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ICC World Cup 2023: Australia (241/4) defeat India (240 all out) by 6 wickets to win the final of ICC World Cup 2023

Aman said:
Nah we all want that money shot ala Ronaldo crying.
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Saw the Kiwis cry in 2019, that's my 3rd wc. Your golden generation will never sniff a wc. Kohli still scored a century on Kane's head while he played a pathetic innings and was sent packing
 
Savak said:
Kohli did not and does not deserve the career ending WC win that Tendulkar got. Teenda carried the entire hopes, burden of the entire team and nation for the vast majority of his career.

Kohli has played in a much better team in comparison for the vast majority of his career
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Well said.

If Kohli still can't win in a decade, it says more about him.
 
Congrats to Aus, superb masterclass under extreme pressure.
 
kron said:
He is the serial loser.
Him and Rahul. 68 of 109 balls lmao. In this modern era. What is wrong with these players.
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At least KL has been dynamic at times. Kohli? Not so much. Putting his needs first ahead of the team is what killed them.

Rohit had to play like a brainless slogger in order to accommodate Kohli's selfish innings which is sad. Rohit is the one you want to bat deep as he can shift through gears. Yet he had to sacrifice himself. I won't criticize his poor captaincy today as he carried his team all by himself throughout the tournament
 
Rajdeep said:
Here comes another guy who is probably happy with this defeat. Why is it that you guys always shows up when India loses and never seen when we win? Then when we call deshdrohis people gets hurt.
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How does not supporting Indian cricket team become traitor? In that sense bcci are the biggest traitor here coz they openly said Indian cricket team represent bcci, not India..
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Warner, Kohli, Sharma, Surya, Iyer and KL all of them should take retirement from ODIs today. :bow: :inti
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Big future for Iyer, I like him. Kohli put him under immense pressure throughout the tournament as he had to be the aggressor which is selfish to put a youngster through that
 
Savak said:
The funny thing is I don't think the Aussies have played their perfect A game on any game of this tournament and still it was good enough for them to win the WC.

ATG Cricketing nation
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die hard attitude and winners mentality
 
Commiserations to our Indian friends. Well done to Travis Head. The reigns of the cricketing world was literally wrested from deserving India by this mustachiod fellow. Aussies era of super domination is returning, and I'm sure they will show us next month in the tests.
 
Bilal7 said:
Na biryani mey na kisi car mey, jo maza aaye India ki haar mey. 😘

Better luck next time, bois. Fair warning, the Pakistan team will be at its peak in 2027, InshaAllah. I don't foresee India winning the ODI WC in our lifetimes.

Top-5 match key mujrim:

1) Rahul: the greatest tuk tuk of all time along with keeping that would make K.Akmal blush.
2) Kohli: Completely gave up the momentum which is awful from one of the GOATs. Bonafide choke.
3) Gill: The next great Indian flop. Timid, zero technique and failing on this ground for him is unacceptable.
4) Rohit: Brilliant batting but some of the most brainless captaincy of all-time. Completely neutered Shami and Siraj by swapping them around.
5) The BCCI: In trying to stack the deck against the opposition, they got a taste of their own medicine.
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Pakistan hasn't won a wc since 1992 and has been to one semis in the last 6 editions, got humiliated by Afghanistan. Your team is going to die out just like your hockey. Imagine being delusional enough to think that you will ever reach a final let alone win it. You are going to decline a lot more, another group stage humiliation in the next 4 years.
Kohli scored a century and a 50 in a wc semis and final, something your beloved amla bhai and babar could never even dream of doing, imagine calling that a choke lol. Good to see you back though after you cowardly ran away after Your babar kohli comparison thread brutally failed
 
Smbhayi said:
How does not supporting Indian cricket team become traitor? In that sense bcci are the biggest traitor here coz they openly said Indian cricket team represent bcci, not India..
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Don't want to drag this discussion further as you aren't aware of the context I was responding to but BCCI is Board of Cricket Control in India. So it is not incorrect to say that the players represent the BCCI. It does hurt for Passionate fans like us who lives & breathes this team only to find out that there are few Indians who takes pleasure in such defeats. Not sure how else should I call them.
 
It's very quiet here in Delhi. It'd have been mayhem for AQI had we won today. Loads and loads of crackers would have been burnt by gullible fans
 
soso_killer said:
At least KL has been dynamic at times. Kohli? Not so much. Putting his needs first ahead of the team is what killed them.

Rohit had to play like a brainless slogger in order to accommodate Kohli's selfish innings which is sad. Rohit is the one you want to bat deep as he can shift through gears. Yet he had to sacrifice himself. I won't criticize his poor captaincy today as he carried his team all by himself throughout the tournament
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Rohit at the death can hit sixes at will.

It was stupid to have him slog and lose your most destructive players impact.
 
Savak said:
The funny thing is I don't think the Aussies have played their perfect A game on any game of this tournament and still it was good enough for them to win the WC.

ATG Cricketing nation
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What makes them so good under pressure? Just unreal. How can us subontinent teams learn from them

S.a are serial losers.
So are kiwis.

England fluked a couple recently but I think this was their end.

Aussies though are something truly special. 6 titles. 6 wc titles in odi. Just unfathomable.
 
Aman said:
Rohit at the death can hit sixes at will.

It was stupid to have him slog and lose your most destructive players impact.
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Respect for rohit, bumrah, shami etc. They all did their bit this tournament. All legends. But I have zero sympathy for losers like kphli, Rahul and sky t20 hack. India don't even pick their best players lol. Not sure how selection works there but it's lol worthy. Also siraj. Why do you need another right arm bowler when you have 2 already??
 
kron said:
What makes them so good under pressure? Just unreal. How can us subontinent teams learn from them

S.a are serial losers.
So are kiwis.

England fluked a couple recently but I think this was their end.

Aussies though are something truly special. 6 titles. 6 wc titles in odi. Just unfathomable.
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Pretty simple. A high quality domestic structure, aggressive mentality, ruthless decisions, never say die attitude. No room for sentimentality and individualism.
 
Savak said:
Pretty simple. A high quality domestic structure, aggressive mentality, ruthless decisions, never say die attitude. No room for sentimentality and individualism.
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Love the last part. Sadly that will never go away in sub continent.

#stars
#milestones
 
Statpadder Inc said:
Pakistan hasn't won a wc since 1992 and has been to one semis in the last 6 editions, got humiliated by Afghanistan. Your team is going to die out just like your hockey. Imagine being delusional enough to think that you will ever reach a final let alone win it. You are going to decline a lot more, another group stage humiliation in the next 4 years.
Kohli scored a century and a 50 in a wc semis and final, something your beloved amla bhai and babar could never even dream of doing, imagine calling that a choke lol. Good to see you back though after you cowardly ran away after Your babar kohli comparison thread brutally failed
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You haven't won a single ICC trophy for the last ten years. Even Pakistan has won one more recently than that. What does that make your team?
 
Man change the presenter. Atleast show some neutrality, you are presenting the World Cup final ceremony.

This is just becoming salty. Someone get a pic of Shastri here
 
Tendulkar smiling and looking happy. Kohli will not steal his WC winning glory undeservingly
 
Probably the worst ICC tournament presentation.

Jay Shah there with a face, but the Ravi Shastri with a long face, who is the presentor there

Credits to Tendulkar and Roger Binny atleasting showing smiles and showing that its a World Cup presentation going on.
 
kron said:
Respect for rohit, bumrah, shami etc. They all did their bit this tournament. All legends. But I have zero sympathy for losers like kphli, Rahul and sky t20 hack. India don't even pick their best players lol. Not sure how selection works there but it's lol worthy. Also siraj. Why do you need another right arm bowler when you have 2 already??
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Siraj is the #1 bowler in the world. He is the last guy to blame for the Indian batting being chokers.
 
Congrats to Aussie fans.

A thorough deserving winners this OZ team is.

I am also proud of our players, just that it was not our day.

Have had a fantastic time for the past 6 weeks both watching games and discussing it over here in PP.

Now that the WC is over, might as well enter into my usual hibernation from Cricket (until the next big series or tournament).

Good day, folks!
 
Credit to Modi for not running away and shoke hands with every Aussie champion there

(come on Cummins do what ponting did to Sharad Pawar and push him away)
 
Australia produces a magnificent performance to beat India in the final to win the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023.

The majority of a packed and partisan crowd arrived at the Narendra Modi Stadium hoping to see the host nation end their decade-long wait for a major ICC trophy win.

But it was Australia who delivered on the day. The Australian bowling attack combined to turn the screw after a fast-paced powerplay, bowling India out for 240.

And Travis Head was the star with the bat, hitting an inspired century to win Australia’s men their sixth ICC Cricket World Cup crown.

Victory for Australia is a crowning moment in what has been a phenomenal year for Pat Cummins’ side across formats, adding to their win over India in the World Test Championship final in June and their subsequent retention of the Ashes.

Tasked with a target of 241 to win the World Cup, Australia got off to a fast but shaky start in the face of a new-ball assault from India’s seam attack.

David Warner (7), Mitchell Marsh (15) and Steven Smith (4) all departed cheaply as Australia slipped to 47/3 inside the opening seven overs, with Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah taking the wickets.

But a superb partnership between Head and Marnus Labuschagne won it for Australia, with Head hitting a stunning century and Labuschagne playing the foil at the other end, bedding in with a resolute half-century of his own.

Head was caught in the deep with just one run needed to win the game, departing to a standing ovation from his teammates having scored 137 from 120 runs.

And Glenn Maxwell scored the winning runs as Australia claimed victory with six wickets and seven overs to spare.

Earlier, Australia skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and chose to bowl first in Ahmedabad in-front of a packed crowd. But it was India who got off to a flier, inspired once more by captain Rohit Sharma.

The early loss of Shubman Gill didn’t halt India’s attacking momentum, as Rohit and Virat Kohli racked up the runs in the first ten overs, with 80 runs coming in the first powerplay, equalling the record for a men's Cricket World Cup final.

However, the departure of the skipper for 47 from 31 balls was followed by Shreyas Iyer for 4 in the very next over, and the match took an abrupt turn from that moment on, as the runs dried up through the middle overs.

Looking to rebuild in the face of some excellent bowling on a tricky surface, Kohli and KL Rahul bedded in, ensuring India reached at least a competitive total.

Wickets fell frequently as Australia’s bowling attack looked to press home their advantage, and the final Indian wicket came off the last ball of the innings, with the total at just 240.

Pat Cummins’ 2/34 from ten overs summed up the effort from the Aussie pacers, with Mitchell Starc taking 3/55 and Josh Hazlewood 2/60. Adam Zampa provided good control through the middle, finishing with 1/44, while Glenn Maxwell’s 1/35 from six overs included the crucial wicket of Rohit.

The innings fell into two distinct sections. Nine fours and three sixes were struck in the first powerplay as India reached 80/2. But in the following 240 balls of the innings, there were no further sixes, only four boundaries and just seven twos – with all other runs coming in singles.

The second innings got off to a frenetic start, with David Warner edging the first ball through the slip cordon and scoring 15 runs in a thrilling first over.

And the drama built yet further when Mohammed Shami, handed the new ball over Mohammed Siraj, removed Warner in a bizarre second over. Six wides a bye and a leg bye came in Shami’s over as the ball swung all over the place, with Warner wafting at one arcing away-swinger to edge to slip.

An energised crowd roared on as India pressed hard for more powerplay wickets to boost their chances of defending 240 all out.

And Bumrah stood up when his team needed him bagging his team’s second, removing the dangerous Mitchell Marsh for a run-a-ball 15, and then dismissing Steve Smith for 4.

With three of the top four back in the hutch with the score at 47/3, India had pulled themselves right back into the contest.

But Australia rebuilt as Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne bedded in to lift their side.

Head led the charge as Labuschagne laid anchor at the other end, with the opener bringing up a fine fifty.

The pair's century stand left Australia in pole position to win the match, with wickets in hand and plenty of overs to spare, and Head's phenomenal century was greeted by complete silence by a shellshocked crowd at the Narendra Modi Stadium.

Rohit Sharma began in his characteristic aggressive fashion, unleashing a brace of fours in the very second over, and then hitting a six and four in the fourth. Even as Josh Hazlewood was under the pump, his partner Mitchell Starc managed to strike in the fifth over. A mistimed front foot pull brought the end of Shubman Gill for four.

The flow of runs didn't stop as Virat Kohli set his eye in early, and hit a hat-trick of fours against Starc. However, India's aggressive run was halted once more towards the end of the first Powerplay. Rohit mistimed a shot towards the off-side and Travis Head ran back from the covers and held on to an absolute stunner.

Soon after the first Powerplay, the aggressive Shreyas Iyer also fell for a paltry score, nicking one behind the wicket. The boundaries dried up as India tried to re-settle after the early blows. They went at close to three runs an over between 11-15.

Kohli and KL Rahul continued the restructuring of India's innings. Pat Cummins kept ringing in the changes amongst his bowlers to get a breakthrough, however, India managed to get to the mid-innings mark without another loss.

On the back of Kohli's fifth successive fifty in the Cricket World Cup, India seemed to be picking up pace. However, Cummins struck once more for Australia, employing a short ball against the batter, who ended up playing on.

This setback pushed India into defensive mode once more. Ravindra Jadeja, sent in at no. 6 ahead of Suryakumar Yadav to get the left-right combination going, was happy to knock the ball around the park along with Rahul. The latter reached his fifty in the 35th over mark. As the ball started to reverse swing, Australia's pacers found greater help from the wicket.

Josh Hazlewood struck in the 36th over, getting Jadeja to nick one behind the wicket.

India eventually reached their 200 in the 41st over. The team needed a push to get them to a solid total.

But wickets kept on falling, and Jasprit Bumrah was next to depart, trapped in-front by Adam Zampa, who finished with 1/44 from his ten overs.

And the silence was deafening from the crowd when Hazlewood picked up the key wicket of Suryakumar Yadav, who had bided his time until the last three overs before look to go big, only to top edge one to the keeper.

The final-wicket pair looked to boost India in the death overs, and they took their team to 240 when Kuldeep Yadav was run out coming back for a second off the final ball of the innings.

Source: ICC
 
Major said:
Credit to Modi for not running away and shoke hands with every Aussie champion there

(come on Cummins do what ponting did to Sharad Pawar and push him away)
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That was pre-IPL era :LOL: . Now they wouldnt dare
 
Congratulations to Aussies they have champions mentality 6th WC

Tough luck for India they played well but choked in finals
 
Pak was in t20 final last year as well. Odi will die soon anyway, will be test and t20...

Statpadder Inc said:
Pakistan hasn't won a wc since 1992 and has been to one semis in the last 6 editions, got humiliated by Afghanistan. Your team is going to die out just like your hockey. Imagine being delusional enough to think that you will ever reach a final let alone win it. You are going to decline a lot more, another group stage humiliation in the next 4 years.
Kohli scored a century and a 50 in a wc semis and final, something your beloved amla bhai and babar could never even dream of doing, imagine calling that a choke lol. Good to see you back though after you cowardly ran away after Your babar kohli comparison thread brutally failed
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JaDed said:
They were winning before IPL too, they are the greatest cricketing nation.
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Should not have won in Asia against India in India. This is the first time they won title in Asia . IPL made it easier for them.
 
Coach of Indian Cricket Team Rahul Dravid during the post-match press conference

[Reporter:]

Nothing could go wrong till the final, but this time a bad day at the office. Your thoughts?

[Rahul Dravid:]

Yeah, obviously a tough day at the office. Ran a really good campaign. Really proud of the boys, the way we played right through this tournament, the kind of cricket we played, just the quality of cricket that we played right through this tournament, I thought was quite exceptional. So really proud of the efforts, proud of everything that we gave. I think we gave everything we had in this tournament. So really proud of the team, proud of all the boys, proud of the support staff. I think we ran a really good campaign. Just at the last step in the final we probably didn't have our best game and credit to Australia. My congratulations to them. They played really well on the day and they were better than us.

[Reporter:]

I just wanted to ask that how do you sum up these two years of your coaching? How do you look at it? One semi-final, one final, a very good team, a lot of good performances with a high winning percentage. How do you look at it?

[Rahul Dravid:]

I haven't had time to think about that. I mean, I've just walked out of a game there so to be very honest with you I haven't really thought about it and to be honest I am not really someone who's going to judge and analyse myself. But to be honest I've just like I said I was really proud to work with. I think the players that I worked with over the last two years in all the formats, really enjoyed working with them. And yeah, it's been a privilege.

[Reporter:]

Ten wins, consecutive wins, how difficult does it get for the coaching staff, for the senior players like Rohit and Virat to pull the boys up after such a defeat because very much the favourites in the game and then losing a final which was there for the taking because you were considered the favourites for this?

[Rahul Dravid:]

I mean we were the favourites because we were playing well but I think you can recognize that Australia is also a very good cricket team. They also came here with eight wins on the bounce so we were under no illusions that this was going to be a tough contest. We were confident that if we played well, we'd get the right result but unfortunately on the day they played better than us. And no, I think, like I said, it's for us - of course, there's going to be disappointment. There is disappointment in the dressing room, and there is disappointment among the boys and among the support staff. But certainly, I think when the dust settles, we can reflect on what has been a really good campaign.

[Reporter:]

From this squad of 15, many of them would be on the other side of 30s when it comes to the next 50-over World Cup. Who among these would you think are potential for the 2027 World Cup?

[Rahul Dravid:]

Again, like I said, I just walked off the ground, so I'm not really thinking about 2027 and who's going to be there and who's not going to be there. There's a lot of time for that. A lot of water will flow under the bridge before that. There'll be a lot of time for that. But yeah, so to be honest, I just do not know how to answer this question because I have just walked off. Like I said, even the earlier questions, I haven't really had time to reflect on these things.

[Reporter:]

Around 80 for 3, was it a conscientious effort of Kohli and Rahul to bat out the 50 overs, at least bat till the 50 overs and still 240 was not enough, would you say that?

[Rahul Dravid:]

I mean, we knew, in hindsight, I think we fell about 30-40 runs short. It's not that we were looking to bat it out. I thought they bowled well through that period. I thought it just felt like the ball was stopping in the afternoon a little bit more than it did in the evening. And not that there was a lot of dew, to be honest, but just felt like the ball came on to the bat a lot better in the evening. There was that period where I think the ball was stopping. We weren't able to get boundaries. We were rotating the strike, but we weren't able to hit those boundaries. And yeah, there was a conscious effort to try and take the game deep, but we kept losing wickets. We just lost wickets just when we felt that we built a partnership and we can start going. We lost a wicket, we lost Virat [Kohli], then we lost Jaddu [Jadeja] and then we lost [KL] Rahul. So, we just kept losing wickets at critical intervals and probably felt that we were about 40 runs short. I mean, I know in the end it looked like they would have chased even 40 runs more. But if we had got to 280, 290, and they were 60 for 3, then it might have been a very different game. But with 240, I think they were always one partnership away from getting there and yeah, they batted really well. I thought Travis Head played exceptionally well. He got through that initial period. We were a little bit unlucky. He beat the bat a few times. Stuff could have gone our way in that situation, but once he got through that, I thought he played really well.

[Reporter:]

Just a few words on Rohit, the captain, and the batsman, having committed to a brand of cricket that he wanted to play and set the tone and just to maintain it throughout the competition?

[Rahul Dravid:]

Yeah, I think he's been an exceptional leader. You know, Rohit's really led this team fantastically well. I think he's certainly got the dressing room. I just think he's given so much of his time and energy in the dressing room to the boys. He's always been available for any of our conversations, any of our meetings. Sometimes there's been a lot of planning, a lot of strategy that goes in. He's always committed to those things. He's given a lot of his personal time, energy into this campaign. And his batting as well, I thought it was fantastic, the way he set the tone for us. We knew that we wanted to play a certain way. We wanted to play a positive attacking brand of cricket. And he was very committed to doing that. And he wanted to lead by example. And I thought right through the tournament, he was quite superb in doing that. And yeah, I just can't speak more highly of him as a person and as a leader.

[Reporter:]

How did you plan, you made all three injured players who got operated, Shreyas Iyer, [Jasprit] Bumrah and KL [Rahul] perfectly in time. How much of planning did it go and how did you do this split up?

[Rahul Dravid:]

Obviously, there is a certain level of planning and some thought that goes into it. Obviously, we were unfortunate with a few injuries before the tournament. And it was always the plan to try and get them ready for the Asia Cup and the World Cup. And you need a bit of luck as well. Sometimes in these things, these injuries can take a little bit longer. I think in that sense, we were quite lucky that we were able to get them for the Asia Cup and then from there on into the World Cup and I thought all three of them performed exceptionally. Obviously during the tournament, we lost Hardik [Pandya], which meant our balance changed, but that honestly didn't affect the results because we were able to play with five bowlers. And we managed that pretty well, except for probably this final. But yeah, but I think in any tournament that you play like this, you've got to have plan A and plan B and sometimes plan C. And we obviously started off with a particular plan, but then we were good enough, I thought, to adapt and shift to plan B when we had the injury.

[Reporter:]

You said there is a lot of time for 2027, but in 7 months the T20 World Cup is coming up - there is not much time left. The way this team has run the campaign, the senior players, earlier we were talking about Virat and Rohit. Do you think that whatever the final result is, they can take another crack for the West Indies, including you? Is there a possibility that in the next 6-7 months, we will be back in this team?

[Rahul Dravid:]

Honestly, I haven't thought about it. I think all our campaign, all our energies were focused on this match, focused on this tournament, and focused till here. And I haven't actually given it any thought or I have no plans, I have had no plans of what's going to happen in the future.

[Rahul Dravid:]

Last year in the T20 World Cup, we made 170 runs in 20 overs, and England chased it easily. Today when we made 240 runs - Australia did not face any difficulties. Rohit comes on this wicket and scores 45-47 in 30 balls. But on the other hand, there are some batsmen who can score 60-65 runs on 110 balls. And the strike rate is very low. So, what happens is that in big matches, we play a little scared. You feel that our approach is not right? What are the issues? These issues have been visible since the last three or four World Cups, Asia Cups.

[Rahul Dravid:]

I won't believe that we played with fear in this tournament. In this final match, we were on 80 runs in 10 overs. We were losing wickets. When you lose wickets, you have to change your strategy and tactics. We showed that in this tournament. When we lost against England, we played differently. You have to play. You start with front foot cricket. And in this match, in the final, we didn't play anything out of fear. They did a lot of good bowling in the middle overs. We lost three wickets. So, we needed a period of consolidation. But whenever we thought we'd play attacking or positive and go forward and hit, we lost wickets. So, you have to build again. Whenever you have a partnership, you have to build it. You saw the batting of the team. There was a time when Marnus and Head were playing. They established it. But they didn't get out, so they kept playing. If you keep losing wickets in the middle, then you have to rebuild. But it's not like we started playing defensively.

[Reporter:]

There was obviously a massive hysteria building up to the final. People were excited. But 100,000 people left disappointed tonight. Many more are going to be disappointed tonight around the country. What would your message be to the nation of India after the defeat?

[Rahul Dravid:]

I think there will be some disappointment but I think they got to watch the Indian team play and have a fantastic campaign right through the World Cup. I said that at the start of the tournament, that we'd be traveling to, we eventually went to 11 cities, played in front of our fans, truly grateful for the kind of support that we received. Every single venue we went to was packed. People came out to watch. It was a great privilege to play in front of our fans and I thought the team did really well and really entertained the fans. So, while there may be some disappointments today, I think there's a lot of joy that this team has given to the people over the last couple of months. It was a privilege, I think, this tournament, just to see. I think there's no doubt that the fans of the subcontinent are truly great fans. They make this game the great game that it is, without a doubt. And what would we do without the fans in the subcontinent? And I think for us to be able to play in front of them and to entertain them and to play the brand of cricket that I think a lot of people really enjoyed watching was a privilege. So yeah, of course there's disappointment. Everyone wants us to win. There's disappointment. There's more disappointment in our dressing room than anywhere else. But like I said, there's a lot of positives to reflect on as well.

[Reporter:]

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[Rahul Dravid:]

I think it was really important that we got off to a good start because as you noticed it got really slow and got a bit lower later on, especially when we batted first. So, it was really good that we got off to a good start. I thought 84, just losing Rohit unfortunately in that last over to a terrific catch was, you know, unfortunate. But I thought, you know, we set the base up really well. But then, like I said, we kept losing wickets just when we thought we were consolidating and building a partnership. We lost a couple of wickets in a clump there. And then just as we built a partnership with Rohit and Rahul, with Virat and Rahul, Virat got out and then we lost a couple more quickly. So, I think that we just kept losing wickets and credit to Australia. I thought they utilized the conditions really well. They utilized the reverse swing a lot. They got a bit of reverse swing when they bowled first and they used that really well. I thought their fielding was spot on. So, they played really well and I thought they did well to restrict us to 240.

[Reporter:]

After working together for two years, one is to give big exams like the World Cup. And the other thing is to make a team. So, how far has the team come in the last two years? How happy are you with that?

[Rahul Dravid:]

Obviously, if you look at it, in all three formats, we are the number one team at the moment. But obviously for us, it would have been really nice at this point of time, there is a disappointment of not winning the trophy. But of course, I think there have been a lot of positives as well, a lot of good results, a lot of good performances. Of course, we would have liked to have won today, but we didn't win. And I thought overall, you know, I thought it's been a really good World Cup.

[Reporter:]

The Rohit we have seen through this tournament on the field, has been very calm and composed. In his many press conferences, he's been humorous, light-hearted. You must have seen the other side in the dressing room, especially today. How emotional and how disappointed is he?

[Rahul Dravid:]

Yeah, of course he's disappointed, as are many of the boys in the dressing room. It wasn't, yeah, there was a lot of emotions in that dressing room. It was tough to see as a coach, because I know how hard these guys have worked, what they've put in, the sacrifices they've made. So, it's tough. I mean, it's tough to see that as a coach, because you get to know these boys personally. You get to see the effort they put in, the hard work that we've put in over the last month, the kind of cricket we've played. But yeah, but that's sport. That happens. It can happen. And the better team won on the day. And I'm sure that the sun will come up tomorrow morning. We'll learn from it. We'll reflect. And we'll move on, as will everyone else. I mean, that's what you do as sportsmen. You have some great highs in sport, and you have some lows in sport. And you keep moving on. You don't stop. Because if you don't put yourself on the line, you don't put yourself in games like these, you don't experience the great highs. And neither do you experience the great lows. And if you don't do that, you don't learn.

[Reporter:]

You said when the dust settles down, you'll be reflective of how good the campaign was. When the dust settles down, would the overarching feeling of being a satisfaction, a pride, be given such an enthralling, dynamic, entertaining campaign? Or just because this team has been so dominant, so good, there's a great chance of winning a World Cup. Would that be a regret? What do you think will be the takeaway from this tournament when the dust settles down?

[Rahul Dravid:]

I can answer that when the dust does settle down. It was your word, exactly, because the dust hasn't settled down now. It's going to take some time for the dust to settle, I think. So, you know, at this point of time, yeah, at this point of time, there's disappointment. I mean, what else can I say? But, you know, I'd like to believe that, you know, in time, we'll look at look at some of the positives of this. But sure, at this point of time, there is disappointment.

[Reporter:]

Just wanted you to dwell on your future now and would you like to continue as the coach of maybe only the red ball team or the white ball team? Or where do you see yourself?

[Rahul Dravid:]

I haven't thought about it. Again, I've just come off a game. I have no time to think about this and no time to reflect on this. Yeah, I will when I get the time to do that. But at this point of time, I was completely focused on this campaign. It was focused on this World Cup, and there was nothing else on my mind. And I haven't given any other thought to what happens in the future.

[Reporter:]

Just a word on the making of the bowling attack, which is one of the best, like other teams consider it one of the most lethal things of the Indian team. So, you know, how much effort and planning went into creating this bowling attack?

[Rahul Dravid:]

Look, I think bowling attack, to be honest, I don't think we can take all the credit for the creation of this bowling attack, because it's been around for a long time. It's been there. So, I think a lot of the three fast bowlers who bowled for us right through this tournament have been around for a while, really experienced fast bowlers as well. But certainly, I think some of the tactics and the strategies and some of the execution that we saw over the last tournament and what we've seen recently has been absolutely fantastic. A lot of planning and effort goes into it. Paras [Mhambrey] works really closely with them. We've got our sports science team that really looks after their fitness side of things. So obviously any fast bowlers, you know, keeping them on the path and working with them requires planning, requires strategy and more importantly it requires a willingness from the boys to put in the effort and the hard work and you know I think just a credit to Booms [Bumrah] and Shami and Siraj. They've been absolutely brilliant for us right through this tournament, as has been Jaddu and Kuldeep [Yadav] and even Ash [R Ashwin] in the one game that he played. So yeah, bowling's been truly spectacular right through this tournament. Probably today was one of those days where we just didn't give them enough runs to be able to work with.

[Reporter:]

The Australians were very wary of this pitch that you were playing on today. They were probably inspecting it more than they have in other games. Were you happy with how it turned out?

[Rahul Dravid:]

Yeah, they should be happy now. No, I thought it was fine. I mean, yeah, it was a bit slow to start off with when the sun was on. But I thought it played fine. It was probably a 280, 290 kind of wicket. It wasn't 240. We should have got those 40 extra runs. That might have put more pressure on Australia. Thought it played really well later on as well. So, I thought it was a pretty good wicket. Sometimes looks can be a bit deceiving. Didn't really have that many tricks. Yeah, probably 280-290.

[Reporter:]

Did Australia's use of bowlers, they used 7 bowlers often for 1 or 2 overs spells, did they have an impact on the batsmen in the middle overs?

[Rahul Dravid:]

No, not just the fact that they used seven bowlers. I thought the way that they bowled was really good. I thought they, like I said, they bowled very straight, bowled straighter lines, used the slower ball really well, used the larger, big size of the boundary really well. Didn't let us get away with many boundaries in that middle period. We've sort of been a team that's been hitting a lot of boundaries in that period but with you know with their tactics and the way they bowled they probably didn't let us get many boundaries and like I said it's probably also a function of the fact that just when we thought we were settling in and looking to go, you just felt that the guys were looking to go and then you lost a few wickets. So, we just couldn't build a big partnership. We couldn't really get a really big partnership like Travis Head or Marnus Labuschagne did. We just couldn't. We just didn't get to that 70-80 run mark in a partnership to be able to sort of take it on and launch and get those extra 30-40 runs that we needed.

[Reporter:]

Superb cricket your team played throughout the tournament. But just that an ICC trophy last 10 years, it still is out of bounds for the Indian team. Now, having worked with the team for two years, have you found any particular reason that why are we failing the crunch matches, be it semifinal, final, wherever? What happens to us?

[Rahul Dravid:]

I mean, I guess if I knew the answer, I would say that. But no, I think, to be honest, I don't know. I've been involved in three now, one semifinal, and the World Test Championship, and this one as well. I just think we haven't played really well on the day. I mean, I thought we were a bit short in Adelaide, in the semifinal. We lost the first day in the World Test Championship, unfortunately. We didn't bowl particularly well after Australia was three down there. And here we didn't bat well enough in the first. So, yeah, there's not one particular reason you can pin it down to. It's not that, I mean, I didn't feel at any stage going into this game that there were any nerves or the guys were intimidated by the game or they were concerned about the game I think they were looking forward to it we were excited about the game. I thought there was energy and the mental space the boys were in leading into this particular game was spot-on was terrific. Just on the day we probably didn't execute, and Australia played better than us.
 
By the way towards the end, why was Muhammad Siraj Bowling instead of Bumrah or Shami?
 
Australian Cricket Team Captain Pat Cummins during the post-match press conference

[Reporter:]

What does that mean to you?

[Pat Cummins:]

That's huge, I think that's the pinnacle of international cricket, winning a one-day World Cup. Especially over here in India, in front of a crowd like this. Yeah, that's huge. Yeah, it’s been a big year for everyone, but our cricket team has been here in India, Ashes, World Test Championship and top it off with this is just huge and these are the moments that you'll remember for the rest of your life.

[Reporter:]

So why is it the pinnacle?

[Pat Cummins:]

It's just every international team comes together. You only get a shot at it every four years. Even if you have a ten-year career, you might only get two chances at it. And yeah, it's just the whole cricket world stops with this World Cup. So, it doesn't get any better.

[Reporter:]

You always spoke about the 2015 World Cup being a highlight of your career. But to win a World Cup in India, this stadium, with so many people, and the silence you spoke about as well, can you just take us through that journey today, from getting to the ground to now?

[Pat Cummins:]

Yeah, I mean I always like to say I'm pretty relaxed but I was a little bit nervous this morning you know just pacing around waiting for it to get started just seeing the sea of blue in the hotel getting nearer the ground and seeing the sea of blue, walking, making its way to the ground, all the cars parked with their selfie cameras out, you kind of knew you were walking into something pretty special. And then to walk out for the toss and just see 130,000 blue Indian shirts, it’s an experience you'll never forget. Awesome day and the good thing was they weren't too noisy for most of it.

[Reporter:]

Now that it's run and won, what did you really think of the pitch and what was behind the decision to bowl first given how well it worked out?

[Pat Cummins:]

The pitch played pretty well actually, it was quite slow and basically no bounce, but I don't think the bounce was anything different to anywhere else in the tournament. It probably didn't spin as much as I thought it would. Yesterday it looked really dry, but it was quite firm today. Yeah, the wicket was fine really. And then the toss, we were kind of umming and ahhing right up until the toss really - but I thought you know half a chance of the wicket getting better tonight and you know in a World Cup game you can make a mistake bowling and it doesn't really matter too much, but if you make a mistake batting and you're under pressure it can be fatal so I just felt like it was the right time to go out and have a bowl.

[Reporter:]

And just given how big a year it's been for you on so many fronts, how much are you, how are you feeling just I suppose emotionally, yeah, I suppose given the spectrum of emotions you felt this year?

[Pat Cummins:]

Yeah, I mean at this moment just incredibly proud really of the year we've had. I've obviously had a really big year. I know my family at home is watching, just got a message from Dad saying he's had a lot of 4am wake ups, not going to bed until 4am, so he's as pumped as anything. So yeah, you sacrifice a lot to play for Australia and everyone in the team has and we've spent a lot of this year away but we do it for these moments and my wife and two girls are probably asleep, hopefully asleep, but they're all pumped, they do the journey with us. So, everyone's got their own story, but there's a lot of proud people out there in our team.

[Reporter:]

But as a leader, we saw very good leadership from you, especially going back to Afghanistan when you made a good supporting role with Maxwell. How do you feel about the leadership throughout the tournament and how do you rate Travis Head’s innings today?

[Pat Cummins:]

Travis Head was phenomenal. I think I said it on stage, I mean I think a lot of credit should also go to Andrew McDonald and George Bailey, the selectors, to take a punt. He had a broken finger, a broken hand for the half of the tournament, but to keep him in the squad was a huge risk. And the medical team were fantastic, obviously, to get him into a place where he could perform. So that was a big risk. I think we could have been made to look really silly if that didn't pay off, but you got to take those risks to win a tournament. And Trav, the player we've seen in Test cricket, he just, he epitomized everything I want out of a cricket team. He takes the game on, he plays with a smile, he just puts the pressure right back onto the opposition and he's just great fun to be around. So, I couldn't be happier for Trav.

[Reporter:]

As Australians you give a lot of emphasis to Test cricket and also Ashes. As a captain you have won the World Test Championship, as a captain you have won this World Cup. Which is the best moment or it will come when you beat England in Ashes?

[Pat Cummins:]

This is, no doubt. The World Test Championship was huge like again another two-year campaign - but yet an ODI World Cup – it’s the rich history I think and to come out of a place like India where you know the conditions are so different to back home it's pretty gruelling, you know, 11 games in whatever it was, 5 - 6 weeks but yeah, the way the group stuck together and got through it and yeah holding the medal is - that's the pinnacle

[Reporter:]

You touched on Trav there can you just kind of take us inside the umming and aahing about whether you would pick him up did you ever think you might leave him out and on a similar front with Marnus what you guys left him out of an 18-man squad or whatever it was a few months ago. Can you kind of take us inside that?

[Pat Cummins:]

Yeah I mean probably start with the Marnus one, we wanted to be pretty brave this World Cup we didn't want to kind of limp into the semi-finals, we wanted to be the team that could score 400 and you saw that the way we kind of shaped up with Trav, Warner and then having Marshy at number three, We wanted to be really aggressive and then a couple of our all-rounders are obviously aggressive to finish up the inning so we would rather fail that way but then Marnus just showed his class and in South Africa you had to pick him, he was fantastic and he was playing a different style to probably what he did for the first start of his ODI career and it was paying off and we know he's a gun so you had to try and find room for him. And then the Trav Head one was, we thought his World Cup was straight over. It wasn't until I think it was about the next night afterwards where Ronnie came up to me. He's like, I haven't slept all last night. I think we're going to keep him. We're going to take the risk. He might be right for the Netherlands and then if we're going to make the finals and we want to win the World Cup I think he needs to be there for the finals - so yeah, it's his idea and yeah again great work by the medical team and it means you probably don't have the second spinner in your squad, which is a risk, but yeah, obviously paid off.

[Reporter:]

Just on today's game, when you got Virat out, was that about as sweet a moment as you've had on a cricket field?

[Pat Cummins:]

Yeah, I think so, yeah. Yeah, we did take a second in the huddle just to acknowledge the silence that was going around the crowd. Yeah, it just felt like it was one of those days where it was all made for him to score another hundred like he normally does and yeah that was satisfying

[Reporter:]

You'll remember you went to see Bruce Springsteen I think during the Ashes right at the start of the summer to prepare for one of the days of the Ashes what was last night's preparation?

[Pat Cummins:]

Yeah, the Boss wasn't playing at Ahmedabad last night - What did we do last night? Very chilled we had a team meeting and then yeah, we just few of the boys sat around had dinner and then played about half an hour of Call of Duty. That's about my limit. And then I hop off and let the real boys go and get a few wins.

[Reporter:]

As a World Cup winning captain, what will be your suggestion to the men who matter about the format, about this format, the ODI format, the future of ODI format?

[Pat Cummins:]

Yeah, I mean it's hard to say. I must say, maybe because we won, but I did fall in love with ODI again this World Cup. I think the scenario where every game really matters, it does mean a bit different to just a bilateral. So yeah, I don't know. I mean, the World Cup's got such rich history, I'm sure it's going to be around for a long time. Yeah, there's so many wonderful games, so many wonderful stories within this last couple of months. So, I think there's definitely a place.

[Reporter:]

When Allan Border won the first World Cup for Australia in India in 1987, the Australian players were not well versed with Indian spinner-friendly wickets. As of now, almost every Australian player is playing in IPL. So do you think that it helps to be very well acquainted with the nature and mood of the Indian wickets, especially the spinning-friendly wickets. Does it help?

[Pat Cummins:]

Yeah, it does help. I mean, in white ball cricket, you still don't get spinning wickets all that often, particularly in IPL. But for sure, it helps. I think I've said it a few times. Pretty much everyone in our eleven has probably played more white ball cricket in India in the last five or ten years than we have in Australia so - no doubt that helps.

[Reporter:]

There's been a couple of years with Australia where they had a really tough time going through it and yet you've come out, you've won a World Test Championship, you've now won a World Cup. Is it fair to say that Australia's back on the perch as the best side in the world?

[Pat Cummins:]

Yeah, I mean I don't know, it's probably for others to judge that but yeah, couldn't be prouder of the team for the last few years. We've had some tough series but we've won some amazing series as well and everyone stood up and we feel like we've got a great red ball team and the white ball team has won two trophies in the last few years so it's, yeah, things are looking pretty rosy.

[Reporter:]

I just wanted to know, the making of a champion team, you've been involved with this team for a long time, how has it been, how tough is it to go out there and do the job every time?

[Pat Cummins:]

Yeah, I mean it's really tough because you're playing against the best teams in the world and every team wants to achieve the same thing. It's really tough. I always keep saying about our team, we've got a lot of experience and we've got many different characters which is great, you want that in a team. But everyone buys in. Everyone does what the team needs. Everyone's there to look after each other. And I think that's something that's contributed to a few of our successes over the years.

[Reporter:]

Yeah. What was the thinking behind giving short spells to your bowlers, all seven bowlers, except you who bowled five overs, one long spell? All of the bowlers bowled either one over spell or two over spell. What was the thinking behind that?

[Pat Cummins:]

Yeah, in, say, Test cricket, when you're trying to find a wicket, you might change some fielders and some bowling plans. Feels like in one day cricket, you don't have as many options. So, we thought maybe the way to upset the rhythm, rather than setting some wacky fields, is to just go one over spells. So yeah, it seemed to kind of take the manoeuvre to settle in, so we just kept going and tried pretty much everyone there for an over and everyone did a great job. It makes kind of sequencing in the back ten overs a little bit easier as well when you know you've got plenty of resources to draw on.

[Reporter:]

Did it help that Australia had faced more crisis situations than India? Did it help in conquering the fear of failure in the final?

[Pat Cummins:]

Hard to say. You know, it's really hard to be standoffish in a final. But we made it really clear in the group we're all in on making sure we weren't the team that stood off today we wanted to take the game on play the way that got us to the final and maybe that comes from playing other finals before also maybe missing out on some other finals in different tournaments but yeah, I can't speak for the opposition but the group today was as confident going to finals as I've seen the team.
 
Congratulations to Australia.
Need to analyze kohli & KL innings deeper. I still can't understand what kind of approach that was? I have been saying from the start of WC IND will miss pandya big time and that's came true. IND doesn't have any power hitter in down order. I keep my words now and in future, SKY is just another version Asif Ali. Unreliable batter when he come on crease how many overs are left 13 or 14 if i am not wrong, that's a lot of time for pinch hitter to get settled. It's not bowlers fault at all, with dew coming 280 was defendable target.
 
India would have had a better chance on a flat wicket. Not sure why they thought a dry pitch would suit them considering the Aussies use cutters and reverse swing well. Also it seemed the pressure got to a lot of the players.
 
Major said:
Man change the presenter. Atleast show some neutrality, you are presenting the World Cup final ceremony.

This is just becoming salty. Someone get a pic of Shastri here
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For real. India always struggles to be a neutral host country for ICC events.

If you can’t be a gracious host and put aside your nationalism while hosting, then maybe don’t host.

Same Shastri would be yelling into the mic at the comm box or presentation if India was winning. No professionalism.
 
shariqnoor said:
Warner is done. He's already 37 years old.

I doubt Australia will include him in the Pakistan Test series at home. Warner will score another triple century against the hapless Pakistani attack but it will do nothing for Australia. Or maybe they'll just include him so he can say his farewells.

Australians are pretty smart people. Even after winning the World Cup, they will realize that Warner (despite having a good World Cup) is becoming a liability now. They will move him on.
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What?

Warner has already announced he will retire from all forms of cricket after the Pak series in December.
 
Technics 1210 said:
What?

Warner has already announced he will retire from all forms of cricket after the Pak series in December.
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Never heard the retirement news. In that case, good. He will bow out with a record-breaking home summer I guess.
 
Suresh Raina: Pat Cummins' captaincy proved the difference

From an Indian perspective, the final was disappointing, but that’s what cricket is all about.

Australia played better than India, you can't complain about that. It was just one bad day at the office.

Australia won the toss and they knew that dew would be the key factor. They restricted India to 240 and chased really well.

What swung the game in Australia’s favour was Pat Cummins’ captaincy. The way he brought Glenn Maxwell in to the attack to get the wicket of Rohit Sharma with a brilliant catch from Travis Head was very smart. Adam Zampa was great too, as was Cummins himself in dismissing Virat Kohli.

They outplayed India and were very solid in their planning.

Another big factor was Australia’s fielding, I think they saved 30 to 40 runs. From ball one, they were saving a lot of singles and boundaries. There was Travis’s catch and some excellent work in the deep from David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne.

I think Cummins showed real temperament in his captaincy. He changed his bowlers knowing he could put pressure on each India batter even though they were all in such good form. His tactics made all the difference and his planning and execution was perfect.

If you look at Australia’s innings, they were 47 for three, but India couldn’t put the pressure on because they were only defending 241 and then Travis Head played the best knock of the World Cup to change the direction of the game with his positive batting.

India looked very good from a bowling point of view but were left disappointed because they didn’t understand the wicket.

It was very dry and they couldn’t keep pressure on with the bat because Australia bowled a lot of short balls and deliveries into the wicket which meant India couldn’t rotate the strike. Rohit’s wicket was a turning point and there were not enough runs on the board, especially when you’re used to making totals of up to 400.

Credit goes to Travis and Marnus, the way they played when the pressure started to come back onto Australia showed they know how to win an ICC trophy.

Glenn Maxwell’s double century against Afghanistan gave them the belief they could win the World Cup because when one player performs that well, everyone else wants to do the same for their country. Travis believed he could do it in the final and he did.

Reflecting on the entire World Cup, I think it was played in a great spirit. We saw lots of runs and wickets to both seam and spin.

Afghanistan and the Netherlands both really impressed me and New Zealand did well too. We saw a lot of great individual performances from Bas de Leede and Paul van Meekeren of the Netherlands, to Rachin Ravindra of New Zealand and Mohammad Wasim of Pakistan, who looked very promising.

From an Indian perspective, I was very impressed with KL Rahul but Mohammed Shami was my player of the tournament. The way he bowled against New Zealand and throughout the whole World Cup, he just went bang, bang, bang.

I thought Rohit Sharma’s captaincy was fantastic too. He looked very solid in his planning, decision making, approach and execution. He looked like a proper leader.

Like MS Dhoni before him, he brought a team together and they played excellently. I don’t know if Rohit will play in the next 50-over World Cup, he might play in the T20 World Cup, but he really wanted to win the World Cup for the whole country. But God planned something else.

It’s very disappointing because they did so well in every department before the final.

There were still some great moments, not least Virat scoring his 50th century in front of his idol, Sachin Tendulkar.

We will see the Indian team doing well again because they know how to reach the latter stages of tournaments now. It just takes a bit of time to understand how to manage those pressure situations, especially when you’re at home.

Sometimes when there’s a lot of pressure you can lose your focus, and I think that’s a lesson they will learn from this.

Despite the disappointment, there’s no doubt that this event has truly captured the hearts of the nation. New records have been set in stadium attendances, broadcast viewership and digital engagements, making this truly the biggest ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup ever.

In four years’ time, all eyes will be on hosts South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia, and it will be great to see new teams come through like we’ve seen with Afghanistan in the recent years.

It might be Ireland or another team from Europe who really steps up, or perhaps one of the Asia Cup teams like Nepal. It will be exciting to see 14 teams and how it all shapes up.
 
Technics 1210 said:

Australia’s David Warner to retire from all three cricket formats over next year​


www.theguardian.com

Australia’s David Warner to retire from all three cricket formats over next year

Veteran opener wants to bow out in New Year’s Test in Sydney before calling time on his international career at next June’s T20 World Cup
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Good time to retire. He has done it all.

Won two ODI World Cups, scored a Test triple century, won one World T20, and one WTC.
 
Pat Cummins' Virat Kohli Remark As He Picks 'Deathbed Moment' From World Cup Final vs India

It has been more than a week of India's Cricket World Cup 2023 final loss to Australia but the fans of the Rohit Sharma-led side will be needing a long time to recover from the pain. An unbeaten India entered the final of the tournament by winning 10 consecutive matches. Any team could hardly challenge the side in the league phase but the final turned out to be a heartbreaking affair for the Indian fans as Pat Cummins-led Australia defeated the side by 6 wickets to clinch a record-extending sixth ODI World Cup title.

Recalling the game, Australia skipper Cummins picked his 'deathbed moment' and it was the wicket of Virat Kohli. Cummins revealed his pick during an interview to The Age.

"On your deathbed, in 70 years time, what is the moment you will think of from that final?" asked columnist and author Peter FitzSimons.

"I think the Virat Kohli wicket ...," replied Cummins.

Batting first, India were in control at 148/3 at one stage with Kohli and KL Rahul solid in the crease. This is when a short of length delivery from Cummins saw Kohli getting an inside edge and the ball eventually ended up falling on the stumps.

Cummins explained the reason behind picking the wicket as one of the defining moments of his life.

"I was obviously very pumped. And then we're in the huddle after that wicket, and Steve Smith says, "Boys, listen to the crowd for a second." And we just took a moment of pause, and it was as quiet as a library; 100,000 Indians there, and it was so quiet. I'll savour that moment for a long time," Cummins said.

Talking about the final, Travis Head hit a well-controlled 137 to power Australia to a record-extending sixth World Cup title in a convincing six-wicket win over India in Ahmedabad.

Chasing a tricky 241 in the summit clash, Australia were reduced to 47 for 3 before left-handed opener Head hit his second century of the tournament to steer the team home with seven overs to spare.

For India, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul scored half-centuries while Rohit Sharma slammed 47 off 31 balls as the side posted 240.
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Pat Cummins still remembers the moment Virat was cleaned by him in the all-important final. Even though he got lucky but this moment is surely the one he can cherish for his whole life because Virat is an ATG in white ball and his wicket was a huge one.
 
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