New Delhi. As November 19 approaches, the pain that Australia had given a year ago has become fresh for Indian cricket fans. Australia had stopped India from becoming world champion on this day a year ago. On 19 November 2023, the teams of India and Australia clashed in the final of the ICC ODI World Cup. India was unbeaten in the entire tournament. He had defeated Australia only a few days ago. For this reason, Indian fans were confident of becoming world champion but it did not happen. Australia became world champion by defeating India at home.
The ICC ODI World Cup was hosted by India in the year 2023. India won every match till the semi-finals of the tournament. He also defeated Australia in his journey. But when the final match took place on 19 November at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the situation changed. This time Australia showed a tremendous game in front of one lakh Indian spectators and defeated India and won the World Cup trophy.
The team had lost 6 wickets at 186 in reply to 369, then debutants Sundar and Shardul came in, gave a historic victory.
And the line of wickets started…
India made a good start by batting first in the final. However, Shubman Gill (4) was out early. But Rohit Sharma (47) and Virat Kohli (54) took control of the team. Seeing these two Indian stars batting well, I was confident that a big score was going to come once again, but it did not happen. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli could not convert the good start into a big innings. After the dismissal of these two, there was a flurry of wickets. KL Rahul played an inning of 66 runs in 107 balls, taking India to the score of 240. But this score could not be called strong at all on the batting wicket. By achieving the target in just 43 overs, Australia proved that the mistakes India had made in batting could not be compensated for by bowling.
Travis Head's memorable century
Australian opener Travis Head played an inning of 137 runs and explained how to bat on this pitch. He hit 15 fours and 4 sixes in his innings of 120 balls. He also got good support from Marnus Labuschagne (58). Thanks to these two, Australia achieved the target by losing 4 wickets. Travis Head was chosen player of the match. Virat Kohli was chosen Player of the Tournament for scoring the most runs in the tournament.
there is a chance for revenge
The test series is to be played between India and Australia from 22nd November. Although the ODI World Cup and Test series cannot be linked, still India has an opportunity through which it can take revenge from the Kangaroos. If the Indian team wins the Test series 3-1 or 4-1, then Australia may be out of the race for the final of the World Test Championship. Australia had won the WTC final by defeating India only in 2023. Therefore there is a chance for revenge.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : November 19, 2024, 09:09 IST
