Aakash Chopra praised Mitchell Marsh’s performance in the ODI series between India and Australia, noting that he could be the Delhi Capitals’ game-changer in IPL 2023 if he maintains this form. Australia won the three-match series 2-1, with Marsh being selected as Player of the Series for his 194 runs at a strike rate of 131.08. In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra commended Marsh and Travis Head for providing Australia with a strong start:
“Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head once again started as though they had some personal enmity. Mitchell Marsh is batting at a different level. He can be the Delhi Capitals’ game-changer if he keeps going like this. He will get much better pitches than this and the Kotla ground is also tiny.”
Aakash Chopra also praised Hardik for bringing India back into the game, stating:
“Then the three wickets come from an absolutely unfamiliar quarter because you wouldn’t think Hardik Pandya will dismiss the top three when the pitch has help for the spinners. He first dismissed Travis Head, then Steve Smith for the second time in this series, and then Mitchell Marsh as well.”
Hardik broke the opening stand of 68 runs by having Travis Head caught at third man by Kuldeep Yadav.
“Mitchell Marsh got a start but no one scored a fifty” – Aakash Chopra
Chopra was shocked that none of the Australian batters managed to score fifty runs despite having good starts, stating:
“One more interesting thing was that no one scored a fifty. Everyone got a start, Mitchell Marsh came close, but no one scored a fifty. It happens very rarely that you reach close to 270 and still there is not even one half-century in your team.”
“One more surprising thing was that Ravindra Jadeja did not pick up a wicket. Kuldeep Yadav came and picked up three wickets. He is pushing Yuzi slightly backwards. Yuzi is a gun bowler but whenever you are giving Kuldeep a chance to bowl 10 overs, he picks up wickets, not one or two but three.” He further added.
Hardik and Kuldeep proved to be India’s most successful bowlers with figures of 3/44 and 3/56 respectively.