India's dream broken again - Australia became world champion for the sixth time - won by 6 wickets

World Cup Final: India has to face a crushing defeat of 6 wickets in the final of World Cup 2023. On Sunday, Australia won the ODI World Cup title for the sixth time. This defeat reminded Indian fans of the 2003 World Cup final. 20 years ago the Kangaroos beat us by 125 runs in Johannesburg. After losing the toss and batting first, Team India was all out for 240 runs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Australian batsmen achieved the target of 241 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 43 overs. Travis Head scored a century of 137 runs, while Marnus Labuschagne scored an unbeaten half-century on 58 runs. Earlier, Mitchell Starc took 3 wickets, while captain Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood got 2 wickets each.

Steve Smith was out after scoring 4 runs. He was declared LBW by Jasprit Bumrah. This is Bumrah's second wicket. He also dismissed Mitchell Marsh (15 runs).

Earlier, David Warner was out after scoring 7 runs. He was caught by Mohammed Shami at the hands of Virat Kohli. Kohli missed the catch of David Warner at slip on the very first ball of the Australian innings.

Australia lost 3 wickets in Powerplay-1

Chasing the target of 241 runs, the Australian team scored 15 runs in the very first over. Mohammed Shami, who came to bowl the second over, got David Warner caught by Kohli in the slips on the very first ball. Mitchell Marsh, who came at number-3, scored runs quickly, but was sent to the pavilion by Jasprit Bumrah in the 5th over. Bumrah also made Steve Smith LBW in the 7th over. The team scored 60 runs in 10 overs even after losing 3 wickets with a score of 47 runs.

Indian team all out on 240, Kohli-Rahul's fifty

Batting after losing the toss, Team India was all out after scoring 240 runs in 50 overs at the PM Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Team India has been all out for the first time in this World Cup.

For the Indian team, Virat Kohli scored 54 runs and KL Rahul scored 66 runs. Captain Rohit Sharma gave a fast start to India by scoring 47 runs in 31 balls, but the rest of the players could not continue this pace. Mitchell Starc took 3 wickets for the Australian team. Pat Cummins got 2 wickets.

India lost 5 wickets in death overs

India was all out in the death overs. Australia maintained dominance in the last 10 overs. During this period, the biggest over was only 8 runs. After 5 wickets fell, wickets were lost in the 42nd, 44th and 45th overs. After this, the responsibility of scoring runs fell on the bowlers along with Suryakumar Yadav. Due to continuous fall of wickets, Indian players could not score much runs. Surya was also out in the 48th over. The team added 43 runs in the last 10 overs and lost 5 wickets.

Australia prevented partnership from forming in the middle overs

Australia was completely in the game between 11 and 40 overs. After losing 2 wickets in the powerplay, India also lost the third wicket in the 11th over. Kohli tried to control the innings and made a partnership of 67 runs in 109 balls with KL Rahul.

As soon as both of them started scoring runs rapidly, Kohli was out. Jadeja also could not play for long. In these overs, Australia bowled overs from part-time bowler Travis Head and the Indian batsmen could not take advantage of it. The biggest over in the middle overs was only 7 runs. India scored 117 runs and lost 3 wickets in these overs. Middle over game in few points

Rahul's slow fifty, hits only one boundary. KL Rahul scored a slow but useful 66 runs. He scored his second half-century of this World Cup. This was Rahul's 17th half-century in his ODI career. Rahul scored 66 runs in 107 balls. In this innings, Rahul hit only one four, he completed all the remaining 62 runs by running.

Kohli was out after scoring 54 runs. Virat Kohli, who came to bat at number 3 from India, was out after scoring 54 runs. He was bowled by Pat Cummins. After coming to bat in the 5th over, Virat scored runs quickly, but after 3 wickets fell, he slowed down the innings and took control of Team India. Virat was set after completing his fifty, but in the 29th over, he was bowled while trying to take a single on a short pitch ball from Pat Cummins. The ball hit his bat and entered the stumps. After Virat's dismissal, Team India's score became 148 runs for 4 wickets.

Rohit missed fifty for the 5th time. Team India captain Rohit Sharma gave a fast start to the team this time in the World Cup. He scored 47 runs on just 31 balls, but was out in the 10th over itself. Rohit hit 4 fours and 3 sixes in his innings. Rohit was out for the fifth time in 11 innings of the tournament with a score between 40 and 49 runs. Earlier, he had been out after scoring 48 runs against Bangladesh, 46 against New Zealand, 40 against South Africa and also after scoring 47 runs in the semi-finals. Team India captain Rohit Sharma scored 597 runs in ODI World Cup 2023. He became the player who scored the most runs as a captain in a World Cup. Rohit broke the record of New Zealand's Kane Williamson, who had scored 578 runs as captain in 2019.

Indian openers returned to the pavilion in Powerplay-1; score 80/2

Captain Rohit Sharma gave a fast start to Team India, which came to bat first after losing the toss in the World Cup final. He attacked Josh Hazlewood, but Shubman Gill was seen under pressure in front of him. Shubman became the victim of Mitchell Starc after scoring only 4 runs.

Virat Kohli, who came after him, also scored fast. In the 10th over, Rohit Sharma also scored 10 runs in 2 balls, but got out while trying to play a big shot on the third ball. The team scored 80 runs in 10 overs, but also lost 2 big wickets.

Playing eleven for the title match

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.

Australia: Pat Cummins (captain), David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wicketkeeper), Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa and Josh Hazlewood.