India v Australia LIVE: Cricket World Cup result and reaction as India win by six wickets
India look to kickstart their ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 campaign against Australia
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Your support makes all the difference.India are under pressure from the weight of fans, media and all corners of the host nation when they get their ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 campaign up and running against Australia today.
As the host nation and the No 1 ranked side in the world, the expectation has rarely been higher for a nation to deliver, especially in front of a home crowd. After England were hammered by New Zealand in the tournament opener in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, both India and Australia will be looking to get their campaign off to a winning start.
India have not won a World Cup since 2011, and even Sachin Tendulkar spoke during the tournament opener on Wednesday about how sometimes the team have to remember that hundreds of millions are behind them rather than sitting on their shoulders. Australia lost the pre-tournament series in India against Rohit Sharma’s side, but as the England defeat to New Zealand has shown, the bilateral series results can have little effect on the outcome of a World Cup clash. India will also be hoping their side is up to full fitness.
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Australia 142-7 (38), Cummins 1, Starc 1, Kuldeep 2-31 (9)
Kuldeep Yadav gets the ball to grip and turn back into Pat Cummins pinning him on the pads. Cummins manages to get outside the line of off stump though and the lbw shout is turned down.
Cummins then works the ball into the legside to get himself off the mark before Mitchell Starc pushes the ball down the ground for one as well.
Australia 140-7 (37), Cummins 0, Starc 0, Ashwin 1-28 (8)
Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins need to bat for a long time now. They’ve got to get Australia to the back end of the innings and pick up as many runs as they can.
Ashwin sends down a wicket maiden.
Wicket! Cameron Green ct Hardik Pandya b Ravichandran Ashwin 8 (20), Australia 140-7 (36.2)
Ravi Ashwin has his wicket!
Cameron Green tries to spank him over the offside and delivers the ball straight into the hands of Hardik Pandya. Australia are in dire straits now.
Australia 140-6 (36), Cummins 0, Green 8, Kuldeep 2-29 (8)
The Australian captain Pat Cummins is the new batter and he defends the final ball of the over.
Wicket! Glenn Maxwell b Kuldeep Yadav 15 (25), Australia 140-6 (35.5)
Grip, spin and gone!
Kuldeep gets one to sharply turn back into Glenn Maxwell who tries to dispatch him over the ropes. He misses the ball and leg stump is knocked over.
The Indian spinners continue to do the damage.
Australia 140-5 (35.4), Maxwell 15, Green 8, Kuldeep 1-29 (7.4)
Rohit Sharma decides to hold a couple of overs back from Ravindra Jadeja and he’ll tempt a big shot out of Glenn Maxwell by bringing Kuldeep Yadav back into the attack.
Maxwell pulls the ball into the legside for one run. Green is more composed with a push down the ground but Australia still can’t find the boundary...
Australia 138-5 (35), Maxwell 14, Green 7, Ashwin 0-28 (7)
Ravichandran Ashwin come back into the attack for India now to replace Jasprit Bumrah. Green and Maxwell each rotate the strike with a run apiece before Green blocks back consecutive deliveries.
He skips down the track and heaves Ashwin over the legside which brings him another run. Maxwell then thinks about a big shot chips the ball wide of the fielder at midwicket.
India were interested there but the Aussies get away with one.
Australia 134-5 (34), Maxwell 12, Green 5, Jadeja 3-28 (8)
Ravindra Jadeja will probably bowl through now and hopefully pick up another couple of wickets for India. Maxwell and Green each collect a single as they’re trying to negate any spin from the left-armer.
Three runs come from the over.
Australia 131-5 (33), Maxwell 11, Green 3, Bumrah 1-16 (6)
After three dot balls from Jasprit Bumrah a misfield brings Cameron Green a single which annoys the Indian captain Rohit Sharma. It’s a superb over from the seamer though with just one coming from it.
Australia 130-5 (32), Maxwell 11, Green 2, Jadeja 3-25 (7)
Cameron Green pushes the ball into the offside for one to get his innings going. Glenn Maxwell turns the ball around the corner for one more.
Four! Maxwell moves outside the leg stump and gives himself some room. He smokes Jadeja through the gap at cover and the ball races away to the boundary. It’s the first one in 73 deliveries.
Can Australia kick on now?
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