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In 19 World Cup matches since his tournament debut in 2015, he has scored 1,033 runs at an average of 60.76 and a strike rate of over 97. He has four centuries and three fifties, with the best score of 178. He is the 17th highest-scorer in WC of all time.

While speaking to ANI, the young fan Tanmay said that both India and Australia are strong teams and it will be an exciting match.

As expected, India are playing a three-pronged spin attack in Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and local lad Ravichandran Ashwin on a pitch which is a little bit on the slower side and looks dry.

The 33-year-old was absent for the tournament opener match against England and is now aiming to make a return during New Zealand's third match against Bangladesh on October 13 in Chennai.

Verstappen joins the elite ranks of three-time F1 champions, alongside legends like Brabham, Stewart, Lauda, Piquet, and Senna, with Prost and Vettel holding four titles each in the all-time standings.

India currently stands in fourth place in the medal tally with a total of 103 medals with 28 Gold, 35 silver, 40 bronze medals.

India's remarkable Asian Games performance culminated with a final-day surge, clinching 12 medals and bringing their total tally to 107 - an astounding leap from their humble start with just one gold in 1990.

If India's batting is world class, Australia's pace attack is top notch but does it have the legs to survive the cruel Chennai heat will be a million-dollar question

South Africa rode on centuries from Quinton de Kock, Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram to thrash Sri Lanka by 102 runs in a World Cup match

The sale of tickets for the match will commence from 12 pm onwards on October 8.

Raina cited the WC opener between defending champions England and New Zealand at Ahmedabad as an example, where Kiwis chased down 283 set by England with nine wickets in hand.

Meanwhile, another Hyderabad player Ganta Sai Karteek clinched the men's doubles title along with Manish Sureshkumar of Tamil Nadu

The top-seeded men, boasting of a strong all-Grandmaster line-up, including teenage stars D Gukesh, the Indian No.1, and R Praggnanandhaa, finished behind Iran.

Rohit has won two ICC events – 2007 T20 World Cup and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy but everyone knows that in cricket, the real deal is the 50-over World Cup.

With this gold the Indian men's team made an important contribution as India fulfilled its dream of 'ab ki baar, sau paar,' which roughly translates to 'this time we will get more than 100 medals'.

The official said the police will put in place the bandobast from October 11. “We are fully prepared for that. There will be bandobast at the stadium gates, checkings will be carried out on vehicles, hotels and guest houses, and we will keep a watch on certain elements,” he said.

Gaikwad said that the victory in their debut Asian Games in Hangzhou would not have been possible without everyone's contribution.

South Africa's tremendous batting performance was just outstanding, as they reached 428 for 5, which is now the biggest total in World Cup history.

Proteas batters toyed with the Sri Lankan bowlers with Van der Dussen, Markram and De Kock smashing quick-fire centuries to lift their side to a commanding total

Men in Blue will start their World Cup 2023 campaign against five-time champions Australia at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday

Pandya has a solid record at number six. In 23 ODIs, he has scored 775 runs at this position at an average of 36.90.

A fight broke out over some issue between the "pahelwans" participating in a competition on Friday night. A video of the brawl was widely circulated on social media.

Ashwin was included in India's squad in place of injured Axar Patel, and now he might pip pacer Shardul Thakur for a place in the eleven.

Afghanistan were 112/5 in 18.2 overs when rain stopped the play. Seamers Arshdeep Singh and Shivam Dube took one wicket each.