India took on Australia in the 2023 World Cup final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
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Both teams had reached the final on the back of superb unbeaten runs; the Men in Blue won ten on the trot to qualify, while Australia won eight on the bounce.
Batting first, India got off to a fast start, scoring 80/2 in the first ten overs thanks to captain Rohit Sharma. After some disciplined bowling from the Australians, they were eventually restricted to 240 in their 50 overs, with Virat Kohli (54) and KL Rahul (66) top-scoring.
'They did not call me' - Kapil Dev reveals he was not invited to World Cup final
The match saw a host of notable attendees, including Bollywood performers such as Jonita Gandhi, Akasa Singh and Nakash Aziz who put on a show during the innings break. However, 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev revealed that he had not even been invited to the showpiece event.
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Dev said, “They didn’t call me so I did not go. As simple as that. I wanted the whole ’83 team to be there with me but I guess due to the fact that it’s such a big event and people are so busy handling responsibilities, sometimes they forget."
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president is Roger Binny, one of the members of the 1983 Indian team that won the World Cup in England against all odds.
Among the other notable attendees present were actors Shah Rukh Khan, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Venkatesh and Ayushamn Khurrana, while Dev was conspicuous by his absence.
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Australia are the favourites to win the World Cup at the half-way mark.
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