Team India will play Australia on October 8 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai for the first time in the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup. The much-anticipated 50-over event will start on October 5 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad with a match between England and New Zealand. Former India player Sunil Gavaskar said that it would have been hard for India to win a knockout match against Australia. The 73-year-old also said that it is good for the home team to play their first match in the main event against a strong team like Australia.
“Absolutely. If your last game had to be against Australia, it would have been even harder. Sunil Gavaskar told Star Sports, “I think it’s always better to play the good teams first.”
The former cricket player, who is now a commentator, said that India will have more chances to stay in the event if the first game doesn’t go well. He also said that India would be careful about what to do if the other team was weaker.
“If you don’t do well, you’ll get another chance. If you play against a weak team in the future, you’ll know what to do and how much of a lead you need to win,” he said.
Sunil Gavaskar talks about how India won the World Cup for the first time in 1983.
Sunil Gavaskar then talked about how India won the World Cup for the first time in 1983. The 73-year-old said that India’s first game in the 1983 World Cup was against the West Indies, which they beat in a rainy match. He went on to say that the team’s confidence grew as a result, pointing out that India’s performance in World Cups had been average up until that time.
“The first time we played against the West Indies was in 1983. They had won the title before, but we beat them. It rained during the game, so play didn’t start again until the next day. There, too, we came out on top. Since we hadn’t done very well in World Cups up until then, this made us feel better about ourselves. We hadn’t won a single game before that,” the former India captain said.
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