{"id":292867,"date":"2023-10-08T08:24:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T08:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=292867"},"modified":"2023-10-08T08:24:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T08:24:19","slug":"india-vs-australia-live-cricket-score-and-latest-updates-as-hosts-begin-world-cup-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/%d1%81ricket\/india-vs-australia-live-cricket-score-and-latest-updates-as-hosts-begin-world-cup-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"India vs Australia LIVE: Cricket score and latest updates as hosts begin World Cup campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"
Indian cricket fans arrive for the match in Chennai<\/p>\n
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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.. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Follow all the latest live coverage of today\u2019s match in the live blog below<\/strong> and get the latest match odds and tips here<\/em>:<\/em><\/p>\n Aiden Markram smashed a 49-ball hundred, the fastest ever the men\u2019s 50-overs World Cup, as South Africa\u2019s rampaging top order helped them thrash Sri Lanka by 102 runs in their tournament opener on Saturday.<\/p>\n There was brutal batting at the Arun Jaitley Stadium where three of South Africa\u2019s top four batters smashed rapid hundreds to help them rack up a tournament record total of 428-5.<\/p>\n Quinton de Kock struck 100 and Rassie van der Dussen hammered 108 but both were overshadowed by Markram\u2019s incendiary 106 off 54 balls.<\/p>\n Markram, adjudged player of the match, eclipsed Ireland batter Kevin O\u2019Brien\u2019s 50-ball century against England in the 2011 World Cup.<\/p>\n Former champions Sri Lanka were all out for 326 in 44.5 overs after brief fightbacks from Kusal Mendis (76), Charith Asalanka (79) and Dasun Shanaka (68).<\/p>\n South Africa\u2019s mammoth score replaced Australia\u2019s 417-6 against Afghanistan in 2015 as the highest in the men\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n \u201cHappy for us. I can\u2019t find fault with the batting,\u201d South Africa captain Temba Bavuma said. \u201cWe were not quite clinical with the ball, but we will take that confidence into the next game.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen in action <\/p>\n Sharma can\u2019t hide his disappointment at losing that key toss.<\/p>\n \u201cConditions for the bowlers will be on the slower side, the ball will turn as the match goes on. We have played a lot of cricket recently so we are ready. We have covered all our bases and we\u2019re looking forward to this game.\u201d<\/p>\n Pat Cummins wins the toss \u2013 after the coin goes bouncing away across the wicket \u2013 and opts to bat. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a good wicket, the sun\u2019s out, so we\u2019re going to have a bat,\u201d he says. Full team news coming up…<\/p>\n Pakistan then got off to a low-key start as Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel hit identical half-centuries in an otherwise underwhelming batting effort in their World Cup opener against the Netherlands on Friday, before the bowlers sealed a routine 81-run win for the 1992 champions.<\/p>\n Faced with an achievable target of 287, the Dutch looked on course for a stunning win in Hyderabad at one stage as Vikramjit Singh (52) and Bas de Leede (67) got going, but Pakistan kept chipping away to dismiss the underdogs for 205 in 41 overs.<\/p>\n De Leede ripped through the Pakistan line-up taking 4-62 and Colin Ackerman claimed 2-39 after the Netherlands won the toss and decided to bowl, but Rizwan (68) and Shakeel (68) ensured the Asian side made 286 in 49 overs.<\/p>\n Haris Rauf took 3-43 and was the pick of the Pakistan attack that was missing the injured Naseem Shah and he finished the job by bowling out Paul van Meekeren.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Haris Rauf starred with the ball as Pakistan defeated the Netherlands<\/p>\n A recap on the World Cup so far, starting with England\u2019s chastening defeat by New Zealand in the opening match.<\/p>\n Jos Buttler admitted his England side were \u201ccompletely outplayed\u201d after their World Cup title defence began with a crushing nine-wicket losss.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m disappointed. We were completely outplayed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought we were a long way short of our best with the bat, we were probably looking at 320, 330. We had a lot of starts but I thought we were just a bit off in our execution. We weren\u2019t quite clinical enough with our shot making and gifted New Zealand a few wickets.<\/p>\n \u201cBut we\u2019re not robots. Sometimes you don\u2019t play as well as you would like. Everyone\u2019s working hard, everyone\u2019s prepared well and we were just a bit off it. In international cricket when you\u2019re a little bit short and the opposition play very well, you\u2019re going to lose the game of cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jos Buttler\u2019s England suffered a nine-wicket defeat at the hands of New Zealand<\/p>\n Adam Zampa has added another chapter to Australia\u2019s bookful of freak accidents but skipper Pat Cummins has no concerns about getting 20 overs out of his spinners heading into Sunday\u2019s World Cup opener against India.<\/p>\n Zampa, who will be leading Australia\u2019s spin attack in the tournament with Glenn Maxwell as his sidekick, wore a cut on his face during training after a mishap in the swimming pool.<\/p>\n \u201cHe swam into the pool wall apparently,\u201d Cummins told reporters on Saturday.<\/p>\n \u201cHe said he had his eyes closed and thought he was swimming in a straight line and swam into the step in the pool… He\u2019s all good he\u2019s just a little bit sore.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Adam Zampa, centre (Aijaz Rahi\/AP\/PA)<\/p>\n India vs Australia will be the biggest match of the 2023 Cricket World Cup so far, and many could argue it should have been the opener.<\/p>\n While debate during England\u2019s defeat to New Zealand raged around the gaps in the stands, with only about 20-30,000 estimated, leaving the 132,000-seater Narendra Modi Stadium largely unoccupied, that will not be the case on Sunday, with a sell-out expected as the tournament lifts to the next level.<\/p>\n Both sides have small fitness concerns, with Shubman Gill having missed training in the week, reportedly from a fever that could be dengue.<\/p>\n For Australia, there could be an anxious wait over the fitness of Marcus Stoinis, who picked up a hamstring issue in the pre-tournament series against India, while Travis Head is set to miss the early stages of the World Cup.<\/p>\nRecommended<\/h3>\n
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\n<\/p>\nA look back at South Africa\u2019s stunning win over Sri Lanka yesterday<\/h3>\n
India captain Rohit Sharma after losing the toss<\/h3>\n
Australia win the toss and choose to bat<\/h3>\n
Pakistan kicked off Cricket World Cup campaign with victory over enterprising Netherlands<\/h3>\n
Jos Buttler: New Zealand completely outplayed England in World Cup opener<\/h3>\n
Cummins expects Australian spinners to shine despite Zampa scare<\/h3>\n
India vs Australia<\/h3>\n