Cricket World Cup 2019: Unchanged India bat against Australia

Australia also named an unchanged XI for match 14 at Kennington Oval.

Clear conditions greeted the Indian and Australia teams at Kennington Oval. (Image: Jamie Alter)

LONDON: Under a clear sky and with a full house expected,India skipper Virat Kohli has won the toss and elected to bat against Australia in game 14 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at Kennington Oval.

Kohli felt that batting first on a used surface was the best way to put Australia under the pump. Aaron Finch said he would have batted first too.

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India named an unchanged side from the won that beat South Africa in Southampton, while Australia are also playing the same XI that beat West Indies.

Teams

India XI: 1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 Rohit Sharma, 3 Virat Kohli (capt), 4 KL Rahul, 5 MS Dhoni (wk), 6 Kedar Jadhav, 7 Hardik Pandya, 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Yuzvendra Chahal, 11 Jasprit Bumrah

Australia XI: 1 David Warner, 2 Aaron Finch (capt), 3 Usman Khawaja, 4 Steve Smith, 5 Glenn Maxwell, 6 Alex Carey (wk), 7 Marcus Stoinis, 8 Nathan Coulter-Nile/Nathan Lyon, 9 Pat Cummins, 10 Mitchell Starc, 11 Adam Zampa

Jamie Alter is Group Sports Editor (Digital), Zee Media. A sports journalist since 2005, he has served as Sports Editor of the Times of India Digital and Editor of Cricbuzz, Cricketnext and IBN Sports, apart from nearly five years working for ESPNCricinfo. He has also authored two cricket-related books.