🏏Cricket World Cup 2023: Match #5 - India vs Australia 🏏Thread # 2 - Page 42

KL Rahul is the player of the match

Originally posted by: Palak2812

He should

He deserves it for his all round performance 👏

KL got the potm, well deserved for sure

That was a stroll in the park then, at least that's what the scorecard would suggest. But India, especially Kohli and Rahul, would say it was far from a stroll. They were in a dire strait when Iyer holed out at the end of the second over. Kishan, Rohit and Iyer all gone for a duck, Australia right on top and the score reading 2/3. That's when Kohli and Rahul came together, showed their experience and soaked in the pressure. Kohli was given a reprieve when Marsh dropped him on 12 off Hazlewood, but apart from that the partnership was flawless. They saw off the early burst from the pacers, knocked Maxwell around and then took it from there. Both kept the scoreboard ticking, got to their respective fifties and recorded the highest partnership for India against Australia in World Cups. They should have finished it off but Kohli perished while trying to take on Australia's best bowler - Hazlewood. Rahul was there till the end and he scored the winning runs.

Okay adios guys.. Phir milnge

Wasim Jaffer

Pressure doesn't get bigger than when you're 2/3 in a WC game vs a charged up Aus. Then to soak the pressure, wrestle the initiative back, and win the game takes something special. This was a partnership for the ages Well played

Originally posted by: Prizi

35 for me

I shouldn't have changed kl

Hota hai, all this last min change hardam dubata hai

Originally posted by: Ocean_breeze

My brother is saying same.. Keh rha.. Uska muh utar gya six chla gya to

Obviously yaar

100 in WC is a really big deal.

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He just missed it

9.55pm In December 2021, Rohit Sharma had said "I want middle order to prepare for '10 for 3' situations." Today that situation arrived, and the team stood up. KL Rahul is the Player of the Match. "There weren't a lot of conversations with Kohli. I had just taken a shower and was hoping to put my feet up for half an hour after the fielding innings, but I had to come in. Virat said that I should play like Test cricket for a bit. Happy to play this for the team."

9.51pm Two points for India, crawling out of a very big hole today, and its all thanks to KL Rahul (97*) and Virat Kohli (85). A stunning partnership when the pressure was extremely high. Rohit Sharma waits to meet Rahul and then gives him a tight hug. Rahul and Kohli share a smile as well before the teams shake hands.

The partnership was terrific but do not forget how the bowlers operated for India. Jadeja's three was the headline act, but Kuldeep and the rest chipped in too. "Chak de India" reverberates around the stadium and time, now, for a breather.