The wait is finally over as India and Australia are set to square off on October 8 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk) in Chennai, marking the start of their individual campaign at the 2023 ODI World Cup.
Australia have won the trophy five times (987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015) while India became world champions twice (1983 and 2011).๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฆ๐บ
Who will come out on top?
Here are the key pointers surrounding the India vs Australia World Cup clash:
- India have beaten Australia just four times in the history of the 50-overs World Cup.
- India will be without Shubman Gill, out with dengue, and Ishan Kishan is expected to be promoted as opener along with Rohit Sharma.
- Out of the current Indian squad, only Virat Kohli has scored an ODI century at Chepauk.
- Australia have lost 4 out of their last 5 ODIs
- Ravichandran Ashwin is likely to find a place in India's Playing XI with Kuldeep Yadav as the second spinner.
- Australia are undefeated at Chepauk in World Cup matches, having won all their three previous games so far.
- Hardik Pandya has played two ODIs at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, both against Australia. Hardik has 123 runs, with a fifty as a batter, and 5 wickets at a 14.40 average as a bowler in Chennai.
- Shreyas Iyer averages 70.00 with the bat at Chepauk in ODIs.
- Australia in first match of each World Cup:
2019 - WON v ๐ฆ๐ซ
2015 - WON v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
2011 - WON v ๐ฟ๐ผ
2007 - WON v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
2003 - WON v ๐ต๐ฐ
1999 - WON v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
1996 - LOST v ๐ฑ๐ฐ
1992 - LOST v ๐ณ๐ฟ
1987 - WON v ๐ฎ๐ณ
1983 - LOST v ๐ฟ๐ผ
1979 - LOST v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
1975 - WON v ๐ต๐ฐ
Australia have won their first match in each of the last 6 World Cup.
But their opponents were not as strong as India this time.
-Indiaโs first match in each WC:
2019 - WON v ๐ฟ๐ฆ
2015 - WON v ๐ต๐ฐ
2011 - WON v ๐ง๐ฉ
2007 - LOST v ๐ง๐ฉ
2003 - WON v ๐ณ๐ฑ
1999 - LOST v ๐ฟ๐ฆ
1996 - WON v ๐ฐ๐ช
1992 - LOST v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
1987 - LOST v ๐ฆ๐บ
1983 - WON v ๐ฏ๐ฒ
1979 - LOST v ๐ฏ๐ฒ
1975 - LOST v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
- India have reached Semi Finals every time they won their first match.
Will they begin with a win vs Australia in Chennai?
- Rahul Dravid begins his first ODI World Cup as a head coach ๐ฎ๐ณ
- Indiaโs highest scorer in first match of each World Cup:
2019 - Rohit Sharma 122* v ๐ฟ๐ฆ
2015 - Virat Kohli 107 v ๐ต๐ฐ
2011 - Virender Sehwag 175 v ๐ง๐ฉ
2007 - Sourav Ganguly 66 v ๐ง๐ฉ
2003 - Sachin Tendulkar 52 v ๐ณ๐ฑ
1999 - Sourav Ganguly 97 v ๐ฟ๐ฆ
1996 - Sachin Tendulkar 127* v ๐ฐ๐ช
1992 - Ravi Shastri 57 v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
1987 - Navjot Sidhu 73 v ๐ฆ๐บ
1983 - Yashpal Sharma 89 v ๐ฏ๐ฒ
1979 - GR Viswanath 75 v ๐ฏ๐ฒ
1975 - Sunil Gavaskar 36* v ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
2023 - ???? vs ๐ฆ๐บ
Rohit & Kohli against Australia ๐ฆ๐บ in ODIs:
Rohit || Kohli
Inns 43 || 45
Runs 2332 || 2228
Ave 59.79 || 53.04
SR 95.53 || 95.25
100s 8 || 8
50s 9 || 12
MoMs 5 || 5
Both have 8 100s each and 5 Man of the Match awards each.
Whoโll score his 9th century and get his 6th Man of the Match today at Chennai?
Starting XI for TEAM INDIA today
Ishan (WK) / Gill (If Fit), Rohit(C), Virat, Shreyas, Rahul, Pandya, Jadeja, Ashwin, Kuldeep, Bumrah,Siraj.
