The Indian top order completely disintegrated in the World Cup 2023 match against Australia. The team lost its three wickets for just two runs. Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer, all three were out without opening the account. Rohit Sharma was out LBW, while Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were out after playing bad shots. After which veteran cricketer Yuvraj Singh has expressed his displeasure over the Indian batting order.
Shreyas Iyer was sent to bat at number 4 in the match. But he could not do anything special and kept walking after playing bad shots. That is why Yuvraj looked very disappointed with the team management’s decision to play Iyer at number four. He tweeted,
‘The number four batsman will have to bear the pressure. When the team is trying to manage its innings again, there is a need for better thinking from Shreyas Iyer.. Still don’t understand why Rahul is batting at number four. Not doing it! After scoring 100 runs against Pakistan! Australia may have to pay a heavy price for dropping Kohli’s catch. Because they can take the game away from Australia.
The catch that Yuvraj Singh was referring to was dropped by Mitchell Marsh. Marsh had dropped the catch of Kohli at the beginning of the Indian innings. At this time Kohli was playing on only 12 runs. But after this Kohli did not make any other mistake. Started moving forward with caution. After three wickets fell for two runs, Kohli along with Rahul made a brilliant partnership of 165 runs.
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Before this, the Australian team won the toss and decided to bat first. The team had a bad start and the team’s first wicket fell in the form of Mitchell Marsh in the third over itself. Marsh returned to the pavilion without opening the account. Kohli took a brilliant catch on Bumrah’s ball. From here David Warner and Steve Smith took over the innings. Together they added 69 runs for the second wicket. Warner was out on Kuldeep’s ball after scoring 41 runs.
From here Labuschagne along with Smith tried to handle the innings. But Smith was bowled by Ravindra Jadeja after scoring 46 runs. And the Australian team faltered. Maxwell, Carey and Green started moving immediately. Captain Cummins along with Starc tried to take the innings forward, but their efforts failed and the entire team was reduced to just 199 runs. Starc played an inning of 28 runs while Cummins played an inning of 15 runs. For Team India, Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets while Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah took two wickets each. India won this match by six runs.
