And Its final, India and Australia will fight for the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023.
Its India Vs Australia for the final fight of ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023.
The age old dream of all Indians, no matter the age, be it old or young, every Indian heart beats for Cricket World Cup. Now the days towards the final are numbered. The victory of Australia in the semi final against South Africa has given the contender for the world cup against India.
Australia defeated South Africa by three wickets in semi final making its way to the final. India on the other hand won against New Zealand by 70 runs in first semi final. The two will play final against each other on 19 Nov, 2023 at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmdabad.
It has been 20 years since India played against Australia in world cup, Many Indians may still have the bruises from the defeat of 2003 final. Australia had won all 11 matches to clutch the world cup from India then. This time India has fought like never before winning all ten matches to reach the final. The history awaits to be written in the final match and it will be written by the winners from their perspective. The world is looking forward eagarly for witnessing that moment.
From the statistics point of view, Inida has faced hard times playing with Australia. Out of 13 matches, australia has won 8. Out of those 8, one was semi final of 2015 world cup and other was a bloody defeat of 2003 world cup final. If we look at the world cup victory statistics, the australia has upper hand there too with 5 victories and India stands with 2 world cup wins.
But India has played a very different game in this world cup, the batting and bowling of team has supported each other really well. All players have given their best and are in their best form. The whole team looked like on a record breaking spree. Shami became the first bowler to take 7 wicket haul in a knockout match in world cup. Virat hit the 50th centuary(We must bow to the king!!!). Virat made 711 run which is highest by any player in single world cup edition, This was previously held by Sachin with 673 runs from 2003 world cup. Rohit Sharma has hit 28 sixes in this single edition, breaking the record of 26 sixes by Chris Gayle. Shreyas Iyer's 67 ball centuary became the fastes centuary in ODI world cup history.
Now all eyes are on Nov 19 Final at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahemdabad. Cricket can often be a very cruel game, we will never know what will happen. The only thing constant is the beating heart of the fan for his team. We wish all the best to both the teams and prepare for the match of the lifetime.