ODI World Cup digest: Kohli’s hundred keeps India flying; Australia-Pakistan face huge clash

The Men’s ODI World Cup 2023 takes place in India from October 5 to November 19. Every morning, we’ll round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you the perspectives of our journalists on the ground.

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Featured: Jadeja, Kohli lead India to fourth straight win

India 261 for 3 (Kohli 103*, Gill 53) beaten Bangladesh 256 for 8 (Litton 66, Tanzid 51, Mahmudullah 46) by seven wickets

The similarity to a Virat Kohli innings in a poor chase is not a criticism of his batting. The beauty of the film lies in its repetitive nature, a mark of its desire to make every start count. On Thursday, he contributed to the delivery of number 48 of the ODI Century, which brings him even closer to the man he lifted on his shoulders during that famous night in April 2011, before delivering a epic line which caused the loss of a country of more than a billion inhabitants. tears of joy.

Kohli’s knock, which turned into a run between his hundred and a victory towards the end, was preceded by a run-torrent from Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill. The pair’s opening stand of 88 runs in a chase of 257, which looked well short of the par score, was an exhibition of batting aesthetics that dreams are made of. Rohit, with his lazy elegance, fierce cuts and monstrous pull-ups, took the first steps, and Gill took over to slowly move up a gear.

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Match analysis: Jadeja, the gladiator who goes to the bank

The skills of Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav are irreplaceable, but Hardik Pandya plays a role no one else can play for India: a bowling all-rounder good enough to retain his place as a single hitter in many other teams. Pandya was depressed and was receiving treatment.

Pandya tried to run again to bowl, but eventually left the field and left for scans for which the entire nation will await the results. The anxiety over the injury is understandable. There are replacements for the best batters, there are bowling replacements and the other all-rounder has an identical replacement. However, does anyone have the job of the other all-rounder?

There may be others who fit Ravindra Jadeja’s job description, but few of them do the job as well as him. Given his flamboyance, Jadeja will be the last person you would think of as a banker, but that is what he is to India.

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One to watch: Kohli made a hundred

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Australia vs South Africa, Bengaluru (2 p.m. IST; 8:30 a.m. GMT; 7:30 p.m. AEST)

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Matthew Hayden and Cheteshwar Pujara preview the Australia-Pakistan match in Bangalore

It’s that strange period in the long World Cup group stage where the nebulous concept of momentum seems to matter more than a team’s actual position in the points table. Pakistan are ahead of Australia in every way – in runs, in net run rate.

But given Pakistan’s penchant for panicking as soon as something goes wrong and Australia’s ability to strike when they need it most, this is a clash between a team ready to charge and a team who can feel his opponent’s breath on his neck. As any Pakistani fan will tell you, the one team they don’t want to play when they really need a win is the one in yellow.

After hiding against India and South Africa, Australia demonstrated that they were not prepared to give up their campaign with a whimper. An all-round performance with bat, ball and field sank Sri Lanka, earning them their first runs and improving their negative net run rate.

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Team News

Australia (probable) 1 David Warner 2 Mitchell Marsh 3 Steven Smith 4 Marnus Labuschagne 5 Josh Inglis (week) 6 Glenn Maxwell 7 Marcus Stoinis 8 Mitchell Starc 9 Pat Cummins (captain) 10 Adam Zampa 11 Josh Hazlewood

Pakistan (probable) 1 Abdullah Shafique 2 Imam-ul-Haq 3 Babar Azam (captain) 4 Mohammad Rizwan (week) 5 Saud Shakeel 6 Mohammad Nawaz/Shadab Khan 7 Iftikhar Ahmed 8 Usama Mir 9 Hasan Ali 10 Shaheen Shah Afridi 11 Haris Rauf

File: Rockstar Afridi needs a new hit

To begin with, this is a slightly imperfect analogy. Shaheen Shah Afridi is, and always has been, more than that one-trick pony. His overall numbers this year don’t speak of a decline: almost two wickets per match, and an average, strike rate and economy reflecting his excellent career figures to a bizarre degree.

It’s just that the one thing has been so powerful and spectacular, and so well established, that it has become something of a monster. Since Afridi’s return from his serious knee injury suffered last year, he has fed him time and again.

But so far it hasn’t really gone well, especially in the Asian Cup and this World Cup.

Read Osman Samiuddin’s full story