The World Cup 2023 final will be played between India and Australia on Sunday (November 19). The title fight will be held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The Indian team under the leadership of Rohit Sharma is riding on the chariot of victory. India has entered the final after winning 10 matches in a row. This will be the second meeting between the two teams in the current tournament. 150 ODIs have been played between India and Australia. Australia won 83 matches and India won 57 matches. No results in 10 matches. Let us tell you that the ODI World Cup rivalry between India and Australia is 40 years old, in which both have met 13 times so far. The two met in the final of the 2003 World Cup and India lost. The Rohit brigade will try to heal this wound. Come on, let’s find out when India and Australia beat each other in the World Cup.
June 13, 1983 – Australia win by 162 runs
India and Australia met for the first time in the 1983 World Cup. This match was played in Nottingham, England. Australia won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 320/9 with the help of Trevor Chappell’s 110. Indian skipper Kapil Dev took five wickets in a stormy innings of 40 runs in the 27th over. He scored the most runs in the match. India’s innings was reduced to 158 runs due to poor performance. India lost by 162 runs.
June 20, 1983 – India lost by 118 runs
The two met for the second time in 1983 at Chelmsford. Kapil Dev won the toss and chose to bat. Yashpal Sharma top scored with 40 and India were bowled out for 247 runs. After this, Madan Lal and Roger Binny took four wickets each. India bowled out the Australian team for 129 runs and won the match by 118 runs.
October 9, 1987 – Australia beat India by 1 run
This match between India and Australia was very exciting. With the help of Geoff Marsh’s 110 runs, Australia scored 270/6 on the ground in Chennai. Krishnamachari Srikanth and Navjot Singh Sidhu’s partnership for the second wicket saw India look to be cruising to victory. But after Srikanth’s dismissal, the Indian innings was disrupted. India needed two runs to win off the last ball and Maninder Singh was on strike. Steve Waugh clean bowled him and Australia won the match by one run.
October 22, 1987 – India win by 56 runs
India avenged their defeat against Australia in the 1987 World Cup. When the two clashed in Delhi, India batted first and scored 289/6. Mohammad Azharuddin scored an unbeaten 54 off 45 balls and also took three wickets in the match. Maninder Singh also committed three murders. India won this match by 56 runs.
March 1, 1992 – Australia win by 1 run
The two faced each other in the 1992 World Cup in Brisbane. The match had to be played in 47 overs due to rain. Australia scored 237/9 by batting first. At the same time, India got a revised target of 236 runs. India needed four runs to win off the last ball and Javagal Srinath was on strike while Venkatapathy Raju was at the other end. Raju was run out on a brilliant throw when Srinath tried to take the third run. Australia won by one run.
February 27, 1996 – Australia win by 16 runs
Australia batted first at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and scored 258 on the back of an innings of 126 off 135 from Mark Waugh. Sachin Tendulkar scored 90 runs in 84 balls for India. Sanjay Manjrekar contributed 62 runs but other players could not do anything special and India lost by 16 runs.
June 4, 1999 – India lost by 77 runs
Mark Waugh scored 83 off 99 at The Oval in London as Australia posted 282 for 6. In response, the Indian batting order was disrupted. Ajay Jadeja scored an unbeaten 100 and Robin Singh scored 75 runs. Only these two remained unbeaten on single digit scores from India. Glenn McGrath took three wickets for 34 runs and Australia won the match by 77 runs.
February 15, 2003 – Australia win by 9 wickets
The Indian team had to face a crushing defeat by 9 wickets at the hands of Australia in World Cup 2003. India batted first at the Centurion ground and the team was overwhelmed by the pace attack of the Kangaroos. Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie took three wickets each. McGrath struck out. The Indian team was all out for 125 runs. Australia easily achieved the target with the loss of 1 wicket in 22.2 overs.
March 23, 2003 – Australia win the final by 125 runs
India faced Australia in the final of the World Cup 2003. In Johannesburg, India won the toss and elected to bowl first. Australia made a huge score of 359/2 with the help of captain Ricky Ponting’s unbeaten innings of 140 runs. In reply, the Indian team was bowled out for 234 runs in 39.2 overs. Australia won the title match by 125 runs. Virender Sehwag scored 82 runs and Rahul Dravid scored 42 runs from India. Captain Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh contributed 24 runs each. Sachin Tendulkar could score only 4 runs.
March 24, 2011 – India win by five wickets
India beat Australia for the first time since 1987 in the World Cup thanks to Yuvraj Singh’s (57 not out and two wickets) all-round performance. Australia won the toss and chose to bat. Ponting scored 104 in Ahmedabad as Australia were 260/6. After this, Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj scored half-centuries. India chased down the target in 47.4 overs.
March 26, 2015 – Australia win by 95 runs
In the semi-finals of the World Cup 2015, the teams of India and Australia faced each other. This match was held in Sydney. With the help of Steve Smith’s 105 runs, Australia scored 328 runs for the loss of seven wickets. Captain MS Dhoni played an innings of 65 runs and India were bowled out for 233 runs. Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc and James Faulkner bowled well. Australia won by 95 runs.
June 9, 2019 – India lost by 36 runs
Batting first, India posted a strong score of 352/5 against Australia at The Oval in London in 2019. Captain Virat Kohli scored 82 runs in 77 balls. Chasing a big target, David Warner, Smith and Alex Carey scored half-centuries and at one point Australia were in good shape. However, India won in the end. Australia had to face defeat by 36 runs.
October 8, 2023 – India win by 6 wickets
India defeated Australia by 6 wickets in the league stage of World Cup 2023. At the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai, Australia won the toss and batted first and were bowled out for 199 in 49.3 overs. Ravindra Jadeja took three wickets, Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah took two wickets each. In reply, Kohli played an unbeaten innings of 85 runs and KL Rahul played an unbeaten innings of 97 runs. India achieved the target by losing 4 wickets in 41.2 overs.