Match Preview – India vs Australia, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023/24, fifth Match

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“50-over World Cup is the largest sporting occasion in cricketing historical past. So, for me, that is the largest occasion that I will probably be a part of.”

You would possibly share this sentiment, expressed by Rohit Sharma on Saturday, however chances are you’ll not have seen an excessive amount of proof simply but that too many others do. 4 matches in, we’re but to see something like a full home at this World Cup.This can change on Sunday, in Chennai. You may know {that a} World Cup is occurring. The air will crackle with anticipation, however there will be a tinge of tension too, for that is India’s first match in a house World Cup that they begin as favourites. It is exhausting to think about the strain a staff can undergo in these conditions, and it will come as a aid to India’s gamers when the umpires name “play”, and there is a ball to give attention to, or a batter and a set of stumps on the different finish.

It’s going to be a stern check proper off the bat, as a result of they’re taking part in Australia, and is there something as spine-jellifying in sport because the prospect of going through Australia in a cricket World Cup? This Australian staff is not the Australian staff of 1999, 2003 or 2007, and so they aren’t an entire staff both, missing most of all depth within the spin division, however you would be stunned in the event that they did not make the semi-finals in any case. India will not face too many stronger oppositions on this match. They are not being eased into this in any respect.

Spin is predicted to be massively influential at Chepauk, and India are higher outfitted in that regard, on paper, however they solely should go way back to March, once they misplaced to Australia on the identical venue, to understand it will not at all times translate into outcomes.

Chepauk, newly renovated, sports activities a sequence of murals commemorating the various historic moments it has witnessed. One is especially attention-grabbing, and weird in a rustic that normally solely celebrates the achievements of its personal: Pakistan’s victorious staff soaking in a standing ovation whereas happening a victory lap of Chepauk in 1999. It is a crowd recognized to understand good cricket irrespective of who performs it, in order that they’re assured a superb time on Sunday, so long as the rain stays away.

Type information

India LWWWL (final 5 accomplished ODIs, most up-to-date first)
Australia WLLLL

Within the highlight – Hardik Pandya and Glenn Maxwell

Again after being rested for the ODI sequence in opposition to Australia, Hardik Pandya is maybe a very powerful member of India’s line-up. Aside from all the things he brings to the desk with the bat, he is a real third seamer in white-ball cricket, his presence permitting India to select an additional seamer or spinner because the situations dictate. A lot of their team-building worries over the previous couple of months have revolved round discovering methods to play six bowlers with out compromising batting depth; Hardik is the one man who makes it potential.Selecting a squad for Indian situations with just one frontline spinner is a threat, however for Australia it is barely much less of a threat as a result of Glenn Maxwell has turned himself into a real allrounder in ODIs. It is a comparatively new improvement – he averaged 130.66 with the ball in 61 ODIs within the 2016-20 interval however has taken his wickets at 28.53 since then – and Australia will probably be glad his enchancment has coincided with this World Cup cycle. On a Chennai pitch that is anticipated to show, he could should bowl a full 10 overs.

Staff information

Shubman Gill is recovering from dengue and is a uncertain starter. If he is not out there, Ishan Kishan is prone to open with Rohit. India could have a option to make of their center order, probably between Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav, and one other at No. 8, between R Ashwin and Shardul Thakur. Given Chepauk’s latest historical past and the dry, black-soil pitch that has been rolled out for this sport, it is probably they’re going to go in with the third spinner in Ashwin.

India (possible XI): 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Shubman Gill/Ishan Kishan, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Shreyas Iyer/Suryakumar Yadav, 5 KL Rahul (wk), 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Jasprit Bumrah, 11 Mohammed Siraj

Marcus Stoinis is in a race in opposition to time to get better from a hamstring harm, which suggests Cameron Inexperienced is prone to take the primary seam-bowling allrounder’s slot. Alex Carey is about to carry on to the maintaining gloves forward of Josh Inglis.

Australia (possible XI): 1 David Warner, 2 Mitchell Marsh, 3 Steven Smith, 4 Marnus Labuschagne, 5 Cameron Inexperienced, 6 Alex Carey (wk), 7 Glenn Maxwell, 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Pat Cummins (capt), 10 Josh Hazlewood, 11 Adam Zampa

Pitch and situations

A straw-coloured, black-soil pitch is prone to induce India to play three spinners. Chepauk tends to supply a good contest between bat and ball: the final eight first-innings scores in ODIs right here have ranged from 227 to 299, with the staff batting first happening to win six instances.

The climate is prone to be muggy, with a forecast most of 33 levels Celsius. The North-East monsoon may deliver scattered showers within the night.

Stats and trivia

• The MA Chidambaram Stadium has hosted seven World Cup video games. Australia have performed three of them and received every time: they beat India by one run in a group-stage thriller and hammered Zimbabwe by 96 runs right here in 1987; then, within the quarter-finals of the 1996 version, they chased down 287 to see off New Zealand.
• India have performed one different World Cup sport at Chepauk aside from the 1987 loss to Australia. They beat West Indies by 80 runs right here throughout their run to the title in 2011.
• India and Australia have met 12 instances in ODIs for the reason that finish of the 2019 World Cup and received six video games every.

Quotes

“You heard the nice man say so many instances that you understand, till he wins the World Cup, he is bought a little bit of unfinished enterprise. I am certain you understand who I am speaking about. So it is the identical for us as effectively. You need to win the World Cup, It is the largest prize which you could have in your profession. However once more, there is a technique to do it. There is a process that it’s essential observe. There is a course of to it […] It is good to be determined. It is good to be hungry. However you have to discover that stability, proper? […] You can’t get approach too forward of your self as a result of that may lead into one thing that you do not actually want for.”
India captain Rohit Sharma throws in a Sachin Tendulkar (or Lionel Messi) reference to focus on what this World Cup means to his staff

“I feel essentially the most thrilling factor a couple of World Cup is it’s a marketing campaign. It does really feel such as you’re there with 14 different guys and also you’re on a journey to attempt to make the subsequent couple of months as particular as it may be. So I really like that. There isn’t any ahead planning and you are not making an attempt to handle completely different codecs now. We’re right here for a World Cup and everybody’s totally centered on that. So, I’ve actually loved that and the boys have been superior up to now and yeah, it is my third World Cup and first one as captain. They’re all actually particular.”
Australia captain Pat Cummins

Karthik Krishnaswamy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo