LONDON: India win the toss and elected to bat first against Australia as the two tournament favorites lock horns in a mega clash of the ICC World Cup’s 14th match here at The Oval on Sunday.
Aussie captain Aaron Finch announced the defending champions will be aiming to knock out India’s supreme duo of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the initial stages of the expected thriller.
India have fielded an unchanged side which beat South Africa in Southampton in their tournament-opener. Australia, who won both their previous games, are also unchanged.
Teams:
India: Virat Kohli (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Rahul, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Jasprit Bumrah.
Australia: Aaron Finch (C), David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Adam Zampa.
