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Batting first, India scored less than 250 runs for the second time.
Before this, the team could score 229 runs against England.
Only Rohit, Virat and Rahul could play in the final match.
New Delhi. In the final of the World Cup 2023, the Indian team has scored 240 runs against Australia. Kuldeep Yadav was run out on the last ball of the innings. No runs were scored except for Virat Kohli (54), KL Rahul (66) and Rohit Sharma (47). Other batsmen could have made a big contribution and the team had to suffer. In the title clash, the Australian bowlers thrashed the Indian batting line-up, which had excelled in almost every match in the tournament so far, not allowing them to even reach the 250 mark.
Talking about the World Cup 2023, barring the league match against England, this is the second time that the Indian batting has flopped. Earlier, the team could score only 229 runs against England for the loss of 9 wickets in their 50 overs, but in that match, Team India scored 129. The English team was able to destroy the batting and achieve a 100 run victory. Now the hope of the fans in the final match rests only on the bowlers. The bowlers have to give their best and defend the team’s score in the final. Australia has a target of 241 runs to win.
World Cup: Indian batsmen made a shameful record, 30 overs and only 2 boundaries
In the tournament, the Indian team had a great start to the tournament by defeating Australia by six wickets. After dismissing Australia for 199 runs, the team achieved the target by losing only four wickets in 41.2 overs. Then the team defeated Afghanistan by 8 wickets. In this match, the team achieved the target of 273 runs by losing only two wickets. After that, the team bowled out Pakistan for 191 runs and won by seven wickets. This was followed by Bangladesh (won by 7 wickets), New Zealand (won by 4 wickets), England (won by 100 runs), Sri Lanka (won by 102 runs), South Africa (won by 243 runs), the Netherlands (won by 160 runs) and the semi-finals. Beat New Zealand (win by 70 runs) by an impressive margin.
Rohit gets out between 40 and 50 for the 5th time, loses his wicket at 47 for the second time in a row
In the real sense, after the match against England, the ‘real test’ of the Indian team’s batting took place in the final itself. Other batsmen have had to play their part in the failure of Rohit, Shreyas and Virat who have been brilliant with the bat so far but apart from KL Rahul, other batsmen have disappointed. Unfortunately, Rahul lost his wicket when he got set. India could not take their score past 250 due to the failure of Ravindra Jadeja and Suryakumar Yadav.
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Tags: IND vs AUS, India vs Australia, Team India, World Cup 2023
First published: November 19, 2023, 18:20 IST