New Delhi. One bad day…and all Team India’s hard work for World Cup 2023 goes in vain. After the 6-wicket defeat by Australia (IND vs AUS) in the final match (World Cup 2023 Final) in Ahmedabad, the entire country is upset. However, along with this sadness, there is also a sense of pride towards the players of Team India who performed brilliantly in the tournament and gave the country a chance to smile and celebrate. Team India’s streak started with a win against Australia in the league match and during this Rohit brigade not only defeated every team but won almost all the matches by making it one-sided. The team won all nine league matches. in the semi-finals with a perfect score of 18. In this knockout match too, the Indian team won by 70 runs at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and made it to the final with pride.
During this period, the Indian players won the hearts of not only the cricket lovers of the country but also the people and cricket legends of the whole world with their tremendous performances. While Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer made the opposition team serious in batting, Mohammad Shami, Jasprit in bowling. Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja played with great enthusiasm. After the victory in the semi-final, Team India became the favorite in everyone’s eyes. Rohit Sharma’s team was almost certain to win the final but often what is thought doesn’t happen. This is why cricket is called a game of uncertainties. Australian opener Travis Head played an important role in making the team the champion for the sixth time by scoring a century.
The situation was unbearable… Dravid recounted the dressing room scene after the defeat.
In the final match of the final played on 19th November, Team India looked completely bereft. Fate did not support him even on important occasions. From losing the toss, almost everything went against the Indian team in the final. Rohit Sharma had a good start. But after his and Shreyas Iyer’s dismissals, the situation changed dramatically and the team was desperate for boundaries in the middle overs.
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Virat Kohli and KL Rahul started the ‘rescue mission’ but when both were set, they too had to be dismissed. The dominance of the Australian team in the match can be understood from the fact that only 13 fours and three sixes were hit in the entire Indian innings, while only one batsman from the Kangaroos team hit more boundaries. Head, who played an unbeaten innings of 137 runs in the match, hit 15 fours and four sixes. He was adjudged the player of the final for this century innings. In fact, Head’s innings proved to be the biggest obstacle in the Indian team’s way in the final. It was his third man of the match award of the tournament. , he was also man-of-the-match earlier in the semi-final against New Zealand (62 and 2/21) against Dharamshala and in the semi-final against South Africa (62 and 2/21).
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Tags: IND vs AUS, India vs Australia, Travis Head, World Cup 2023
First published: November 20, 2023, 11:07 IST