IND vs AUS: Iceland Cricket Takes Dig At Australian Batting Collapse in WC Opener

Iceland Cricket managed to put in a subtle dig in their social media handle, X, aiming at Australia’s dismal batting performance against India in their opening fixture at the World Cup after the Aussies were all-out for a mere 200 runs.

Australia went through a batting collapse after Steven Smith was dismissed at 46 off 71 deliveries leaving the side at 110-3 in 27.1 overs. The Australians were only able to add 90 more runs before the rest of the side was dismissed in 49.3 overs.

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India managed to put in a good bowling display against the mighty Aussies in their World Cup opener at the M.A. Chidambaram stadium in Chennai. The Indian bowling unit managed to dismiss Australia’s batters for a mere 200 runs.

The Australian side managed to get a decent start in tough batting conditions with the likes of David Warner and Steve Smith stitching a decent partnership of 69 runs after which Warner was dismissed by India’s wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav.

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But it was not a smooth run for India in the second innings as the top-order batters in Ishan Kishan who came in for Shubman Gill, skipper Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer were all dismissed for ducks putting India in grave danger of yet another top-order collapse with the score being 2/3 in just 2 overs.

But Virat Kohli and KL Rahul managed to come together and helped gain some momentum as the duo managed to stitch together a decent partnership diverting the pressure back against the Aussies. They were able to do this under tough batting conditions where spinners were able to get some traction from the pitch.

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With such a low total on the board, the Aussies could not afford to allow the Indian batters to gain momentum as they needed to get wickets in regular intervals if they were to win the match.

KL Rahul and Virat Kohli managed to get to their half-century giving India a much-needed partnership as they aim to chase down the total and secure their first win in their campaign to win an ICC tournament which has eluded the nation since their last win in 2013 where they won the Champions Trophy.