simply when it appeared the innings is gathering some momentum.
A brief supply from Cummins and Kohli rose to defend it and it proved deadly – the ball took the within edge and landed on the stumps leaving the India star and the followers in disbelief.
Meanwhile, Rahul introduced up his half-century of his personal and was stitching one other partnership, this time with Ravindra Jadeja. However, Josh Hazlewood obtained the ball to reverse and Jadeja obtained an out of doors edge to be out caught behind for a laborious 22-ball 9 to break the partnership on 30 runs.
Jadeja’s dismissal left India 5 down and in walked Suryakumar Yadav, the final specialist batter within the line-up.
Wickets although saved tumbling as Starc returned for an additional spell to land a crushing blow with Rahul this time edging one to be caught-behind on 66.
When Rahul left the sector, India had been 203/6 and the hopes of a aggressive complete rested on Suryakumar Yadav who struggled and managed simply 18 earlier than turning into Hazelwood’s second victime.
Brief Scores: India 240-all out in 50 Overs (KL Rahul 66, Virat Kohli 54, Rohit Sharma 47) vs Australia (Mitchell Starc 3/55, Pat Cummins 2/34, Josh Hazlewood 2/60)
