India's veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin made the headlines when he immediately rushed out of the dressing room when Virat Kohli's ball went high up in the air off Josh Hazlewood's delivery during the eighth over of India's innings. At that second, the cricket fraternity thought that Virat Kohli was going to be dismissed.

Virat Kohli raises his bat after scoring a fifty against Australia in World Cup 2023
However, as it turned out, Mitchell Marsh ended up dropping a catch, owing to a slight distraction by wicketkeeper Alex Carey. Mitchell Marsh let the chance go by and Virat Kohli capitalized on the chance to better effect by scoring 85 runs for the team. 

Besides that, he added a 165-run partnership alongside KL Rahul which set up a rock-solid foundation for the team to steer towards the finishing line. India got the better of Australia by six wickets and kick-started their World Cup 2023 venture with a brilliant win. 

After the game, India's off-spinner, Ravichandran Ashwin recalled a huge scare involving Virat Kohli during the game against Australia. When Kohli's ball went high up in the air, Ashwin literally ran outside the dressing room before coming back when the Chennai crowd erupted upon seeing Marsh dropping the catch.

"When I saw Virat Kohli's ball go up in the air, I ran outside the dressing room.I literally ran all the way outside. I didn't know what to do. I was like 'just wake me up when it's all over'. It was that sort of a feeling," Ashwin told Star Sports after India's win over Australia.

"Look, I think we have found ourselves in this sort of situation in important big games. When you play Australia, it's never a small game. You do well, shot them off for 199. You think you are going to coast home and then the last thing you want is Virat Kohli getting out like that. The moment the crowd erupted, I ran back into the dressing room. I stood in the same place for the entire innings. My feet is actually paining," he added.

"Kohli and KL Rahul went on to add a 165-run winning partnership to help India clinch a 6-wicket win. Kohli got out for 85 but when he walked back to the pavilion, the job was done. Rahul went on to remain unbeaten on 97 as India won with 52 balls to spare," Ravi Ashwin further said.