The match report by the Veteran: The fifth match of the world cup 2023 and India’s first match looked like a walk in the park from the final score, however, Australia had given India quite scare. Everyone thought that the match was nearly finished in the first half when India restricted Australia below 200 which at modern day’s standard was well below per. However, Australia started with a vengeance and got India to 3 down with just 2 on board. Afterwards, KL Rahul and Kohli each played a gem of an innings to take India out of the soup.

In the IL master group it was the Lone Wolf who took all the glory. After getting clutched and then getting the wooden spoon in the last couple of matches, she made a fairytale come back to win this match. She must be over the moon tonight as it is a trifecta of good news with she winning, India winning and her favourite batsman is in good form. Great day for all Indian fans as well. Congratulations Lone Wolf and keep it up.

The Dark Horse after winning the last match with a record 1000+ score, continued his dream run by nearly winning this one as well. In fact, the fact that he came second after not having Kohli in the team is definitely surprising to many. Not to me though as the Veteran was well aware of his style. Great job there. Keep up the good form and keep surprising us.

The wooden spoon of the match went to the invincible. After starting the tournament with a winning note, invincible seemed to have lost his way a bit. No worries mate. It is a long tournament. Good luck for the future matches.

Current standings

The winners so far

• The Invincible : 1
• The Clutch God : 1
• The Veteran : 1
• The Dark Horse : 1
• The Lone Wolf : 1

The wooden spoons

• The Veteran : 2
• The Lone Wolf : 1
• The Bond : 1
• The Invincible: 1

The Leader board

Chupe Rustam continues to lead the leader board.