Australia win Cricket World Cup

Australia gained a record-extending sixth 50-overs World Cup title after opener Travis Head smashed a powerful century to trend their six-wicket victory in Sunday’s last towards the event’s kind group India.

Put into bat, India rode battling half-centuries by KL Rahul and Virat Kohli to publish a below-par 240 all out in precisely 50 overs at a packed Narendra Modi Stadium.

Australia suffered a high order wobble of their very own however Head’s 137 off 120 balls noticed them romp dwelling with seven overs to spare in match that by no means reached nice heights.

Around 93,000 predominantly Indian followers sat principally in deathly silence as the house group, who had gained 10 matches in a row to make the ultimate, succumbed to their first lack of the event within the all-important summit conflict.

Earlier, Pat Cummins’s determination to subject, primarily to keep away from working with a dewy ball within the evening, bemused many however Australian bowlers, aided by some very good fielding, stifled their opposition.

India captain Rohit Sharma had been taking part in tone-setting knocks of their batting template within the event and it was no totally different within the last regardless of the early lack of Shubman Gill.

Rohit smashed three sixes in his entertaining 47 however fell simply earlier than the tip of powerplay.

The opener stepped out towards Glenn Maxwell however miscued his shot on the offside. Head ran backwards from cowl to take a tumbling catch to do away with the India captain.

Kohli (54) hit Mitchell Starc (3-55) for 3 boundaries in a row however India slumped to 81-3 within the eleventh over when Cummins dismissed Shreyas Iyer caught behind.

Kohli and Rahul (66) then mixed in a dour rebuilding job even when it meant going 16.1 overs with out a boundary.

Kohli introduced up his ninth 50-plus knock in 11 innings however quickly departed after chopping a Cummins supply on to his stumps.

Rahul hit only one 4 in his half-century illustrating how tough the pitch was for shot-makers like him.

Australia wicketkeeper Josh Inglis took 5 catches, which is a document in a World Cup last.

Australia, after they got here out to bat, slumped to 47-3 seven overs into what had regarded like a straight-forward chase for them.

Head mixed with Marnus Labuschagne, who made 58 not out, in a 192-run stand to kill off the competition.

The profitable second 🤩 🇦🇺#CWC23 #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/duTWfUCjFM

— ICC (@ICC) November 19, 2023