New Delhi. Team India’s dream of winning the World Cup 2023 under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma has been shattered. Australia defeated India by 6 wickets in the final. In the match, the Indian team, playing first, scored 240 runs. In reply, Australia achieved the target by losing 4 wickets. Travis Head remained unbeaten on 137 runs while Marnus Labuschagne remained unbeaten on 58 runs. Head and Labuschagne made a partnership of 192 runs for the fourth wicket. This proved to be the turning point of the match. After the defeat, captain Rohit Sharma talked about the team’s shortcomings in the final. Talking about ICC tournaments, Rohit has also not been able to win even a single title till now. T20 World Cup in 2022 and Team India in 2023, first lost in the final of the World Test Championship and now in the final of the World Cup 2023.
Rohit Sharma said after the match, the result was not in our favor. But we played well throughout the tournament. He said that it would have been good if 20 to 30 more runs had been scored. When KL Rahul and Virat Kohli were playing, we were looking towards a score of 270 to 280 runs, but due to continuous fall of wickets we could not reach here. At one time Australia’s 3 wickets had fallen for 47 runs. On this Rohit said that at the score of 240 you have to take wickets continuously. But Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne snatched the match from us by making a good partnership.
Made a comeback with 3 wickets
Rohit Sharma said that the fast bowlers made a comeback by taking 3 wickets in the beginning, but we had no answer to the partnership of Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne. In response to the question whether batting had become easier due to dew in the second innings, the Indian captain said that we cannot make excuses regarding the pitch. Australia played well in the middle overs. It is known that this is Australia’s sixth title of ODI World Cup. This was the 13th season of the overall tournament. India and West Indies have won 2 titles each while Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England have won one title each. Team India last won the ODI World Cup title in 2011 under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.
This is being considered as the last World Cup from Rohit Sharma to Virat Kohli. The T20 World Cup matches are to be held jointly between West Indies and America in June 2024. Kohli and Rohit have been out of the T20 team for a long time. In such a situation, the youth team may get a chance in the World Cup. Australia captain Pat Cummins said that perhaps we had saved our best performance for the final. The players performed well in the big match. We thought it would be good to chase, but the pitch was slower than expected. However, we bowled hard in the match, which gave us the advantage. Regarding Travis Head, he said that Head and Marnus Labuschagne made a good partnership.
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Tags: Australia, Rohit Sharma, Team india, world cup 2023
FIRST PUBLISHED: November 19, 2023, 22:21 IST