During the IND vs. AUS World Cup clash, Virat Kohli's selfless act for Bumrah involving Chepauk DJ won hearts
The Indian cricket team started their campaign for the 2023 World Cup at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in the best possible way. Not only did they defeat Australia by six wickets, but they were airtight with their bowling and fielding and then managed to fight back from a tricky situation in their chase. Australia batted first in the scorching heat of Chennai and were all out for 199.
Although spinners have dominated against Australia, Jasprit Bumrah was the one who gave India an early breakthrough by dismissing the dangerous Mitchell Marsh early in the innings. Bumrah struck with the second ball of the third over of the innings, getting an edge off Marsh to fly to first slip, where Virat Kohli took a sharp catch tumbling to his left.
While Bumrah did not get any wickets in that spell, he was economic and made scoring quite hard for the opponents. Bumrah then returned for another spell. Kohli, as he usually does, was egging the crowd on throughout the innings. In the 33rd over, when the stadium's DJ asked the crowd to cheer for Kohli, the former India captain gestured that the crowd should instead chant for Bumrah. “Why are you cheering for me?” he seemed to say, then pointed at Bumrah, signalling them to cheer for the bowler instead. Bumrah went on to get one more wicket in the form of Australia captain Pat Cummins in the 43rd over.