Australia gave Pakistan a target of 368 runs

The Australian openers made an explosive start at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The pair of David Warner and Mitchell Marsh had scored 82 runs in 10 overs. Both of them laid the foundation of a strong score by making an opening partnership of 259 runs on 203 balls, but later Pakistan's fast bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf stopped the Kangaroos before 400.

David Warner scored a century of 163 runs and Mitchell Marsh scored a century of 121 runs. Warner scored his 21st ODI career and 5th century in the World Cup, while Marsh scored his second century.

Shaheen Shah Afridi took 5 wickets, while Haris Rauf got 3 wickets.

The scorecard of Australia-Pakistan match

Pakistan's poor fielding, dropped 3 catches, gave 2 lives to Warner
Pakistan's fielding was very bad. David Warner got life in the 5th over only. Warner was caught by Usama Mir on Shaheen's ball, when he was able to score only 11 runs. After this Warner scored a century. After the century, in the 33rd over, Abdullah Shafiq dropped Warner's catch on Usama's ball. Then Warner was playing on 123 runs. After this, in the 35th over, captain Babar Azam dropped the catch of Steve Smith at slip. Usama was bowling.

The biggest opening partnership for Australia in the World Cup
David Warner and Mitchell Marsh formed Australia's biggest opening partnership in the World Cup. Both scored 259 runs on 203 balls. Mitchell Marsh was out after scoring 121 runs. Earlier in the 2011 World Cup, Brad Haddin and Shane Watson had made a partnership of 183 runs against Canada.

Pakistani pace attack remained ineffective in powerplay, life to Warner
The fast bowling of the Pakistani team, which won the toss and chose to field, was ineffective. Except Shaheen, Haris Rauf and Hasan Ali gave away a lot of runs. Scored 24 runs from Rauf's first over.

Earlier, Australian opener David Warner got a lease of life on a personal score of 10 runs. Usama Mir took an easy catch on Shaheen's ball in the 5th over of the innings. Taking advantage of this, the Kangaroo openers took an explosive form. Warner has reached fifty. The team scored 82 runs without loss after 10 overs.

Usama Mir gets a chance in place of Shadab
The Pakistani team has given a chance to Usama Mir in place of Shadab Khan, while Australia has entered without any change.

Playing eleven of both the teams

Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood.

Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Abdullah Shafiq, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Usama Mir, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Hasan Ali and Haris Rauf.

Australia has won the last two World Cup matches against Pakistan, meaning if Australia wins, it will be its third consecutive win against Pakistan in the World Cup. The Kangaroos had won against Pakistan by 6 wickets in the ODI World Cup played in 2015 and by 41 runs in 2019.