🏏 ICC World Cup 2023: Grand Finale : India vs Australia 🏏Thread #2 - Page 21

India have been bowled out for 240 in 50 overs! I can spot a few smiles as the Australian players walk off. Both teams got what they wanted at the toss. Rohit Sharma, like he's done all through the tournament, once again got his team off to a flier. Even after losing Gill cheaply, Rohit and Kohli batted with a lot of intent. A screamer from Travis Head resulted in Rohit's downfall and Australia bowled fantastically after that. Cummins nipped out the in-form Shreyas for 4 and India couldn't gather any kind of momentum. Kohli and Rahul stitched a fifty partnership but the Australian skipper came back to remove the former to silence the stadium as he wished yesterday. The boundaries dried up, the fielding was top-class and the Indian batters found it hard to even rotate strike. The pacers got the ball to reverse-swing as well which made things even more challenging for India on a slow track. They somehow huffed and puffed to get to 240 - a below-par but a respectable total. If there's no dew, India will still fancy their chances. But at the halfway stage of this finale, Australia will be the happier side. Expect them to come out all guns blazing with the bat. Join us in 30 minutes for the chase...

Lowest targets defended by a team in World Cup 2023

230 Net vs Ban Kolkata

230 Ind vs Eng Lucknow

246 Net vs SA Dharamsala

Mitchell Starc enjoys bowling in WC finals: "You can always plan for things, the way we contributed with the ball is fantastic first up and now out there (need to do the job) with the bat. There is not a whole heap of help for the seam bowlers and swing bowlers, was trying to do a few diff things, vary the pace a little bit. Patty (Cummins) and Josh (Hazlewood) were outstanding and obviously a little bit of reverse at the back end. Hopefully we restricted them to enough (runs). We bowled second here against England and it was a little dewy, the wicket (today)is a little bit dry and hopefully the dew comes in and we don't see any reverse in the second innigs, Not an easy wicket to bat on, the easiest time to bat perhaps is against the hard new ball and there are runs to be scored and it is not going to be easy, but it is what you ask for, it is a world cup final. What more can you ask for!"

Bowlers.. please weave your magic and make us win this WC 🧿💙🙏🏼

Aus saved 60 runs otherwise we can reach 285 for sure

I bet you predicted Maxy again

Five dismissals by Josh Inglis is the most by a wicketkeeper in a World Cup final.

Of the last ten instances of them getting bowled out in ODI World Cups including today (dating back to 2003), they have ended up on the losing side on as many as seven instances, with one ending in a tie. The only win came against West Indies in Chennai in 2011

Australia’s fielding was top notch today.

This is the first time India have been bowled out in this World Cup.