Canada Global (Web News) Australia became the world champion of cricket for the sixth time by defeating the unbeaten and host India by 6 wickets in the final of the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup.
In the final of the ICC World Cup, Australian batsmen Travis Head and Labuchin put on a brilliant display of batting to crush India’s ambitions and give Australia the title of World Cup 2023.
On Sunday, the World Cup final was played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, where Australian captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bowl. Hogai, KL Rahul scored 66 and Virat Kohli scored 54 runs.
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Australia set India a target of 241 runs in 43 overs thanks to the brilliant batting of Travis Head and Labuchin. Travis Head played a brilliant innings of 137 runs off 120 balls while Labuchin scored 58 runs and was not out. It should be noted that Australia has won the ICC ODI World Cup title for the sixth time, the Kangaroos in 1987, 1999, 2003. , have lifted the World Cup trophy in 2007, 2015 and now 2023.
Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad has a capacity of 132,000 spectators. A large number of Indian fans were present at the stadium to watch the final, including many celebrities.
India’s innings
India started aggressively against Australia, opener Shibman Gill got out after scoring 4 runs, but captain Rohit Sharma provided a good start to the team by batting smoky in the final as in the entire tournament, but then he scored 47 off 31 balls. Scored runs. After the fall of 2 wickets, the Australian bowlers dominated the Indian batsmen throughout the match and did not allow them to play openly. Virat Kohli and KL Rahul tried to build a long partnership by doing single doubles but then Kohli also got out after scoring 54 runs while Rahul also returned to the pavilion after scoring 66 runs.
Apart from this, Surya Kumar Yadav scored 18 runs, Ravindra Jadeja scored 9 runs, Mohammad Shami scored 6 runs, Shreyas Iyer scored 4 runs. Jasprit Bumrah scored one run, Kuldeep Yadav scored 10 runs and Mohammad Siraj scored 9 runs.
In this way, the Indian team got out by scoring 240 runs in the allotted overs. On behalf of Australia, Mitchell Starc got 3 wickets, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins got 2 wickets, while Adam Zampa and Glenn Maxwell got one wicket each. of
Australia’s innings
chase of India’s target did not start well for Australia, with 3 Australian batsmen falling prey to the Indian bowlers for a total score of just 47. Opener David Warner was dismissed for 7, Mitchell Marsh for 15 and Steve Smith for 4 runs. With 3 wickets down, Labuchin and Travis Head put on a brilliant partnership and silenced the 100,000-plus Indian fans at the ground in Ahmedabad. Both the batsmen batted with guts and hit some lovely shots all around the ground. A match-winning partnership of 192 runs between LaBuchon and Travis Head shattered India’s World Cup dreams.
Travis Head scored 137 while Labuchon played an unbeaten innings of 58 runs, Glenn Maxwell was not out by scoring 2 runs. It should be clear that before the final, India was unbeaten in the entire tournament, 9 matches in the group stage and then in the semi-final. The team won against New Zealand.
Prize Money
For the current World Cup, the ICC has announced a prize money of one million dollars. The prize money of 4 million dollars has been announced for the winning team, while the losing team will be given 2 million dollars.
