Team India started their Cricket World Cup 2023 marketing campaign on a profitable notice as they registered a victory by six wickets over Australia on Sunday in Chennai. Opting to bat first, Australia had their worst nightmare as their batting line-up couldn’t stand towards India’s robust spin assault. The guests had been bundled out for 199 with Ravindra Jadeja scalping three wickets. Later, the Rohit Sharma-led facet chased down the goal in 41.2 overs with Virat Kohli and KL Rahul enjoying the essential knocks for the workforce.

However, Team India additionally had a serious hiccup through the chase as they had been three down with solely two runs on the board. But Kohli and Rahul smashed 85 and 97* runs respectively and guided India to victory. When requested concerning the workforce’s environment after shedding three fast wickets, all-rounder Jadeja acknowledged that there was somewhat panic within the Indian camp however that they had religion in Kohli and Rahul.

“Obviously, when you are three wickets down in just a couple of overs, you panic a little bit. But, we knew that we have Virat and Rahul and they have been this for the team, for a long time now. So, nobody was too much hyper or panicky at that time. Luckily, they played brilliantly and they know the conditions really well,” mentioned Jadeja through the post-match press convention.

Jadeja, who scalped three wickets towards Australia, mentioned that the pitch at Chepauk felt like a “Test wicket” to him and he tried bowling stump to stump.

“When I started the first over, the ball was stopping after falling a little slow. I thought it was the afternoon, it was hot and the wicket was dry. I thought a stump-line would be better. From here some balls would turn, some would go straight so it won’t be easy for the batsman to line up,” mentioned Jadeja.

“This was my plan that I should bowl at the stumps and luckily the ball to Smith turned a little more. So, my plan was simple I was thinking that this is a Test match bowling wicket. I shouldn’t experiment too much because everything was happening in the wicket. So, I was trying to bowl it stump to stump,” he added.

Team India will now be going up towards Afghanistan of their subsequent ODI World Cup 2023 match on Wednesday in Delhi.