Indian cricket workforce made a brand new file in its historical past

Chennai: Through the match towards Australia, the Indian workforce created a brand new file within the historical past of ODI cricket.

Within the fifth match of the World Cup in Chennai on Sunday, Australia had given India a goal of 200 runs to win, in pursuit of which India’s three wickets fell for a complete rating of simply 2 runs.

In keeping with ECPN Cricket Data, that is the primary time within the historical past of the Indian cricket workforce that three of their high 4 batsmen have left the pavilion with out opening an account.

Each India’s openers Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kushan had been dismissed for duck whereas the quantity 4 batsman Shreyas Iyer additionally returned to the pavilion with out scoring a run.

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Each the openers have returned to the pavilion with out opening their account seven instances within the historical past of Indian cricket, the final of which occurred virtually twenty years in the past within the 2004 match towards Zimbabwe.

Within the eighth over of the Indian innings, Mitchell Marsh dropped a simple catch to Virat Kohli on 12 off Josh Hazlewood’s ball, which proved to be fairly expensive for Australia.

Had he caught this catch, India would have misplaced 4 wickets for the overall rating of 20 runs, which might have strengthened Australia’s grip on the match.

Later, Virat Kohli performed a key function within the workforce’s victory by scoring 85 runs in the identical match.