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Debjit Mukherjee: India started their world cup campaign with a six wicket victory over the Aussies. Coming to bat first, Aussies ended up on 199 in 49.3 overs. No half century came from any batter.
Coming to chase 200, India lost three quick wickets at the score of two on the board. Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer returned to pavilion without scoring a run. Then a well planned partnership between Virat Kohli and KL Rahul set the stage for India. The duo put up a 165 run partnership. Virat Kohli got dismissed on 85. Then KL Rahul finished the game with a six with Hardik Pandya as his partner at the non-striker’s end. KL Rahul remained not-out on 97.
