We review the India v Australia match in Chennai – a tense contest that India won by six wickets.
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SpotifyTalking points:
- India’s threat with their seamers as well as spinners
- How this World Cup is rewarding Test-quality spinners
- Australia’s lack of depth in the spin department
- Pat Cummins’ problem at first-change
- The Kohli-Rahul partnership
- Bangladesh, South Africa, New Zealand, and India – the early favorites
- How is 2 for 3 different from 80 for 3 when chasing 200?
Participants:
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan (@sidvee)
Ashoka (@ABVan)
Mahesh Sethuraman (@cornerd)
Kartikeya Date (@cricketingview) | Substack | ESPNcricinfo
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Related:
- KL Rahul’s cut de grace – Karthik Krishnaswamy – ESPNcricinfo
- 81allout preview of the 2023 World Cup
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- War Minus the Shooting – Revisiting the 1996 World Cup through a classic book – 81allout podcast
- Buy Cricket Beyond the Bazaar by Mike Coward – Amazon
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