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).🏏🇮🇳🇦🇺
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 🇦🇫
2015 - WON v 🏴
2011 - WON v 🇿🇼
2007 - WON v 🏴
2003 - WON v 🇵🇰
1999 - WON v 🏴
1996 - LOST v 🇱🇰
1992 - LOST v 🇳🇿
1987 - WON v 🇮🇳
1983 - LOST v 🇿🇼
1979 - LOST v 🏴
1975 - WON v 🇵🇰
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.
-India’s first match in each WC:
2019 - WON v 🇿🇦
2015 - WON v 🇵🇰
2011 - WON v 🇧🇩
2007 - LOST v 🇧🇩
2003 - WON v 🇳🇱
1999 - LOST v 🇿🇦
1996 - WON v 🇰🇪
1992 - LOST v 🏴
1987 - LOST v 🇦🇺
1983 - WON v 🇯🇲
1979 - LOST v 🇯🇲
1975 - LOST v 🏴
- 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 🇮🇳
- India’s highest scorer in first match of each World Cup:
2019 - Rohit Sharma 122* v 🇿🇦
2015 - Virat Kohli 107 v 🇵🇰
2011 - Virender Sehwag 175 v 🇧🇩
2007 - Sourav Ganguly 66 v 🇧🇩
2003 - Sachin Tendulkar 52 v 🇳🇱
1999 - Sourav Ganguly 97 v 🇿🇦
1996 - Sachin Tendulkar 127* v 🇰🇪
1992 - Ravi Shastri 57 v 🏴
1987 - Navjot Sidhu 73 v 🇦🇺
1983 - Yashpal Sharma 89 v 🇯🇲
1979 - GR Viswanath 75 v 🇯🇲
1975 - Sunil Gavaskar 36* v 🏴
2023 - ???? vs 🇦🇺
Rohit & Kohli against Australia 🇦🇺 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.
Who’ll 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.
