At the Chepauk on Sunday, India easily defeated Australia to begin their World Cup campaign. electing to bat first, Australia could manage only 199 runs on the board. Rockstar Ravindra Jadeja was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3/42. He was well assisted by Ravichandran Ashwin and Kuldeep Yadav who picked 2 wickets each. Smith and Warner were the top scorers for Australia with 46 and 41 runs respectively as the rest fell cheaply at the hands of the Indian bowlers.
India was in serious difficulty when they lost 3 wickets for only 2 runs on the board with skipper Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, and Shreyas Iyer all back in the hut. Kohli and Rahul forged a partnership of 150+ runs to pull India out of the mud. Virat Kohli (85) and KL Rahul (97*) helped the hosts reach the goal in 41.2 overs left. KL Rahul was awarded the man of the match for his match winning performance.