India recently beat Australia in the 6th game of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 which was held at the M Chidambaram stadium, Chennai on 8 October. The game saw power of the bowlers as initially in the first innings India bowled out Australia for 199 runs within 49.3 overs.
India chased the low score set by Australian batsmen in 41.2 overs. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul scored 85 and 97 runs off 116 and 115 deliveries respectively to lead India towards the victory. KL Rahul missed a well-deserved century by three runs and was awarded as the player of the match.
Rohit Sharma talked about India’s win against Australia in the post match ceremony
“Pretty exciting. Good feeling to come out on top. It was a good game to start the tournament for us. I thought it was magnificent, especially the fielding and we saw the effort from everyone today, conditions like this it would be tough. Our bowlers used the conditions perfectly and we knew there would be assistance for everyone, even the seamers got some reverse, the spinners bowled in the nice areas and all in all it was a great effort,” said Rohit Sharma.
“I was (nervous), you don’t want to start your innings like that, credit to the Aussies bowlers as they bowled in good areas but some loose shots as well, when you have that kind of target you want to score as much as possible in the powerplay, but credit to Virat and KL on how they went about the chase”, he added.
“That is going to be the challenge for us as a team, moving to different conditions and adapting, whoever suits the conditions will have to come and do the job. Chennai never disappoints, they love their cricket and for them to sit in that heat and come out and cheer for the team says a lot”, concluded Rohit Sharma.
