Australia

Multi-format all-rounders Cameron Green and Mitchell Marsh will return home following the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup along with fast bowlers Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood to prepare for the Test summer against Pakistan and West Indies, which starts in Perth eleven days after the final T20 match in India.

“I certainly don’t want it to sound like we’re in desperate straits, because we’re not — but we’re not living in luxury either. I think most people assume that, because we played cricket, that we are all living in the lap of luxury. While I’m certainly not crying poor, we’re not reaping in the benefits that today’s players are,” Chappell told News Corp.

"This one (Reverse hit) has got to be one of the greatest cricketing shots. It's gone for six. It should be a 12. The bowling after that got a bit rattled because they just didn't know where to bowl. It was an incredible effort. He had an average of 12, to score the runs that he did and at the rate at which he did. It was amazing," said Gavaskar.

It was his aura as one of the greatest left-arm spinners the game had seen, which gave Bedi the audacity to be upfront and undiplomatic at times. His words never had the loop and spin that Bedi put in his bowling. At the core of his heart, Bishan Singh Bedi was always anti-establishment and fought with the BCCI administrators for his teammates and fellow cricketers. 

The ruthless batting helped them cross Shane Watson and Brad Haddin's record of 183 runs, against Canada back in the 2011 World Cup. Shaheen Shah Afridi picked the wicket of Mitchell Marsh ending a 259-run opening partnership.

“In terms of Pakistan now, they are a hard team to read. They've got so much talent, they're extremely unpredictable, but with that, they are seriously dangerous. They've got the number one ranked ODI batsman in the world Babar Azam, he's on fire and his record against us is pretty good.”

Talking to the reporters on the eve of the match, Cummins showed confidence in the bowlers stating, “They sealed the opportunity."

Australia's troubles in the field continued as they let slip five catches, highlighting a concerning pattern of subpar fielding performances.

Zampa came back into action for Australia in their opening clash against India at Chennai only in the 18th over. But KL Rahul took him for three fours in the opening over and from their onwards, he couldn’t play a decisive hand in the match as India won by six wickets, with his figures reading as 0-53 in eight overs.

Stoinis has not played a competitive match since the ODI series opener against India at Mohali last month due to a hamstring niggle. “We will announce our team tomorrow at the toss. Stoinis is still touch and go; he will have a run this afternoon. Probably he’s up against it; he's got to jump through a few hoops and we'll see how he does today and take a call,” said Cummins in the pre-match press conference.