Australia won the toss and elected to bat first against India in the fifth match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023.
The teams are set to take each other on at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, with hosts India opening their campaign in the 50-over Cricket World Cup against fellow big guns Australia in a much-awaited clash.
The match is scheduled to commence at 2.00 p.m.
India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav
Australia Playing XI: Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc
