Virat Kohli demonstrates his reliability as India’s World Cup go-to player against Australia.
Virat Kohli scored 85 to lead another successful World Cup campaign.
Virat Kohli has again proved that he enjoys handling pressure on the largest of all stages during the 2023 Cricket World Cup. In their opening encounter against Australia in Chennai, the chase master took on the role of the crisis man once more to assist India in coming back from being 2 for 3 and chasing down 200.
On a challenging pitch in Chennai, India went from 2 for 3 to chasing down 200.
In victorious ODI chases, Kohli eclipsed Sachin Tendulkar’s previous record of most runs scored.
After David Warner took a direct shot from Shreyas Iyer at short cover, Chepauk sat motionless. Every Indian fan watching the horror show in the middle would have had memories of such falls playing in their heads.
After David Warner took a direct shot from Shreyas Iyer at short cover, Chepauk sat motionless. Every Indian fan watching the horror show in the middle would have had memories of such falls playing in their heads.
India was 2 for 3 with none of their batters scoring after keeping Australia to 199 in their World Cup 2023 opener. Iyer, Ishan Kishan, and Rohit Sharma returned to the locker room without bothering the scorers.
After the Indian spinners controlled the proceedings on a hot and muggy afternoon in Chennai, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood were relishing the little bit of movement they were getting. All the hard work their bowlers had put in appeared to be undone by the Indian hitters.
The crisis man arrived during a period of trouble in the middle. It was encouraging to see Virat Kohli spend time in the middle of the field trying to stop the Australians’ surge. KL Rahul joined Virat Kohli in starting the repair work.
Gautam Gambhir remarked, “This is something that you expect from people like Virat Kohli,” and also expressed satisfaction with the way KL Rahul stood up and made his pitch.
