Chennai: Australia have poor start in ICC’s men’s World Cup 2023 as it scored 199 runs losing all wickets with three balls to spare against India here in MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai on Sunday (Today).
Australia won the toss and elected to bat first and its decision proved not fruitful as they could not play freely.
In a century season started by New Zealand and South Africa no any player of Kangroos could make even half century.
Steven Smith remained top scorer from Australia with 48 runs followed by David Warner 41.
Other batters scored Mitchell Starc 28, Marnus Labuschagne,27 while Glenn Maxwell and Pat Cummins (c) made 15 runs each.
From host India Ravindra Jadeja was top bowler with three wickets, Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah got two wickets each.
Moreover , Mohammed Siraj, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin took one wicket each.
