one day cricket world cup 2023 Australia has returned. On Monday, the Kangaroos registered their first win in the World Cup by defeating Sri Lanka by five wickets at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. five times world champion It had placed itself at the bottom position in the points table, as it had to face defeat in both its initial matches. However, the Australian cricket team gave its full strength against Sri Lanka and registered an easy victory. With this victory, Australia has reached eighth place in the World Cup points table. He has two points in three matches with a runrate of -0.734.
India tops the points table
India continues to top the World Cup points table while New Zealand, South Africa and Pakistan are the other top four teams. India has 6 points after three matches and its net run rate is 1.821. Second number team New Zealand also has 6 points, but the net run rate is less than India at 1.604. Whereas South Africa is at third place in the table with the highest net run rate of 2.360 and four points. He has played only two matches so far and has registered tremendous victories in both.
Pakistan at number four
Pakistan team is at fourth position in the points table. It has lost one out of three matches to India and is ranked fourth with four points. Now let’s talk about the former champion of England. England is looking like the most helpless team. It has faced crushing defeats at the hands of New Zealand and Afghanistan. New Zealand is at fifth position in the table with two points after winning one out of three matches.
Afghanistan made a big upset
Afghanistan team has made a big upset and has reached sixth position from the last position. The team’s points are two after three matches. With the same number of points, Bangladesh team is at seventh position due to slightly poor net rate. Australia has reached eighth position in the final table after winning Monday’s match. The most pathetic situation is in Sri Lanka and Netherlands. Sri Lanka has lost all its three matches and Netherlands has also not got success in even one of its two matches. Both the teams are at the last position.
Team India’s great start
India has won all its three matches brilliantly so far. First of all, India defeated five-time champion Australia. Indian bowlers had bowled out Australia for 199 runs. In reply, Australia also took three wickets of India on the score of two. But KL Rahul and Virat Kohli ensured victory. After that India also defeated Afghanistan and Pakistan badly.
Adam Zampa became the hero of the match
Talking about the Australia and Sri Lanka match, Adam Zampa, Josh Inglis and Mitchell Marsh performed well when their team needed them the most. Leg spinner Zampa took four wickets as Australia bowled out Sri Lanka for 209 despite half-centuries from Kusal Perera (78) and Pathum Nissanka (61). Sri Lanka’s batsmen, who were moving towards a score of more than 300, kept getting out in strange manner. All 10 wickets of Sri Lanka fell within 84 runs.
Josh English’s first World Cup half-century
Inglis (58 runs) scored his first World Cup half-century. Marsh (52 runs) and Marnus Labuschagne (40 runs) again performed strongly with the bat, helping Australia achieve the target in 35.2 overs. Due to this his net run rate increased. Where Australia reached eighth place in the table with its first win of the tournament. At the same time, the defeat has dealt a deep blow to Sri Lanka’s chances of reaching the semi-finals. They are in ninth place with three losses.
