New Delhi: After almost 3 weeks since ICC CWC 2023 was played between India vs Australia in Ahmadabad’s Narendramodi Modi stadium, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has given an ‘average’ rating to the pitch used in the ultimate encounter.
For the unversed, the World Cup Final was played on a used pitch in the world’s largest cricket stadium (Narendra Modi Stadium) in which the mighty Australians defeated host India by 6 wickets to lift their 6th ODI World Cup title on 19h November.
After being invited to bat first, the Indian inning collapsed on a small score of 240 runs despite getting a good start in the first 10 overs of the game.
In return, Australia, riding high on Travis’s head match-defining century (137 off 120 balls), chased down the target in just 43 overs with 6 wickets still in hands.
ICC ratings for pitches used in India’s major World Cup 2023 matches
Besides Ahamadabad’s pitch, the cricket’s governing body also provided an ‘average’ rating to Kolkata’s Eden Garden’s pitch on which the tournament’s second semi-final was played between Australia and South Africa on 16 November 2023.
Other than that, the pitches used in the men in blue’s fixtures against Pakistan (Ahamadbad), Australia (Chennai) South Africa (Kolkata), and England (Lucknow) were also labeled as “average” by the ICC while the one used in CWC 2023’s first semi-final between India and New Zealand at Wankhede (Mumbai) received a ‘good’ rating from the game’s global governing body.
Interestingly, just a day before the final game between India and Australia was played in the Narendra Modi Stadium, Aussie skipper Pat Cummins reportedly raised concern about the pitch as it was already used during the high-octane encounter between India and Pakistan on 14 October.
However, Indian captain Rohit Sharma stayed tight-lipped about the pitch’s condition and refrained from making any cryptic comments about the same.
