India captain Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid at a training session in Chennai. (Photo: AP)
Group India and Australia will take on versus each other when again in their opening match of the ICC ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. The 2 sides are entering the World Cup after a three-match ODI series versus each other simply a week prior to the World Cup began.
Both groups have injury and disease issues on their plate ahead of their World Cup 2023 opener. For Rohit Sharma’s side the most significant issue is the possible unavailability of world No. 2 ODI batter Shubman Gill– who was likewise the leading run-getter for India in the three-match ODI series versus Australia although he was rested from the 3rd video game. Gill is experiencing dengue over the last couple of days and might not be offered for India’s opener.
If Gill is dismissed then Ishan Kishan is most likely to open the innings with skipper Rohit Sharma. If that circumstance, India might not require to select in between Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav for the middle-order batter’s slot.
The other predicament for the Indian group will be the option for No. 8 position in between Ravichandran Ashwin and Shardul Thakur. With the Chepauk track appearing sluggish, it’s black-coloured pitch, will lure India to play 3 spinners which’s where Ashwin has the edge over Thakur.
For Australia, all-rounder Marcus Stoinis stays an injury interest in Cameron Green most likely to change him in the line-up for the opening video game. Leg-spinner Adam Zampa likewise suffered a freak injury on his nose while swimming in the group hotel on the eve of the match. Apart from that Alex Carey is most likely to hang on to the wicketkeeper’s position a minimum of for the very first video game ahead of Josh Inglis.
“We’ll reveal a group tomorrow at the toss. Stoinis, yeah, still touch and go. He’s going to have actually a gone out this afternoon, however most likely up versus it, he’s got to leap through a couple of hoops. Yeah, we’ll see,” Australia captain Pat Cummins stated on the eve of the match in Chennai.
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India vs Australia ICC ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 Match No. 5 Predicted 11
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill/Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer/Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Australia: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa