Even Melbourne 2015 was not a full house!

Updated On: 16 October, 2023 08:27 AM IST | Mumbai | Sunil Gavaskar

The final between Australia and New Zealand involving the home team was not filled to capacity. Nobody questioned that, so why question a game (England v New Zealand) where the home team were not playing?

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Spectators witness the World Cup opening tie between England and NZ at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on October 5. Pic/AFP

Sunil Gavaskar A little over a week into the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, it’s strange to find many times champions Australia without a point against their name. They have lost both their games so far, the first to India and then their biggest defeat in the World Cup when South Africa beat them. Their planning can’t be faulted as they went to South Africa for a five-match ODI series and then travelled to India to play a three-game series. They lost both the series, which wouldn’t have helped their confidence, but at least they had got some quality game time under their belts.

Kohli, the shepherd

In their opening game, the Indian spinners wove a web around the flat-footed batters and when their bowlers gave them a rousing start, capturing three Indian wickets, the modern trend of trying to slide and dive and fall down and make a simple catch look spectacular, cost them the opportunity to get Virat Kohli’s wicket and put the scare on the Indians. Kohli didn’t look back and shepherded a rejuvenated KL Rahul to take India to a win.

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