🏏 ICC World Cup 2023: Grand Finale : India vs Australia 🏏Thread #3 - Page 10

kohli doesn't seem to be much affected..lol

Mitchell Starc: He (Cummins) was phenomenal, he's been phenomenal all tournament in his decision making, his leadership. At times, he had to step up with the ball when it's been a bit flat. Capped off an unbelievable eight weeks for this group. I haven't got any words left. Between Pat, Ron (Andrew McDonald) and all our coaching staff, all our players across formats, it's been an incredible winter. I don't think you could write a script to top the win that we've had. To win a World Cup in India, it's been a fantastic eight weeks . Bloody successful and bloody enjoyable.

Originally posted by: Palak2812

I thought after Dhoni retires

I won't give a damn if we win

But heck I was praying and watching everything so we win

I feel the same about CSK now.

Congratulations soni and bela

Originally posted by: Spideyweb

N if hardik was not injured then also what would happen? Shardul would be there at 8? He is a bits n pieces type player.... missing specialist all-rounders like yuvraj who is atleast s specialist in one department n also handy in the other one...

Australia has a lot of them bdw..

Shami replaced Shardul.

We need more All rounders in team.

I think our bowlers are better than what they were in 2015, I still remember they couldn't even defend.

Sab bowlers per nahi chod sakte

Travis Head | Player of the Match - 137(120): Never expected this, not in a million years, truly an exceptional day. Lot better than sitting on the couch at home. Really glad to contribute, the first twenty balls I played gave me a lot of confidence and yea I was able to carry through. The way Mitch Marsh came out and took the game on set the tone, we knew the wicket may get tough. Was a great decision to bowl first after winning the toss, it paid dividends. Nice to be a part of it and play a role in all of that. He’s (Rohit Sharma) probably the unluckiest man in the world now. Was great to hold on to that catch, who knows he could’ve probably got a hundred if not more. (On joining the list of centurions in WC finals) Nice list to join, nice to be here, nice to contribute. It’s going to be a nice couple of days, looking forward to it.

Originally posted by: Spideyweb

kohli doesn't seem to be much affected..lol

Three boundaries in the first over. A chance missed first ball. Warner edging the widest of wide balls against Shami's first legal ball of the second over. Marsh nicking Bumrah's hit-me ball to the keeper and Smith deciding against a review a couple of overs later. 47/3 at the end of 7 overs and every Indian supporter got excited, for obvious reasons of course, given the form of Shami and Bumrah. Travis Head was happy to wade through that difficult phase and once he found able ally in Labuschagne, there was no looking back. The duo kept the scoreboard ticking with plenty of singles and engineered a match-winning partnership to put their team on the brink of a victory with a 192-run stand. While Head's confidence grew with each passing over, Marnus was content to play the second fiddle and blunt out a couple of dangerous spells from the Indian seamers. Travis Head started the spark with a brilliant catch to dismiss Rohit Sharma in the first innings and he carried that unassailable spirit with the bat to compose one of the best knocks in a World Cup final you'd ever see. Marnus might have played the silent killer role today, but anyone who'd followed the Australian campaign thoroughly would confess that Marnus perhaps deserves to be the team's Player of the Series for his crucial contributions at various stages over the past couple of months. Set the standards with the field, dried out the boundaries, removed set batters at vital junctures and didn't panic despite losing their top three inside 7 overs. That is brand Australia for you. Giving up is just not an option for them.

Originally posted by: Palak2812

Rohit is definetly not playing next WC.

VK and Jaddu has very slim chances

My heart breaks especially for Rohit as he was terrific in both 2019 and 2023 WC.

Jadega nahi chahiye team main. Just look at the all rounder of Australia or New Zealand and look at him, what did he do so far to be here in first place, always chokes in big games.

We really need all rounders like head, rachin, maxy in our team