India vs AUS ICC World Cup 2023 final: India will carry the hopes of billions of fans in the cricket-crazy country and beyond when the unbeaten hosts take on Australia in the final match of India vs AUS ICC World Cup 2023 in Ahmedabad.
An exhibition match at the 130,000-capacity Narendra Modi Stadium — named after India’s Prime Minister, who is expected to attend the match — will feature a pre-match flyover from the Indian Air Force as well as choreographed displays by dozens. of dancers and light shows during the innings breaks. Everything on a large scale is expected to be appropriate as India is the economic powerhouse of the game. But the cricket could live as long as the occasion.
Hosts India have won 10 games in a row en route to the finals of the tournament as they seek a third World Cup title to add to their stunning 1983 final win over West Indies at Lord’s and 2011 home win to follow. with a win against Sri Lanka in Mumbai. Virat Kohli He enters the match as the tournament’s leading batsman with 711 runs and having set a new record of 50 ODI hundreds in a 70-run semi-final win over New Zealand in Mumbai.
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Because of the innings the star batsman saw the mark of 49 ODI centuries which he had shared with India great retirement Sachin Tendulkar – Kohli’s childhood hero before the duo appeared on India’s 2011 winning side. Meanwhile, Mohammed Shami tops the bowling charts in the tournament with 23 wickets at just 9.13 apiece, despite being left out of the side for the first four matches before an injury to Hardik Pandya paved the way for a dramatic comeback the pacer. – “So much pressure” –
But for India’s undefeated and wealth of playing talent, it’s been 10 years since they won a major international tournament – the Champions Trophy 2013. There are still doubts whether India’s talented team can sustain the tournament against a tough team. from Australia which is full of proven big game performers.
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But India captain Rohit Sharma insisted on Saturday: “We know it’s outside the environment we have – the expectations, the pressure, and the criticism, and everything.” “Not many have played finals, but as I said, playing for India is as good as playing any World Cup game because there is so much pressure. There is so much expectation.”
The in-form opening batsman said: “Always at the airport, you’re going here and there (hearing) “you’ve got to win the World Cup, you’ve got to score runs, you’ve got to score 200, you’ve got to take five take “wickets.” It’s in your ears all the time. I’ve seen guys start wearing headphones now so they can keep the noise out, but it’s nice that we’ve really enjoyed our trip so far, because that’s just one last push.”
Australia are bidding for an ever-increasing sixth World Cup title, with Sunday’s match their eighth finals appearance. Their team will include a number of survivors from the 2015 World Cup final win over New Zealand in Melbourne, including opener David Warner, star batsman Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell and new-ball bowlers Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood.
“The good thing is that we have guys who won it in 2015,” said Australian captain Pat Cummins, who was a member of the squad in 2015 as was Mitchell Marsh. “We know that feeling and we’re not going to be afraid to go out there and be brave and put the game on.” Australia lost their opening two matches of the tournament, going down by six wickets against India and then suffering a massive 134-run defeat at South Africa.
But they have since won eight games in a row and, to India’s dismay, had their revenge on South Africa with a three-wicket victory in the semi-final in Kolkata where Cummins kept his wicket in a nerve-wracking pursuit. . “No big wins,” Cummins said. “We had to fight for every victory, but we have found a way to win.”
(With agency input)
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