ICC World Cup 2023: Venue just can’t help it

Updated On: 08 October, 2023 09:12 AM IST | Chennai | R Kaushik

India, Oz clashing in their 2023 World Cup opener at rivalry-famous Chennai seems apt; hosts could field three spinners

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Skipper Rohit Sharma (left), bowling coach Paras Mhambrey and head coach Rahul Dravid (right) during a practice session at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Saturday. Pic/AFP

The World Cup has yet to catch fire. Four matches into the tournament, the response has been reasonably tepid and the buzz conspicuous by its absence. All that will change on Sunday, when India kick off their campaign for a first global title since 2013 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Chepauk has been the theatre of many a dramatic India-Australia showdown, and it’s in the fitness of things that the teams will renew rivalries on the same stage in their respective opening games of the World Cup.