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ICC World Cup 2023, IND vs AUS Final: Travis Head and Mitchell Starc shines as Australia lifts their 6th World Cup title

India lost the ICC World Cup finals to Australia for the second time in World Cup history.

New Delhi: The Australian team have won their sixth World Cup title in an attacking manner after defeating India by six wickets in the finals.

Australia came out to chase the 241-run target given by India and started the innings in an attacking manner.

But soon lost 3 wickets inside the ten-over mark, getting India back in the match.

However, Travis Head (137) and Marnus Labuschange (58*) added 192 runs for the fourth wicket to take Australia home with six wickets and 42 balls to spare.

In bowling, Jasprit Bumrah took two wickets and Md. Shami and Md. Siraj took one wicket each, for India.

Earlier, Australian captain Pat Cummins won the toss and invited Rohit and company to bat first.

India started aggressively but lost Shubman Gill (4) and Rohit Sharma (47) inside the 10-over mark.

Last match, centurion Shreyas Iyer (4) also departed early, putting India on the back foot.

Virat Kohli (54), alongside KL Rahul, tried to revive the Indian innings, but he was also played down by Australian skipper Pat Cummins, after adding 67 runs for the 4th wicket.

KL Rahul (66) then stitched a partnership with Ravindra Jadeja (9) and Surya Kumar Yadav (18) to take India across the 200-run mark.

Md. Siraj (9*) and Kuldeep Yadav (10) added a crucial 14 runs for the last wicket to finish the innings with 240 all-out in 50 over

Mitchell Starc was the pick of the day in bowling, with 3 wickets under his name. Skipper Pat Cummins and Josh Hazelwood picked up 2 wickets each, while Glenn Maxwell and Adam Zampa got one wicket each.

Batting (1st innings)

India: 240/10 (50 overs), KL Rahul- 66 (107), Virat Kohli- 54 (63)

Bowling (2nd innings)

Australia: Mitchell Starc- 3/55 (10 overs), Pat Cummins- 2/34 (10 overs)

Batting (2nd innings)

Australia: 241/4 (43 overs) [Target-241], Travis Head- 137 (119), Marnus Labuschange- 58* (110)

Bowling (2nd innings)

India: Md. Shami- 1/47 (7 overs), Jasprit Bumrah- 2/43 ( 9 overs)

Key Moments

Maxwell finishes things off

Glenn Maxwell finishes things off for Australia.

Siraj removes Head

Md. Siraj removes Travis Head 137, but its too late for India.

Phase III: 31-40 (Australia 58/0)

50 up for Labuschange

Marnus Labuschange completes his 50 in the finals.

150 partnership up

Head and Marnus, are almost done with the game as they bring up 150 runs partnership in 177 balls.

100 up for Head

Travis Head completes his century. A dream innings for the Aussie Southpaw.

Phase III: 21-30 (Australia 63/0)

100 partnership up

Head and Marnus taking the game away with a 100-run partnership.

50 for Head


Fifty up for Travis Head in 58 balls.

Phase II: 11-20 overs (Australia 44/0)

50 partnership up

Marnus and Head complete 50 runs partnership.

Phase I: 1-10 (India 3/60)

Bumrah strikes again

Bumrah strikes again as Smith departs on 4.

Bumrah gets his first

Bumrah strikes his first as Marsh departs on 15.

Australia on attack

Australia is on full attack mode. 41/1 after 4.

Golden Shami

Md. Shami draws first blood as Warner departs on 7. Shami with this also confirms his golden ball.

Catch dropped

Virat Kohli drops Wraner on the first ball, and Australia is off to a good start.

Phase IV: 41-50 (Australia 5/43)

Indian innings over

India finishes the innings with 240.

Hazelwood with his second

Josh Hazelwood gets his second as Surya departs on 18.

Zampa gets his first

Zampa removes Bumrah on 1, to complete his ICC World Cup 2023 with 23 wickets.

Starc with his third

Starc gets his third wicket as Shami departs on 6.

Mitchell Starc gets his second

Mitchell Starc silences the crowd again as Rahul departs on 66.

200 up for India

India crosses the 200-run mark in 40.5 overs.

Phase IV: 31-40 (India 45/1)

Hazelwood gets his first

Josh Hazelwood opened his account by taking a crucial Jadeja wicket.

50 for Rahul

KL Rahul brings up his 50 to keep India in the game.

Phase III: 21-30 (Australia 1/37)

Cummins gets the big fish

Pat Cummins strikes again as Kohli departs on 54.

50 partnership up for India

Kohli and Rahul brings up their 50-run partnership.

Boundary after the first powerplay

KL Rahul scores first boundary for India after first powerplay.

50 up for Kohli

Kohli completes his 6th fifty in CWC 2023 in 56 balls.

Australia keeping things slow

Australia is trying to keep things tight as they introduce Travis Head in bowling.

Phase II: 11-10 (Australia 1/35)

King Khan in attendance

SRK joins the fans in the stadium.

100 up for India

India crosses the three-digit mark in 15.4 overs.

Pitch invasion

A Palestine supporter invaded the pitch and got arrested later.

Cummins with his first

Cummins adds to India’s misery as Shreyas Iyer departs on 4.

Phase I: 1-10 overs (India 80/2)

Rohit departs

Maxwell strikes big as Rohit departs on 47.

Kohli’s triple strike

Kohli goes big as he scores 3 consecutive boundaries against Starc.

Rohit continues to strike

Rohit goes big against Starc.

Starc strikes first

Mitchell Strac draws first blood as Gill departs on 4.

Rohit goes big

Rohit gets first six of the match, as he takes Hazelwood to the cleaners.

In the air, didn’t carry

Rohit plays in the air but doesn’t carry to Head.

Lucky Shubman

Shubman Gill survives as the ball didn’t carry to the keepers. India 18/0 after 3.

Rohit starts attacking

Rohit Sharma starts attacking with back-to-back boundaries against Hazelwood.

Match Preview

The Rohit Sharma-led team India are going to be the favourites leading into the match, as all their top 5 batsmen have scored more than 300 runs, with Virat Kohli (711 runs) leading the charts of the highest run scorer of the tournament.

In bowling, every Indian bowler has more than 13 wickets, with Md. Shami is leading the golden ball charts with 23 wickets under his name, while Bumrah is also in contention with 18 wickets of his own.


On the other hand, the Australian team, after having their worst World Cup start after 1992, won eight matches in a row to make their way into the finals.

In batting, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head are providing them with a crucial start, while Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell and Marnus Labuschange are taking care of the middle order.

In bowling, Adam Zampa and Josh Hazelwood have been consistent, while Starc and Cummins returning into form just before the finals have made the Aussies bowling attack even more dangerous.

The two teams have previously met 13 times in World Cup history, where the Aussies have the 8 to 5 lead over the men in blue, the most famous one being their 2003 World Cup finals victory.

The men in blue, who already took the 2019 World Cup revenge from New Zealand, will now be looking to take 2003 World Cup revenge against the Aussies and lift the World Cup in front of their home crowd and give the 1.4 billion Indians a reason to celebrate one more World Cup victory after a long wait of 12 years.

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