Kolkata. Australia’s fast bowler Josh Hazlewood, who is ready for the big match of the World Cup, said that he does not see any real weakness in the Indian team, but taking lessons from the opening match of the tournament, he will try to shake its top order. In the league stage match played between these two teams in Chennai, India had won by 6 wickets.
However, India’s start in batting was not good and till the second over its score was three runs for two wickets. Australia defeated South Africa by three wickets here on Thursday to book a place in the final where they will face India in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Before the World Cup, a three-match ODI series was played between these two teams in which India won 2-1.
Hazlewood said about the match with India after the win against South Africa, “We played a series against them before the World Cup, which we lost 2-1. We have played a lot of cricket against each other. We know his team well and he also knows our team well.”
He said, “His team is excellent. He had no equal in the entire tournament. There are no real weaknesses in their team but we are ready to face them on Sunday.” The fast bowler said, ”When they were chasing small targets in Chennai, we became aware of some of their minor shortcomings. walked. We were lucky to get two of his wickets in the beginning itself.”
These two teams had previously faced each other in the World Cup final in 2003, in which Australia had won. Hazlewood, who along with Mitchell Starc shook South Africa’s top order, hopes that he will be successful in performing the same against India also. He said, “Starc and I have been bowling together for a long time. We understand each other’s game well and we both performed well in the last match. Hopefully we will perform like this again on Sunday.”
