The World Cup is going on with all its flavor. The tournament has been showing its glory since the start. All teams are trying hard to do their best. They are giving their best to achieve the ultimate goal. But Australia needed help in their first two matches. They lost their first two matches back-to-back. That was a setback for them. Australia is one of the strongest teams in the tournament. Finally, they registered their first win against Sri Lanka. But the former Indian player talked about their win.
Aakash Chopra’s Words on Australia’s Win:
Australia is one of the strongest teams in this tournament. They are the five-time winner of the World Cup. But they had a disappointing start to the tournament. They lost two consecutive matches in the tournament. That was not expected from a team like Australia. Finally, they secured their first win against Sri Lanka.
Aakash Chopra talked about their performance against Sri Lanka. He said, “ It doesn’t seem like Australia has come. On a sad and disappointing note, even after they won, it felt like whether Sri Lanka came to bat, it didn’t seem like a wicket would fall.”
Further, he added, “ They look a DRS on the first ball itself. You took a DRS for LBW but it seemed like it was a ‘bat before the wicket’ because the ball hit straight on the bat. A little desperation was seen and in the same over he gave a warning for a run-out at the non-striker’s end. He could have might as well done it.”
A quick match tour:
Australia met Sri Lanka at their third match of the tournament in Lucknow. Initially, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat first. They gave a very good start to the match. Nissanka scored 61 runs in 67 balls. He smashed 8 boundaries. Kusal Perera scored 78 runs in 82 balls. He smashed 12 boundaries. Till the 26th over, Sri Lanka was 157/2. After that, their batting collapsed.
From that point, Australia made a comeback. Adam Zampa was on a roll. He picked up 4 wickets in 47 runs. Mitchell Starc picked up 2 wickets in 43 runs. Pat Cummins took 2 wickets in 32 runs. Glenn Maxwell took 1 wicket in 36 runs.
In the second innings, Mitchell Marsh gave a nice start. He scored 52 runs in 51 balls. Steve Smith got out on a duck. Marnus Labuschagne scored 40 runs in 60 balls. He smashed 2 boundaries. Josh Inglis scored 58 runs in 59 balls. He smashed 5 boundaries and 1 over-boundary. They won the match by 5 wickets.
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