ODI World Cup 2023, Match 5 India vs Australia Stats Review: Jadeja and Kohli’s dominance over Australia, Rahul’s feat and other stats

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A stunning bowling performance from Ravindra Jadeja, followed by a masterclass batting display from the duo of Virat Kohli and KL Rahul, helped India defeat Australia by a margin of six wickets in match number five of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023.

Speaking about the game, Australia won the toss and opted to bat first on a dry Chennai surface. They lost Mitchell Marsh as Bumrah drew the first blood for India. David Warner and Steven Smith kept the scoreboard ticking as they forged a 69-run stand for the second wicket before Kuldeep Yadav provided a breakthrough by picking Warner caught and bowled.

From thereon, Indian bowlers were right on the money as they picked up wickets at regular intervals. Ravindra Jadeja picked up three wickets in the middle, first, he cleaned up Smith with a peach, then nicked Labuschagne to the keeper and trapped Alex Carey in front for a duck while Kuldeep knocked over dangerous Glenn Maxwell. Handy contributions from lower down the order helped Australia post 199 in 50 overs. For India, Jadeja was the pick of bowlers for his spell of 3/28 in 10 overs, while Bumrah and Kuldeep picked two wickets each.

Chasing 200, India had an awful start as Mitchell Starc struck early on, picking Ishan Kishan for a golden duck, while Josh Hazlewood dismissed Rohit for a duck with beauty and Shreyas Iyer too got dismissed by Hazlewood without troubling the scorers, leaving India in a spot on bother at 2/3.

The duo of KL Rahul and Virat Kohli led the recovery with a splendid batting display, adding a partnership of 165 for the fourth wicket. Mitchell Marsh dropped a sitter on Virat Kohli when he was on 12; other than that, both batters looked solid in the chase. Kohli amassed 85 runs, while Rahul remained unbeaten on 97. Hardik Pandya contributed 11 runs in the end, adding 34 runs with KL Rahul for the fifth wicket as India beat Australia by a margin of six wickets.

Let us look at the stats and numbers from fifth game between India and Australia

19 – David Warner completed 1000 runs in the World Cup, the fewest innings to complete 1000 World Cup runs; he surpassed Sachin’s tally of 20 innings.

165 – KL Rahul and Virat Kohli recorded 165 runs for the fourth wicket, the highest partnership for India against Australia for any wicket in the World Cup.

9 – Virat Kohli registered his ninth fifty-plus score in the World Cup, the joint second-most by an Indian in the World Cup; he shares the position with Rohit Sharma. Sachin tops the list with 21 fifty-plus scores.

1 – This is the first time a team has won the World Cup game despite three out top four batters scoring ducks in an innings

113 – Virat Kohli (113) has surpassed Kumar Sangakkara’s tally (112) for the most number of fifty-plus scores by a non-opener in ODIs.

97 – Rahul remained unbeaten on 97, the second-highest score by an Indian wicket-keeper in ODI World Cups. Rahul Dravid tops the list with 145 against Sri Lanka in 1999.

19 – Mitchell Starc completes 50 World Cup wickets in 19 innings, the fastest by a bowler to complete 50 wickets by innings. Malinga is next on the list with 25 innings.

199 – Australia recorded 199 in 50 overs, their second-lowest total against India in World Cups Lowest total is 129, which came way back in 1983.

15 – Virat Kohli completed 15 catches as a fielder in World Cups, the most by Indian fielder in World Cup. Kumble is next on the list with 14 catches.

7 – Australia have lost seven out of nine matches while defending a total of less than 200.