South Africa's comprehensive performance, led by stellar contributions from Quinton de Kock and Aiden Markram, as well as impressive bowling spells by Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj, propelled them to a 134-run victory over Australia in their ICC Cricket World Cup match held in Lucknow on
Australian speaker Milton Dick said that the only place India and Australia disagree is on the field of cricket, off the field both countries are like "best friends."
KL's Rahul's calm 97* and 165-run stand with Virat Kohli (85) helped India clinch a six-wicket win over Australia in their ICC Cricket World Cup campaign opener on Sunday.
An icey and calm partnership between Virat Kohli and KL Rahul helped India manage to secure a six-wicket victory over Australia at Chennai's Chepauk stadium to kickstart their ICC Cricket World Cup campaign with a win.
After India included stalwart spinner R Ashwin in the squad of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, Australian team management called Gujarat local bowler Mahesh Pithania to their practice session who has a similar bowling style as of Ashwin.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma believes in giving opportunities to everyone before the big tournament as this will help them to win the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup.
Jasprit Bumrah was the pick of the bowlers for India as he dismissed three batters. Kuldeep Yadav got two wickets, while Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna picked up one wicket each.
Australia were bundled out at 217 in 28.2 overs. Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin took three-wicket each. Prasidh Krishna picked up two scalps while Mohammed Shami got one wicket.
The race for the Numero Uno spot in ODIs is very much on less than a month ahead of the ICC World Cup, with three teams in the running to go top of the pile ahead of the cricketing showpiece.