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Saturday, Jun 14, 2025
Australia had already lost Shaun Marsh for the remainder of the World Cup prior and now look likely to be without another top order batsman in Usman Khawaja after he suffered a hamstring injury while batting.
A merciless England, however, wrecked their title defence, crushing them by eight wickets with nearly 18 overs to spare.
Starc finished with 5/46 to restrict West Indies to 273/9 after Australia, riding on Coulter-Nile's 60-ball-92, set 289 despite the early meltdown of the top order.
Finch pointed out that Rohit Sharma, Man of the Mantch for India in its first World Cup match against South Africa, was particularly vulnerable early in his innings as was Virat Kohli, the number one ODI batsman in the world.
Social media went into overdrive after video footage showed spinner Adam Zampa putting his hand into his pocket before rubbing the ball prior to bowling the 24th over.
Off-spinner Lyon replaced all-rounder Cameron Green, who has been released from the squad to play for Australia 'A'.
Australia defended 186 despite a chancy 85 by Indian captain Virat Kohli.
The Indian captain also hinted that he might skip the three-day pink-ball warm-up game ahead of the Test series against Australia.
The 2023 World Cup is scheduled to be held in India between February and March.
RCB go in with a completely overhauled backroom staff and a squad that Kohli expects to be the most balanced since 2016.
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