India vs Australia Live Score, World Cup Final 2023: Australia were on the money in the field and with the ball and India had to grind their way to 240 all out. Australia captain Pat Cummins won the toss and chose to bowl first and India's Rohit Sharma said that they would have batted first anyway. While Rohit got off to a rocket of a start as usual, Shubman Gill, who had a fantastic record across formats in Ahmedabad, fell early to Mitchell Starc. Virat Kohli came in all guns blazing but Rohit soon fell to Glenn Maxwell thanks to a fantastic catch from Travis Head three runs short of his half-century.
Australia's Marnus Labuschagne (R) celebrates after scoring a half-century (50 runs) as his teammate Travis Head watches
Australia's Marnus Labuschagne (R) celebrates after scoring a half-century (50 runs) as his teammate Travis Head watches (AFP)
Cummins then got the in-form Shreyas Iyer in the next over and KL Rahul and Kohli tried to steady the Indian ship. The boundaries dried up almost entirely after the 10th over and Kohli fell on 54 off 63. Rahul then tried to hold the innings together but India were dealt another blow when Ravindra Jadeja, promoted ahead of Suryakumar Yadav, fell in the 36th over. Rahul ground out a half-century while SKY gave him company in what was the last stand of recognised batters for India. That ended with Rahul falling on 66 off 107 to Starc. Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav then hacked together 14 runs for the last wicket and India were all out for 240 in 50 overs.
Team India started their defence well with Mohammed Shami taking the new ball instead of Mohammed Siraj and he struck with the second ball of his first over, sending back David Warner. Jasprit Bumrah then got the wicket of Mitchell Marsh. While both bowlers were expensive, they sent back two of Australia's most dangerous top-order batters.
Leading Australia's response after a shaky start, opener Travis Head slammed a brilliant century while Marnus Labuschagne played a patient knock of 57 off 109 balls. The second-highest run stand in the World Cup final powered Australia to a six-wicket win as Rohit and Co. extended their trophy drought in the ICC events. Superstar Head was named the Player of the Match for his memorable 137-run knock against the hosts at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
Here are a few pointers surrounding the India vs Australia World Cup 2023 final:
- Australia won the toss and chose to bowl first
- Rohit got off to a quick start as usual but Shubman Gill fell early
- Virat Kohli then came out all guns blazing but Australia struck back again with the wickets of Rohit and the in-form Shreyas Iyer.
- Kohli and KL Rahul then struggled to get away and while the former scored another 50, he eventually fell to Pat Cummins.
- Rahul ground out a half-century but then saw Ravindra Jadeja fall at the other end.
- Suryakumar Yadav was also unable to provide a big finish.
- Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav dragged India to a score of 240.
- Bumrah conceded 15 runs in the first over but Shami got the wicket of David Warner off just his second ball of the match.
- Bumrah took two more, sending back Mitchell Marsh and Steve Smith in the first 10 overs.
- Staging a comeback, Travis Head scored a century off 95 balls to help Australia reach 185/3 in 33.5 overs.
- Marnus Labuschagne scores 11th half-century in 99 balls in the 40th over.
- Head's 137-run knock guided Australia to six-wicket win over India in 43 overs.
India XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
Australia XI: Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis(w), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins(c), Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood