The coming Sunday (October 8) when Rohit Sharma and Pat Cummins stride out for the toss ahead of the World Cup encounter at Chennai’s M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, fondly referred to as the Chepauk, the rival skippers will be adding another key chapter to the India-Australia cricketing rivalry.
Kolkata’s Eden Gardens in 2001 may remain the eternal peak, but there is no mistaking the charms of Chepauk as many Chennai fans would always vouch for.
Years may have ebbed away and yet the Indo-Aussie lore at Chepauk always has an immense recall value. Since we are in the business of the World Cup, a trophy that Kapil’s Devils and M.S. Dhoni’s men won in 1983 and 2011, it would be apt to remember the 1987 game that pitted India against Australia at Chepauk.
