Australia lifted their third ICC Cricket World Cup title after beating India at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Winning the toss, Pat Cummins chose to send India to bat first. After a fiery start, India's batting lineup started collapsing and they were eventually bowled out for just 240 runs in 50 overs.
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Skipper Rohit Sharma gave a good start to the team scoring 47 off 31 balls. Later Virat Kohli (54) and KL Rahul (66) scored a half-century each.
Chasing the total, the Aussies lost their first three wickets for 47 runs but from thereon, Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne seemed unstoppable. The southpaw played a brilliant innings of 137 runs off 120 balls while Labuschagne ably supported him with a knock of 58 runs off 110 balls.
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WATCH: Rohit Sharma breaks down in tears after losing World Cup final against Australia
The Indian captain could not control his tears as India lost the 2023 Cricket World Cup final against Australia.
Rohit Sharma the man you are 👏 Seeing him cry is my breaking point. He worked so hard. I can not ask for a better captain. I'm at a loss of words. This man deserves so much pic.twitter.com/4Fr9OfHUzB
— nene⁷ 🏏🇮🇳 (@197CMTAE) November 19, 2023
Rohit Sharma the man you are 👏 Seeing him cry is my breaking point. He worked so hard. I can not ask for a better captain. I'm at a loss of words. This man deserves so much pic.twitter.com/4Fr9OfHUzB
— nene⁷ 🏏🇮🇳 (@197CMTAE) November 19, 2023
What next for the Indian cricket team?
India and Australia will now play a five-match T20I series in India starting, November 23.
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