2023 Cricket World Cup final

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2023 Cricket World Cup Final
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Mitchell Starc bowling against Rohit Sharma
Event 2023 Cricket World Cup
India Australia
Flag of India.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg
240241/4
50 overs43 overs
Australia won by 6 wickets
Date19 November 2023
Venue Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Player of the match Travis Head (Aus)
Umpires Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng)
Attendance92,453 [1]
2019
2027

The 2023 Cricket World Cup Final was a One Day International cricket match played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, on 19 November 2023 to determine the winner of the 2023 Cricket World Cup. [2] It was played between host nation India and Australia. [3] It was the first time that Ahmedabad hosted a Cricket World Cup final. [4] It was the second time that India and Australia played a World Cup final against each other, after the 2003 final. [5]

Contents

In the final, Australia defeated India to win a record-extending sixth World Cup title. [6]

Background

The 2023 Cricket World Cup was hosted by India. Originally, the competition was to be played from 9 February to 26 March 2023 but due to getting longer qualification time it was moved to October to November. [7] [8] In July 2020, it was announced that the tournament would be moved to October and November as a result of the qualification schedule being disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [9] [10] The ICC released the tournament schedule on 27 June 2023. [11] Semi-finals were played in Mumbai and Kolkata while the final was held in Ahmedabad. [12]

India secured a place in the final for the fourth time, after defeating New Zealand in the semi-final;. [13] having won two (1983 against the West Indies and 2011 against Sri Lanka) and lost one (2003 to current finalist Australia) [14]

Australia qualified for a record-extending eighth time in the final, after defeating South Africa in the semi-finals; having won five (1987 against England, 1999 against Pakistan, 2003 against current finalist India, 2007 against Sri Lanka, and 2015 against New Zealand) and lost two (1975 to the West Indies and 1996 to Sri Lanka). [15]

It was the second time that India and Australia played a World Cup final against each other, the previous one being in 2003. None of the players from both teams squad were a part of that final, the only member who featured in that game was Rahul Dravid, India's head coach while there was no one from Australia's coaching staff and management being a part of 2003 final. However, there were 7 members from Australia's current squad who were a part of 2015 Final that included David Warner, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood(who were a part of playing XI in 2015 final), Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh, while from Indian team only Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin had featured in a World Cup Final in 2011 and among the duo only Virat Kohli was a part of the playing XI in that final. [16]

Route to the final

Each team played the other nine teams in the group stage; the top four teams advanced to the semi-finals. [17]

Flag of India.svg  India RoundFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
OpponentResult Group stage OpponentResult
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Won by 6 wickets Match 1Flag of India.svg  India Lost by 6 wickets
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan Won by 8 wickets Match 2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Lost by 134 runs
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Won by 7 wickets Match 3Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Won by 5 wickets
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Won by 7 wickets Match 4Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Won by 62 runs
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Won by 4 wickets Match 5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Won by 309 runs
Flag of England.svg  England Won by 100 runs Match 6Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Won by 5 runs
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Won by 302 runs Match 7Flag of England.svg  England Won by 33 runs
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Won by 243 runs Match 8Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan Won by 3 wickets
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Won by 160 runs Match 9Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Won by 8 wickets
1st PlaceGroup stage positions3rd Place
OpponentResult Knockout stage OpponentResult
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand India won by 70 runs Semi-finalsFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Australia won by 3 wickets
Source: ICC [17]

Match

Match officials

The Narendra Modi Stadium, the world's largest cricket stadium, hosted its first ever Cricket World Cup final. Narendra Modi Stadium view from the gallery.jpg
The Narendra Modi Stadium, the world's largest cricket stadium, hosted its first ever Cricket World Cup final.

On 17 November 2023, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named England's Richard Illingworth and Richard Kettleborough as the on-field umpires, with West Indies' Joel Wilson as the third umpire, New Zealand's Chris Gaffaney as the reserve umpire, and Zimbabwe's Andy Pycroft as match referee. [18] [19]

Kettleborough stood as the on-field umpire in the final for the second time, after 2015, while Illingworth, who played in the 1992 Cricket World Cup final, became the second person after Sri Lanka's Kumar Dharmasena to feature in the final of the World Cup as both a player and an umpire. [20]

Teams and toss

Both teams remained unchanged from their semi-final matches. [21] Australia won the toss and decided to field first. [22]

India innings

India made a quick start to their innings, with captain Rohit Sharma hitting 47 from 31 balls, but then lost Shubman Gill, Rohit and Shreyas Iyer in quick succession to leave themselves 81/3. [23] Virat Kohli and K. L. Rahul added 67 for the fourth wicket, before Kohli was out for 54. [23] India continued to add runs slowly, but Rahul was dismissed for 66 to leave India 203/6, and the remaining batsmen were not able to score quickly, the innings ending when Kuldeep Yadav was dismissed from the last ball of the 50th over with the score on 240. [23]

Australia innings

Australia made a poor start to their innings, losing three batsmen for 47 runs inside the first seven overs. [23] However, Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne then built a partnership, adding 192 runs in 36 overs; Australia were within two runs of victory when Head was dismissed by Mohammed Siraj for 137. [23] Glenn Maxwell was the next batsman in, and hit the winning two runs off the next ball, to give Australia a 6-wicket victory. [23]

Match details

19 November 2023
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
240 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
241/4 (43 overs)
KL Rahul 66 (107)
Mitchell Starc 3/55 (10 overs)
Travis Head 137 (120)
Jasprit Bumrah 2/43 (9 overs)
Australia won by 6 wickets
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng)
Player of the match: Travis Head (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field
  • Australia won their record extending 6th Cricket World Cup
Final scorecard
1st innings
Flag of India.svg  India batting [24]
PlayerStatusRunsBalls4s6sStrike rate
Rohit Sharma c Head b Maxwell473143151.61
Shubman Gill c Zampa b Starc470057.14
Virat Kohli b Cummins54634085.71
Shreyas Iyer c †Inglis b Cummins4310133.33
KL Rahul c †Inglis b Starc661071061.68
Ravindra Jadeja c †Inglis b Hazlewood9220040.90
Suryakumar Yadav c †Inglis b Hazlewood18281064.28
Mohammed Shami c †Inglis b Starc6101060.00
Jasprit Bumrah lbw b Zampa130033.33
Kuldeep Yadav run out (Labuschagne/Cummins)10180055.55
Mohammed Siraj not out9810112.50
Extras(lb 3, w 9)12
Total(10 wickets; 50 overs)240133

Fall of wickets: 1/30 (Gill, 4.2 ov), 2/76 (Rohit, 9.4 ov), 3/81 (Iyer, 10.2 ov), 4/148 (Kohli, 28.3 ov), 5/178 (Jadeja, 35.5 ov), 6/203 (Rahul, 41.3 ov), 7/211 (Shami, 43.4 ov), 8/214 (Bumrah, 44.5 ov), 9/226 (Yadav, 47.3 ov), 10/240 (Kuldeep, 49.6 ov)

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia bowling [24]
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconWidesNBs
Mitchell Starc 1005535.5030
Josh Hazlewood 1006026.0010
Glenn Maxwell 603515.8300
Pat Cummins 1003423.4020
Adam Zampa 1004414.4010
Mitchell Marsh 20502.5000
Travis Head 20402.0000
2nd innings
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia batting [24]
PlayerStatusRunsBalls4s6sStrike rate
David Warner c Kohli b Shami7310233.33
Travis Head c Gill b Siraj137120154114.16
Mitchell Marsh c Rahul b Bumrah151511100.00
Steve Smith lbw b Bumrah491044.44
Marnus Labuschagne not out581104052.72
Glenn Maxwell not out2100200.00
Josh Inglis
Mitchell Starc
Pat Cummins
Adam Zampa
Josh Hazlewood
Extras(b 5, lb 2, w 11)18
Total(4 wickets; 43 overs)241 225

Fall of wickets: 1/16 (Warner, 1.1 ov), 2/41 (Marsh, 4.3 ov), 3/47 (Smith, 6.6 ov), 4/239 (Head, 42.5 ov)

Flag of India.svg  India bowling [24]
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconWidesNBs
Jasprit Bumrah 924324.7700
Mohammed Shami 714716.7130
Ravindra Jadeja 1004304.3010
Kuldeep Yadav 1005605.6000
Mohammed Siraj 704516.4200

Broadcasting

The final match was broadcast live in India on Star Sports, free-to-air broadcaster DD Sports and free on OTT platform Disney+ Hotstar. In Australia the match was broadcast live on Fox Sports, Kayo Sports and in free to air on Nine Network and it's OTT platform 9Now. [25]

The ICC also named the following panel of elite commentators for the final: Harsha Bhogle, Ian Bishop, Aaron Finch, Sunil Gavaskar, Matthew Hayden, Mark Howard, Nasser Hussain, Dinesh Karthik, Sanjay Manjrekar, Eoin Morgan, Kass Naidoo, Ricky Ponting, Ravi Shastri, Ian Smith and Shane Watson. [26]

Viewership

According to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data, the final was watched by 300 million people on TV, with a peak concurrence of 130 million, making it the most-watched cricket match on TV. While Disney+Hotstar recorded a viewership of 59 million concurrent viewers, the most for any live sporting event on OTT platform. [27] The final was live-viewed globally for 87.6 billion minutes cumulatively through all media, becoming the most-watched ICC match ever. [28]

Closing ceremony

During the closing ceremony, a drone show was held along with huge fireworks. After this, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BCCI Secretary Jay Shah presented the World Cup trophy to Australia's captain Pat Cummins. [29] [30]

Aftermath

In the aftermath of the match, many supporters of the Indian team took to social media to troll and harass Australian players and their families. [31] Some fans even sent death and rape threats directed at players and their families, resulting in many Australian players filing complaints with Cricket Australia. [32]

Harbhajan Singh, a former player on the Indian team, condemned the trolls, saying "Reports of trolling of family members of Australian cricket players is completely in bad taste. We played well but lost the final to better cricket by the Aussies. That's it. Why troll the players and their families? Requesting all cricket fans to stop such behaviour. Sanity and dignity are more important". [33]

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