KL Rahul and Virat Kohli made gritty fifties but Australian bowlers produced a clinical show to bowl out India for a below-par 240 in the World Cup final. Sent in to bat on a slow and dry pitch, skipper Rohit Sharma once again provided India a flying start with a 31-ball 47 but Australia fought back, snapping three wickets to reduce the hosts to 81 for 3. The Ahmedabad wicket had no pace during Indian innings and it would behave the same if dew settled in later part of India vs Australia final.
Kohli (54) and Rahul (66) then tried to resurrect the Indian innings, adding 67 runs before Pat Cummins removed the former. It was a struggle thereafter, as India failed to find the boundaries. Suryakumar Yadav (18) also couldn’t make a mark at the back end.
For Australia, Mitchell Starc (3/55) picked three wickets, while Pat Cummins (2/34), Josh Hazlewood (2/60), Glenn Maxwell (1/35) and Adam Zampa (1/44) were the other wicket-takers.
Cricket World Cup 2023: India vs Australia Playing 11
India Playing 11: Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav
Australia Playing 11:Â Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins (capt), Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Cricket World Cup 2023, Final India vs Australia TOSS: Â Aussie captain Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bowl first at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. No changes in either sideÂ
ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 LIVE telecast India vs Australia final
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ICC ODI World Cup 2023 LIVE streaming IND vs AUS final
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