Summary

  • India recover from 2-3 to win by six wickets

  • Kohli (85) & Rahul put on 165 for fourth wicket

  • Marsh drops Kohli on 12

  • Australia struggle on slow, turning pitch - slumping to 199 all out

  • Warner (41) & Smith (46) top-score but lack fluency

  • Jadeja (3-28), Kuldeep (2-42) & Bumrah (2-35) star with the ball

  1. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 2.2 overs

    Marsh c Kohli b Bumrah 0 (Aus 5-1)

    An early breakthrough!

    Jasprit Bumrah finds the edge of Mitchell Marsh's bat and it's a huge dive from Virat Kohli at first slip, tumbling to his left to snaffle the Australia opener.

    Are India setting the tone early on?

  2. Aus 5-0published at 2 overs

    First boundary of the match for Warner! He slashes Mohammed Siraj's first delivery through backward point.

    The Indian seamer follows up with five dot balls. Warner considers taking a sharp run to point but thinks again about taking on Ishan Khan's throw.

  3. Postpublished at 09:34 British Summer Time 8 October 2023

    Carlos Brathwaite
    West Indies all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special

    I think Mitch Marsh is very important to this Australia side in his role as opener given how dynamic he is with bat in hand.

  4. Aus 1-0published at 1 over

    Bumrah hustles in with his distinctive upright action and whistles his opening ball past Warner's bat.

    The opener takes a run for the following delivery, pushing one to point, before Mitchell Marsh plays out the rest of the over.

  5. Let's gopublished at 09:30 British Summer Time 8 October 2023

    Australia opener Mitchell Marsh is leaning on his bat at the non-striker's end, while partner David Warner does some final stretches at the other end of the wicket.

    Jasprit Bumrah is lurking at the end of his run-up.

    We're almost ready to go.

  6. Postpublished at 09:28 British Summer Time 8 October 2023

    The teams are out to heartily sing their anthems. If you don't fancy a sing along, why not enjoy highlights from yesterday's South Africa-Sri Lanka match, where the two sides put on quite a show.

  7. The build-uppublished at 09:22 British Summer Time 8 October 2023

    These teams met in a three-match series in the build-up to this tournament, with India taking victories at Mohali and Indore before Australia winning a consolation in Rajkot.

    Prior to that, India were triumphant in September's Asia Cup, dismissing Sri Lanka for just fifty in the final.

    Meanwhile Australia conceded a 2-0 lead in their series against South Africa, losing three matches in a row to go down 3-2.

  8. Teamspublished at 09:17 British Summer Time 8 October 2023

    India: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj

    Australia: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

    The big news out of the India camp is that opener Shubman Gill is not fit for selection. The batter had been good form in the warm-up series against Australia, hitting scores of 74 and 104, but has been diagnosed with dengue fever.

    Less seriously, Australia select Adam Zampa despite him ploughing into the side of a swimming pool at the team's hotel.

  9. Postpublished at 09:06 British Summer Time 8 October 2023

    India captain Rohit Sharma: "Conditions for the bowlers will be on the slower side, the ball will turn as the match goes on.

    "We have played a lot of cricket recently so we are ready. We have covered all our bases and we're looking forward to this game."

  10. Postpublished at 09:05 British Summer Time 8 October 2023

    Australia captain Pat Cummins: "It looks a good wicket. The sun is out, so it looks a good afternoon to bat.

    "We are in a really good spot. We have played quite a lot over the last month but the we have got the right balance between game time and the lads feeling pretty fresh."

  11. Australia win the toss and batpublished at 09:04 British Summer Time 8 October 2023

    Australia captain Pat Cummins has won the toss and taken the decision to bat first at the MA Chidambaram Stadium stadium.

  12. Good morningpublished at 09:00 British Summer Time 8 October 2023

    An India fan in the crowd at a cricket matchImage source, Getty Images

    A billion people have been waiting for four days. Or has it been four years?

    The hosts are finally under way at this World Cup and who better to face than the five-time world champions?

    It's India v Australia in Chennai - it doesn't get much bigger than this.