ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: India vs Australia, 5th Match – Toss Update, Playing XIs

The much-awaited game is going to take place between the host India and the mighty Australia in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. This is going to be the 5th match which will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday, October 8. Both teams are well-balanced and picking one favourite is pretty tough too. Still, considering the recent form, India will have a slight advantage as well.

However, Australia have won the toss and have opted to bat first. It will be an interesting match to watch out for today.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Who said what at the toss?

Pat Cummins: We’ll bat first, looks like a good wicket. The sun is out and looks like a good afternoon to bat. We are in a really good spot, we have played quite a lot of cricket but we got a good balance of giving guys game time and keeping them fresh. Travis Head is on a couch in Adelaide, Abbott, Stoinis and Inglis miss out.

Rohit Sharma: The conditions are there for the bowlers and the ball will turn as the game goes on, you need to understand what line and lengths to bowl and adjust accordingly. We played a lot of cricket before that, we played two good series before the warm up games, we have covered all bases. Unfortunately he (Shubman Gill) didn’t recover in time, we waited till today morning and he couldn’t recover. Ishan comes in to replace him, he will open the batting.

Playing XIs:

Australia: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Cameron Green, Alex Carey(w), Glenn Maxwell, Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Adam Zampa

India: Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj