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CHENNAI, India : Australia captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bat on Sunday in their mouth-watering World Cup opener against hosts India at Chennai's M A Chidambaram Stadium.
Shubman Gill was ruled out of the Indian cricket team's opening match at the Cricket World Cup 2023 against Australia due to illness and wicket-keeper batter Ishan Kishan replaced him in the playing XI on Sunday. Gill was reportedly suffering from dengue and India skipper Rohit Sharma confirmed that the youngster was not able to recover in time for the match. During the toss, Rohit said that they wait till the last minute for Gill's fitness report but it will be Ishan who will open the batting with him on Sunday.
Team India were asked to bowl first by Australia in their opening match of the ODI World Cup 2023 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. At the toss, India captain Rohit Sharma confirmed the absence of star batter Shubman Gill, citing illness. Gill is reportedly suffering from dengue, but the team management didn't rule him out for the match against Australia initially. However, Rohit revealed Gill is still recovering from his illness, and also revealed his opening partner for the game.
The Indian cricket team will hope to launch its World Cup bid with a win over Australia in their tournament opener on Sunday at the MA Chidamabaram Stadium in Chepauk. The World Cup royalty, Australia, will have an obvious advantage in the head-to-head, having won 83 games to 56 losses. However, the home favourites India will be high on confidence as they recently defeated Australia in a three-match ODI series. India batter Shubman Gill, who has accumulated over 1200 runs in ODIs this year, could sit out this game due to dengue.
Australian captain Pat Cummins said the team management is keeping a close watch on the fitness of all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, who has picked up a hamstring injury, ahead of their World Cup match against India in Chennai on Sunday. Cummins said Stoinis would be put through his paces in the next few hours before taking a final call on the Western Australian cricketer. "We'll announce a team tomorrow at the toss. Stoinis, yeah, still touch and go. He's going to have a run out soon, but probably up against it. He's got to jump through a few hoops. Yeah, we'll see," said Cummins on Saturday during his pre-match press meet.
Australian captain Pat Cummins said negating Indian spinners on a Chepauk pitch that is expected to offer turn and grip in plenty would be the biggest challenge for his batters in their World Cup opener in Chennai on Sunday. India could be fielding three spinners in Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin against the Aussies. “They're a good bowling line-up, especially in home conditions. So, they're going to be challenging,” Cummins said in the pre-match press conference in Chennai on Saturday.
CHENNAI, India : Adam Zampa has added another chapter to Australia's bookful of freak accidents but skipper Pat Cummins has no concerns about getting 20 overs out of his spinners heading into Sunday's World Cup opener against India.
The India vs Australia Cricket World Cup match in Chennai on Sunday is what every Indian cricket team fan is looking forward to. By Sunday, every other team in the Cricket World Cup will have played at least one match. The 2023 ODI Cricket World Cup is a major chance for the Rohit Sharma-led team to end India's ICC trophy drought that has not ended since 2013. The MA Chidambaram stadium will be hosting the India vs Australia Cricket World Cup match and it is expected to be a rank-turner.