Team India repeats the story of 1983 World Cup, shameful record registered in the names of Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma

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India definitely defeated Australia by six wickets at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday, but the toss order batting forced one to think. While chasing the target of 199, India lost its three star batsmen on the score of two runs. The most surprising thing was that all three batsmen were out on the score of zero. opener Ishaan Kishan, Rohit Sharma And with the dismissal of Shreyas Iyer, the team completely faltered. A shameful record was also registered in the names of both the opening batsmen.

This happened for the first time after the 1983 World Cup.

India had a very poor start while chasing runs against Australia in their opening match in the World Cup 2023. Captain Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer were out on zero. This is the second time in the history of Cricket World Cup that both the opening batsmen of India have been out on zero. Before Kishan and Rohit, this poor achievement was in the name of Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Sunil Gavaskar. This opening pair was out for zero against Zimbabwe in the 1983 Cricket World Cup. That match incidentally got recorded in the history books because of Kapil Dev’s brilliant innings of 175 runs. Which shocked the cricket world and India became world champion for the first time in the same year.

KL Rahul becomes a trouble-shooter

When India was lagging behind in this match, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul came as troubleshooters. Rahul hit the winning six in the end. He missed the century by five runs. Due to keeping wickets for the entire 50 overs, Rahul was kept to bat at number five. Ishan Kishan was given the responsibility of opening batting in place of sick Shubman Gill. But Rahul would not have thought that he would have to immediately come to the crease to bat.

They both got #TeamIndia the first win of #CWC23

As the bandwagon moves to Delhi, here’s @imVkohli , @klrahul dissecting their match-winning partnership against Australia

PS The local lad is bracing himself for his homecoming ️

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— BCCI (@BCCI) October 9, 2023

KL Rahul seen in the role of Kapil of 1983

Just as in the 1983 World Cup match, after both the openers were out for zero, Kapil Dev not only took over the innings but also led Team India to victory against Zimbabwe, similarly KL Rahul performed against Australia. After keeping wickets for 50 overs, Rahul was expecting at least an hour’s rest, but he would not have thought that he would have to play the role of an opening batsman again. Rahul had only 45 minutes to wear the pads again and enter the field. But this batsman proved himself and returned from the field only after leading the team to victory.

Australia dismissed three batsmen in 12 balls.

Australia gave all its efforts to save a small score. It took only 12 balls for Australia to reduce the Indian innings to 2/3. Mitchell Starc got Ishan Kishan caught behind the wicket. Josh Hazlewood was brilliant on his home ground in the IPL and took the wickets of captain Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer in the same over. All three batsmen were out on zero. As soon as India’s three wickets fell, the crowd at Chepauk Stadium became silent.

How KL Rahul became the Kapil of 1983

After three wickets fell on the score of two runs, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul were at the crease. Rahul must have experienced the Kapil Dev moment of the 1983 World Cup. Talking about 1983, the Indian team was struggling at 17/5. Then Kapil came and played an unbeaten inning of 175 runs and led Team India to victory. Recalling that exciting moment of the match, KL Rahul said, ‘There was not much conversation with Kohli. I had just taken a bath and was expecting to rest for about an hour after fielding, but I had to come inside.

Rahul and Kohli played match winning innings

After this Rahul and Kohli made a match-winning partnership of 165 runs. Which was enough to give India victory by six wickets. The surface of MA Chidambaram Stadium was also not a suitable track for batting. It was two-speed and the ball was stopping. Since India had lost three wickets within two overs, patience was the need of the hour. Rahul not only batted with patience himself, he also motivated Kohli and advised him to maintain patience. Kohli got a lease of life on the score of 12 and after that Kohli did not make any mistake till he got hold of the match.

KL Rahul gave credit to Virat

What an experience is, it was seen in the match against Australia. After the match, KL Rahul told that Virat Kohli told him that there is something wrong with the wicket, so play like a test, because the target is not big enough. Rahul said, ‘Virat said that there is something wrong with the wicket, so play like Test cricket for some time.’ The fast bowlers are getting some help from the new ball and then the spinners too. Dew played an important role in the last 15-20 overs. But later the situation became favorable for India.

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