'Knocking the ball around and...': Virat Kohli reveals 'highlight' of partnership with KL Rahul

Team India garnered a rollicking start to ICC ODI World Cup 2023. Men in Blue defeated Australia by 6 wickets at MA Chidambaram Stium, in Chennai. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul emerged as heroes of match as y put on a match-winning stand of 165 runs.

3 things you need to kw

• India started World Cup 2023 campaign on a positive te
• Team India defeated Australia by 6 wickets
• KL Rahul was judged man of match for his unbeaten kck of 97

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India defeat Australia by 6 wickets

At 2/3, India were in a precarious situation and an embarrassing defeat was seemingly looming. However, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul handled nerves and showcased risk-free cricket to st a comeback. duo piled up a record-breaking 165-run partnership, which seamlessly brought India to st of victory. After initial topple, meagre target of 200 turned into a momentous one, but in end, it proved to be too little as KL Rahul missed out on a well-deserved century. For consolation, he took home Player of Match award for his unbeaten innings of 97. or prepollent of win, Virat Kohli, was held out after scoring a vital 85 runs.

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Virat Kohli gives a break down of partnership with KL Rahul

Following win, on next day, protagonists of win got back toger and gave a break down of ir massive contribution. In video published by BCCI, Virat Kohli told KL Rahul about how y met need of hour and kept kcking ball around.

y both got #TeamIndia first win of #CWC23 💪

As bandwagon moves to Delhi, here's @imVkohli & @klrahul dissecting ir match-winning partnership against Australia 👌

P.S. local l is bracing himself for his homecoming 🏟️ 

Watch full interview 🎥 👇… pic.twitter.com/HSXYovY43T

— BCCI (@BCCI)

" highlight of our partnership for me was how content we were to just kck ball around. It was t about how many balls we h played and how many runs we h got.

"Just fighting through physical challenges of what we h come through in afteron and in evening pressure even makes you more tensed and fatigued. Just kcking ball around and reducing total by 10-15 runs at a time. That for me was something that helped us build big partnership."

It is all laughs w while reflecting on performance. 

"I kw situation wasn't ideal. When you came in, I kw you were all over place while walking in and you were still pding up and putting gloves and all that (laughs). first thing I told you was that it was a quick turnaround. It was quite bizarre. start was quite bizarre."