Watch: India vs Australia Turning Point? Mitchell Marsh Drops Virat Kohli. He Makes Aussies Pay

At the end, the Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team romped home to a comfortable six-wicket team in the side's first match of the ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 against Australia. In the Cricket World Cup match in Chennai, India had Australia on the mats after bowling out the former champions for a paltry 199. However, things could have gone horribly wrong for India after that as their famed top-order toppled. Rohit Sharma (0), Ishan Kishan (0) and Shreyas Iyer (0) went back to the hut within the first two overs with the scorecard reading 2/3 in the Cricket World Cup match.(India's full schedule | World Cup points table)

However, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul took over after that. The duo stitched a 165-run partnership (highest for India in a Cricket World Cup match against Australia) to take the match away from Australia. While KL Rahul stayed not out on 97, Virat Kohli fell on 85. Kohli could have departed on 12, however. The incident happened in the eight over by Josh Hazlewood.

On the third ball of the over, Hazlewood stunned Virat Kohli with a short ball, who top-edged it. Mitchell Marsh came running from mid-wicket but could not hold on to the ball with some confusion with the approaching wicketkeeper. Ultimately that drop, proved costly.

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Talking about the match, Virat Kohli channelised his inner champion to pull the Indian team out of choppy waters with a masterly 85, which paved the way for a six-wicket victory over Australia in their opening match of the World Cup on Sunday. Kohli found a trusted ally in uber-cool KL Rahul (97 not out off 115 balls) during their match-winning stand of 165 that eventually made the