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Fans across the globe have seen an absolute thriller match between India and Australia on October 8. It was the first match for both teams in the World Cup. India and Australia met in Chennai to lock horns. Indian Bowlers dominated Australian batters in the first innings. In the second innings, India gave a horrible start. Then Kohli and Rahul dragged the innings. After that match, while talking to the media, the Former Indian captain praised Kohli for his amazing innings.
Ganguly’s Words on Virat and his extraordinary performance:
Kohli is the best batter in the World for so long. He has achieved so much in his career. He scored a lot of match-winning knocks for the country. He has shown his ability and batting excellence in tough situations. This time Kohli has shown his greatness on the World Cup stage. He dragged India from a pressure situation along with KL Rahul.
After that match, praises came for Virat. Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly was also one of them. After this thrilling match, while talking to the media, Ganguly said, “ Virat Kohli is an all-time great.”
Kohli Showed his greatness several times. But the match against Australia on the World Cup stage was something. In the Second innings, India gave a horrible start. Ishan Kishan got out on a duck at the very first. After that skipper Rohit Sharma got out on a duck and then Shreyas Iyer also got out on a duck. India was ⅔. From that stage, Virat and Rahul took Indis closer to winning. Though it was a small target, India was on the back foot.
Kohli started responsibly. He scored 85 in that inning. In scored only 6 boundaries in the match. Australian fielding was very tight. within that situation, Virat and Rahul took valuable singles. Kohli batted with an absolute class. Unfortunately, he got out on 85 runs in 116 balls. After that, Rahul carried the innings. He remained unbeaten in 97 runs. India won the match by 9 wickets.
Next fixture:
India has started their World Cup journey thrillingly. They won the first match by six wickets. Now the next target is Delhi. India will face Afghanistan in Delhi on October 11. Afghanistan lost their first match. Now they will try to give their best to get their first win.
India had a little setback. Star opener Shubman Gill was ruled out in the first game. He was tested positive for Dengue. For the second match, his availability is still not confirmed. He was a big strength of the top order. Gill was in great form. He scored a hundred against Bangladesh in a tough situation. Just before the World Cup, he scored a brilliant century against Australia in the 2nd ODI. He played an amazing knock of 104 in 97 balls. Ishan Kishan replaced him in the first World Cup match. He has played more than 20 innings as an opener for India. There will be a big responsibility on his shoulders in Gill’s absence.
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