World Cup Daily 2023, Day 46: Aussies smash India in the final!

World Cup Daily 2023, Day 46: Australia’s finest hour - it cannot get better than this for the men in gold. How did India let this slip? It will be the question asked over and over for years. Adam and Geoff, who is at Ahmedabad, try and make sense of it all.
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[@julessmith2]

I think it's by far Australia's greatest ever white ball victory. Still can't believe that happened.

[@1362pc]

I've seen all 6 Aussie WC wins.....this was probably the best because it was in India v India...amazing win

[@ohhahhglennmcgrath4202]

@@1362pc Plus in terms of the opposition we've had to come up against, this Indian team had the best record and was the most complete team in terms of opponents. Insane victory, our greatest ever WC final because the opposition WERE so good. Insane.

[@Lupi33z]

Well in 1987 they played with a red ball. That was also a great win because Australia was near the bottom of the pile back then and in absolute doldrums. This year while we weren't expected to win it, we were always in the mix.

[@davidparsons3432]

Greatest overall sporting victory....considering the whole context & circumstance

[@michaela4024]

Yes l thought when we were 3/47 l didn't give Australia much chance at winning the game. All throughout the world cup India were so dominant and it seemed as if we had just scraiped our way into the final. In front of a130,000 screaming Indians l just thought it's too much to ask for. When Labashane came in, l was hoping we could at least get to 100 without loosing another wicket. Then when the 100 partnership came up l thought where going to loos a wicket soon, but no they just batted on and on. Then reaching 200 runs, being still only three wickets down with plenty of overs in hand, I thought where going to win this. What an increadable innings by Head and Labashane, Australia's ability to dry up India scoring boundaries was increadable and made the difference.

[@eponymous7910]

Best fielding effort since Ponting and Symonds were patrolling the infield I reckon. Warner covered so much ground, he was immense! Sensational

[@pm110978]

Victory of the ages 👍

[@jessicakiss5066]

You’re right - Pat Cummins saying, “I’m going to take the ‘risky’ move because it’s the right move and I’ll accept full responsibility for the outcome,” despite his constant criticism from ‘legends’ and the media is stunningly brave. He leads from the front, makes the right decisions and takes accountability - the epitome of a leader!

[@bjwal6]

Well said

[@Lupi33z]

LOL... It was the coaching staff's call. People think Cummins is some kind of genius, he was just following the team plans.

[@Socrates921]

Yep absolutely right. I for one did not think Cummins should have been Captain, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Kudos to him for having the courage and taking the risk. Paid off amazingly 🏏

[@Socrates921]

@@Lupi33zhe has the ultimate call; that’s always been the way with the Australian Captain 🏏

[@BABJIRAO]

As far as the toss is concerned. Pat Cummins has the last laugh. Brave decision by pat Cummins pays off .

[@user-ce7dg5dm7r]

Well done boys, it’s been a great World Cup for you. Really enjoyed Geoff’s commentary too. Not sure I’d have stuck with the later part of the group stage if this pod wasn’t dropping every day. Reckon you’ve earned a beer and a sit down.

[@FinalWordCricket]

Absolutely fanging for just that. Thanks!

[@fondu-design]

absolutely. And now we can all get a regular nights sleep! Hurrah

[@thiru_asc1]

India literally gifted the match after Rohit Sharma got out, but getting Travis head soon was crucial ,but so many ball went past Head without any luck for Bumrah..but Head took the risks rightly and it paid off.. Including an outstanding catch.Sky totally flopped ,surely could have scored another 30-40runs ,say 280 was a winning score on this pitch but it was not to be and Aus win very easily.. Kudos Australia,6th time ,best cricket team ever .. What a great year for Australia,test champions,world cup winner,ashes retained,best time to retire 🎉🎉👍

[@cristykumar7095]

where i can listen boycott sir commentory

[@bobburroughs6241]

Aus played it perfectly, well skippered. India 60 runs short, nearly an hour without a boundary.

[@my_father_sorry_i_am_lying_now]

Pitch changed under lights And became good for batting. Same thing happend against netherland match where condition changed and shami bumrah took least wickets same happend in semis and final as well.

[@sickman112]

​@@my_father_sorry_i_am_lying_nowyeah, so Australia played it perfectly

[@Robrulz666icloud]

WHAT A TEAM, Aussies bring our World Cup home you legends 🇦🇺🏆❤️🇦🇺 just so proud of your SPIRIT 🇦🇺

[@AshLink07]

Cummins becoming a legendary captain for Australia. What a player and what a call

[@1362pc]

HUGE call to bowl first

[@iSnaaacky]

Travis Head is such a big game player. Gutsy performance under pressure against all odds. What a specular victory Come on Aussie 🦘

[@Lupi33z]

They named him after the wrong part of the anatomy. Should be Travis Balls

[@AS-zj6uk]

The slow death of the last 50 runs was brilliant to watch.... hearing the Indian commentators saying the only reason they lost was because of the bad 'conditions' they copped was even better...

[@Lupi33z]

You always know when India are losing they put Shastri in commentary and Bogle is nowhere to be seen or heard.

[@rocknral]

​@@Lupi33z Shastri is the most one eyed commentator on the planet. Awful. Truth be known, India probably would have batted anyway.

[@markc871]

Saying India would've won 9 times out of 10 is a bunch of crap. Australia built to that game playing through adversity and had become the far more in form and resilient team. The Australian team had class and experience all over the park, at least the equal of India. Turns out the Indian team had plenty of weaknesses just waiting for a class team like Australia to exploit.

[@user-on6sn1pl8k]

Massively enjoyed your commentary throughout this tournament, guys. Fair, informative, entertaining, and Aussie humour to boot.

[@guyhornsby9572]

Bloody hell, in the end it wasn't even close!

[@rosscrichton8584]

Thanks Mates, a wonderful tourament and wonderful summaries. Cheers

[@DebmalyaSinha]

Very happy for you guys. Well done Australia. Until next time we see you again then! :) Congratulations.

[@carlwells9504]

Well played Australia- don’t know how you do it but you always do- never underestimate Aus in a final

[@HenryPorter-he4rt]

So much covered so well - thank you again! Just adding an appreciation of Inglis & his Cup-finals-record 5 dismissals (even if mostly the recipient of some great bowling). Half way through the tournament it was looking like the selectors had gotten the Carey flip wrong, but add in his innings vs SA & he's one of the finest in the finals, I reckon.

[@DigontoZahid-lc7kt]

People really underestimated this aussie side .....i dont know why people kept ignoring the squad that is filled with multiple world championship winning players in different formats

[@Silk1970]

Thank you guys for your fantastic coverage. A terrific mix of analysis and good humoured fun. Your enthusiasm for the game shines through in these podcasts.

[@Silk1970]

I thought Cummins's constant bowling changes during the middle overs were brilliant. He refused to allow the Indian batters to settle and pick off 5 or 6 an over instead of 3 or 4. Someone would bowl a tight over and he'd pull them off anyway because he wanted to keep giving the batters different looks. A complaint I had about his captaincy and general approach in England was that it felt like he was sitting back and allowing England to go after the game. As far as I'm concerned, we shouldn't be allowing England to dictate the course of a cricket match. But in the two knockout games here, he took the initiative with his bowling changes. I wanted us to bat first but I said to my brother early on that I liked how Cummins was looking to take control, even if it didn't work. It also says a lot about who he is as a cricketer that his best performance with the ball in the tournament came in the final when we needed it most. The dismissal of Kohli wasn't as critical as that catch, but it mattered. I was thinking 280 was par at that point, and they finished 40 shy of it, runs they desperately needed as it meant Labuschagne didn't have to worry early on about his strike rate and could just bat time and wait for conditions to settle.

[@shihadrocks]

Those Indian fans that swarmed your last vid are REAL quiet now. hahaha

[@pm110978]

Funny that hey 😉 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🏆🏆🏆

[@bjwal6]

Perfect analysis as always. I’m devastated for the Indian team and people, but a truly superb win for aussies

[@praneethdaita7957]

Excellent work boys. Looked forward to these recaps throughout the world cup.

[@seemabg4539]

love you Australia 🇦🇺 from our heart ♥ congratulations 🎊 lslamabad. Pakistan 🇵🇰 😊😊

[@andrewwebb777]

Thank you, looking forward to the test series here in Aus soon, hope you guys do well 🎉

[@user-oj6jn5ii6e]

Beating India in India during the World Cup final. Very special. Brilliant to watch!

[@kerryobrien71]

Really enjoyed your coverage throughout the tournament, I hadn't heard (consciously) of either Adam or Geoff prior to this competition, pleased I did finally through this WC. This commentary added a depth to understanding and interest that is often missing from long tournaments. Despite the length of tournament, I enjoyed this format and was interested throughout it, as it was still uncertain who would be making semi's until 7th round games. Great work guys!

[@ferguson011]

Never missed them during the Ashes - like and follow whenever a series is on, they are great at providing insightful observations.

[@rocknral]

Their coverage of the ashes was absolutely first class.

[@jolyoncox]

Amazing effort all the way through fellas. Thank you!

[@Morgan-tx4xb]

You two are bloody legends. Thanks as always for the great insights and pop culture references that are in my wheelhouse (although this show was a little short of them)

[@sentimentalbloke185]

It was a grand win, and a big upset but in the context of Australia's cricket history 1987 was a seminal moment. 1987 remains as Australia's most impactful & unlikely win in the ODI format.

[@massarock23]

This was a great show. Followed it every day throughout the world cup. It was a great journey.

[@ebutu555]

As an Indian, I'm very glad that it's Aussies who lifted the trophy. BCCI must realize that bringing religion, caste, hate into sports will never yield the intended results. I don't think it's a coincidence or ICC's plan that the match happened in Gujrat.

[@markdrury7483]

Fab wrap-up fellas. Well done as always.

[@petegittins91]

Wonderful coverage as always fellas 🙏

[@FinalWordCricket]

Thanks PG

[@gagananand1346]

As 🇮🇳heartbroken but this is Australia greatest World Cup final win against all odds Toss - everyone in India thought how on earth Pat gave batting to India - it’s going to be 2003 reverse outcome with similar batting from Indians like Australia’s did

[@Supersticio]

To my Indian friends, I'm sorry that you lost. You are the country that makes Australia better.

[@RenAK-gs5sr]

Probably the only thing Australia can do better than India is play cricket but next time trophy is coming to India!!

[@kieranbehan7563]

Marvellous work lads ... I've thoroughly enjoyed listening to your pod everyday on my commute to work. Keep it up!

[@osmannn713]

Amazing coverage as always! Loved all the episodes during the wc. Keep it up 🎉

[@kenrobertson7414]

Massive effort from you both.What a game!To the doubters of Uncle Pat it's time to apologise.Well done Aussies! oi oi oi.

[@ytuser903]

Indians, barring the usual Rohit - Kohli - Bumrah, failed to perform on the big day. For Indian fans its a pretty familiar script. It's often the performance of the next lot decides it. In India's case Gill, Iyer, Siraj, kuldeep, SKY all failed. Shami saved his worst for this day. In contrast, Head & Marnus step up in their first CWC Final. Aussies have in them what nobody has, as far as cricket world cups go.

[@drrahulmehta]

We need to give younger players a chance. We need some southpaws in the team. We need to find somebody who can consistently bowl 150+ and a wrist spinner who can flight the ball. We need a change of guard.

[@georgesunny1999]

Rohit failed as a captain for the first time in the tournament too

[@TheStagswag]

Thanks lads for the reviews

[@jaikumarjadhav6575]

This may be the Greatest Cricket World Cup win. Imagine 90k+ opposition fans. In their own country. The opponent won all 10/10 matches one sided. You were down 2 matches in 2. Gave away 125-0 vs SL and that one Warner catch started the comeback, wins were grinded out. Kudos to this so called "weakest" (?) Australian team.

[@FinalWordCricket]

Yeah, it's an amazing effort.

[@MikspaOrdan]

So far i believed 2003 Wcup was Aussies biggest Wcup win but this 2023 wcup win i think wud be the greatest wcup win by any team, with so many factors as u mentioned above were against the winning team.

[@brotherben4357]

Starc always comes back stronger after being dropped. It’s like he sometimes needs that kick up to backside to get back into form.

[@jeremyvassallo3914]

Steve smith not reviewing when he was not out has to be in the hall of fame

[@FinalWordCricket]

Right up there

[@Supersticio]

Travis Head is like a bottle of Grange.

[@Coverly]

One of the most entertaining sights in cricket, is the look on Kohli's face when something goes wrong. Thank you for making that happen Aussie & congratulations! 🏏🏆

[@Coverly]

It's right up there with the gnarling Merv Hughes, Curtly Ambrose's 1000 yard stare or the cheeky Warne wink for top cricketing facial expressions. 😁

[@Lupi33z]

Actually him not being captain is a major factor they didn't win IMO. About 2/3 through the Australian innings you could see him berating Rohit for not setting a field to save the single and build pressure. After that discussion he changed tactic and Australia found it harder to score but it was too late.

[@AS-hx4ww]

​@@Lupi33zchokli was bigger choker as a captain than player he literally won nothing under his captaincy except a u19 wc by bashing farmers

[@guyhornsby9572]

I'm here for the Maxi and Geoff hugs ❤

[@Johnson-xx9pm]

Great show as always guys.

[@MrCarrera28]

I don't know if its necessarily our greatest win in terms of the quality of the performance or winning against the odds. However, it is definitely the most memorable and the sweetest victory. Head to head I don't think this team would beat Steve Waugh's 1999 team but this 2023 team definitely are more gracious winners and can stand tall as winning under pressure. If pushed I would say that the 1987 ICC World Cup win was the best ever as they won it when no-one expected them and after years of losing after the retirement of the big three, Australia was suddenly back on top against the odds and all of Alan Border and Bob Simpson's hard work to bring Australia modern cricket was rewarded and Australia loved the team rather than simply loving Border and despairing of the rest.

[@prabhakarsharma]

🎉 I always enjoyed the Analysis of you guys not only during this ODI WC but since Adam covered Ind Vs AUS Test in 2020-21 when India breached the Gaba Fortress.. I always find that unbiased opinion not only about sports but all other political melodrama comes along with it. 🎉 I also wanted to meet you guys at Indore (M.P) but Couldn't meet.

[@Silk1970]

Something else that struck me are the parallels with the 1996 World Cup final. Australia won the toss and did what we normally do and batted. We got off to a flyer (for the era) and scoring got tough in the middle overs. Sri Lanka applied the brakes and we couldn't release them so we didn't get to a big enough total, scoring 241, just 1 more than India managed today. After a couple of early wickets conditions settled down and Sri Lanka ran down the total with little difficulty, cruising to a 7 wicket victory highlighted by a sparkling century. Not much different from this final but Australia were on the other side of it this time because they were bold enough to bowl first.

[@Lupi33z]

A lot more dew in 1996 final rendered our bowlers completely ineffectual. I don't think that was the case on this occasion as we didn't see Indian spinners needing to dry the ball between deliveries.

[@gerardrees7471]

Not sure the win will get as much love as it should as ODI has been slowing down. Has been quite a packed schedule of cricket this year with the ashes and wtc as well

[@trevorlockcomedian]

Love you two! 🎉

[@tpjpower]

Bumrah accidentally flicked the bails with his towel. He didn’t deliberately knock them off.

[@neiljackbalgi328]

More Rumble in the Jungle Ali v Foreman than Douglas v Tyson imo lads… Rope a Dope!!

[@richardhutchings1980]

Cracking performance from the lads. Big win. You're right the deck was rigged against them. The Indians seemed a bit overwhelmed by the occasion and weight of expectations. The Aussies improved throughout the tournament

[@TheCricketDoctor]

Thanks for a great summary. Not picking Ashwin cost India the WTC final and this final. Considering Siraj clearly didn't have his captains confidence. Also perhaps Ishan Kishan wouldn't have looked so out of sorts on a slow pitch as SKY. India didn't make the brave calls and Australia did, making them deserving winners.

[@ethancoster1324]

Siraj is a new ball bowler. He should've continued bowling with the new ball.

[@harishkiran3663]

Congratulations🎉

[@jehanariyaratnam2874]

Produced a shit tip of a wicket and it backfired 😂

[@michelle5for]

Undefeated minor premiers CRUSHED in Final 🏆

[@anilchauisms]

Impressive analysis and commentary

[@venpeddapalli7189]

This is exactly like what happened to New England Patriots in 2007 NFL season. Tom Brady(think of him as Rohit Sharma) and Patriots finished the season with a perfect 16-0 record and won all the playoffs and went to Super Bowl XLII but lost to New York Giants in a stunning defeat in the Super Bowl. Only happens in sport. It is tough to swallow but what you gonna do? Life goes on!!

[@guyhornsby9572]

AUSSIES GET HEAD, WIN TROPHY

[@benstokes1236]

Can someone tell me why many players and commentators were saying there was 130 k in the stadium yet the official attendance was 92k?

[@fkm512]

Really enjoyed your coverage lads, that goes for Cam and Vish too. Hopefully the toxic social media comments aren’t too bad…

[@lokeshsahu6735]

Congratulations to aussie team and fans,truly played like a champion on a big day.On the other hand once again our team despite playing good throughout tournament failing at biggest stage,really disappointing,just couldn't handle the pressure.

[@eternalbull]

As a fellow Aussie just want to share from my experience that not all hateful, abusive, toxic comments you get on social media are from Indians, many fake accounts are posing as Indians (I know, so weird)

[@brentsw3]

Been a while since I’ve watched the show. I really don’t know why, you make cricket sexy! Brilliant synopsis as always. Think I’ll catch up on some previous episodes! Well done to Australia! Doesn’t matter the year or the opposition, their pedigree seems to get them through. As a long time suffering Saffa and Proteas fan, this is somewhat annoying. Oh well….

[@AS-zj6uk]

Cricket doesn't like perfect... just ask Bradman.. 11 out of 11 a big task

[@johnleebold8894]

Great Work Guys through the Ashes and World Cup , Keep up the fire . Great Victory . Pat Cummings was the glue with his team of Warriors working selflessly with the whole behind the scenes support squad . Congratulations to India for hosting a great tournament and to the Passion of the Indian Public for making Cricket to be as big as it deserves to be . Namaste

[@lakshminreddy558]

Congratulation on Australia winning. Right from the beginning of the tournament I always felt the three Aussie fast bowlers were far better than rest of the teams. India were 100 runs short on that pitch. Loosing the toss, batting first and none of the batsmen scoring big and poor batting performance from 4 of the 6 batsmen was the real reason for the defeat. There was nothing the Indian bowlers could do with such a low score of 240. With that score they would have lost to England, South Africa, Newzealand, Pakistan and Srilanka. The competitive score on that pitch was above 340. Millions of Indians got disappointed. The promising aspect is with so much talent emerging through IPL, India will always be one of top 3 performing nations for the rest of the future.

[@TomSawyerCoD]

Geoff Lemon try not to show how much he hates Labuschagne challenge. - [IMPOSSIBLE].

[@decaded13]

Realized India were proper shaken after they moved away from the Bumrah-Siraj opening combo.

[@user-es5fg4ck5c]

Love your smile 🎉 AC

[@mikeellis4345]

Feel a bit for Alex Carey and Ashton Agar .. AC services not required and AA sent home early.

[@almac9203]

Those were brave calls by the selectors and management. To play in the subcontinent without a second spinner took some balls.

[@onylra6265]

The show has been great value for me since the majority of games have been unwatchable due to timezone, so thanks. You've given a mental picture of the happenings which is second to none, tbh. Having been a daily fixture for so long I'm gonna miss this. My thoughts: India got a taste of the Australia us kiwis are so familiar with - spiteful seems to strong a word, but we know how Australia turns it on when it matters. Crushing dreams is their kink - I just fucking knew this was gonna happen. I know Australians, I'm half of one. India was virtually doing it's victory lap after the semi, and the pitch stuff ... like, don't chum the sharks dummies. Australia strutted in and made them look fucking ordinary, and it's actually pretty funny. It was top 5% stuff out there, it's that ineffable x-factor shit, again. It's the siege of Tobruk fuck you we'll just bayonet charge your tanks stuff, Gandalf you shall not pass stuff - India hasn't got it. In the end it was meek. I always thought the narrative was overwrought for media purposes. India were vulnerable and brittle after all and I think that wasn't such a hot take for people whose livelihoods didn't rely on pandering to an Indian market - they've fucked up every properly high stakes match for over a decade, but if you say that the billion-strong Lynch mob will send you death threats on your socials. They won the WC of most cancerously toxic fanbase last night though...

[@brotherben4357]

How much of a difference could Pandya have made?

[@mahlstadt]

The poor scheduling and empty stadiums (except for India games) suggested that the BCCI only cared about the home side. And the home side lost in front of 120,000 people wearing blue shirts.

[@1362pc]

Correct..that was NOT supposed to happen

[@andrewlonge4494]

yout not old enough to say it's Australia's greatest world cup win. 1999 world cup was the best I think. closer games more competitive teams. when Pakistan and south Africa were at the best.

[@FinalWordCricket]

Believe it or not we were both alive in 1999

[@iankearns774]

1987 mate, also in India. We were just coming out of the cricket wilderness after WSC with some of our best players recently retired and others playing rebel tours and being banned to represent the country. Thats our best victory imo.

[@Silk1970]

It's always a matter of personal opinion as to what the best win is. I think 1987 deserves the prize because we were still scraping along the bottom as a cricket team, the previous summer England had beaten us at home in the Ashes and leathered us in the final of the one-day tri series so for us to go to India and win the World Cup was completely unexpected to say the least. This year's team had plenty of quality and we knew it was possible they could win, although I was never expecting it until the last 60 runs or so! Very little of the 1987 World Cup was on TV here so my personal favourite remains 1999 and the 2 wins over South Africa, highlighted by the semi-final. The final was good fun and ensured those other great memories would remain at the top. This year's win was great and I will remember it with great pleasure. Beating India in their backyard is incredible!

[@Lupi33z]

that also kick started the era of dominance with the 1992 cup being a hiccup in between because we'd played too much cricket that summer and were burned out by the time the world cup came around. The West Indies also flopped and they were still a good team then.@@iankearns774

[@praneethdaita7957]

There was a shami lbw appeal vs travis head in the 6th over i think which was very close... caught on the crease back leg etc. No review, no ball tracking on broadcast. Will bug me for the rest of my life. Credit to Australia though, they've looked dead in this tournament at certain points and then do the unbeatable Australia thing they do at world cups.

[@pm110978]

Sweetest victory of them all 🏆🏆🏆🏆🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@guyhornsby9572]

So close to a Travverman

[@iankearns774]

Cant help but feel sad for the Indian supporters today. Lmao

[@pm110978]

I’m not 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🏆🏆🏆 6th World Cup

[@iankearns774]

@@pm110978 Tidal wave warning for Indonesia and Malaysia because of all the Indian tears.

[@iankearns774]

@@pm110978 My Lmao points to my real feelings on the matter.😂

[@maximumHengist]

Travis Head IS Deep Throat!

[@goldboy150]

Australia Men - 6x world champions Australia Women - 7x world champions. 27 million people who know how to get it done at the big dance.

[@vasa6781]

It was a David Vs Goliath act in role reversed.

[@my_father_sorry_i_am_lying_now]

Pitch changed under lights And became good for batting. Same thing happend against netherland match where condition changed and shami bumrah took least wickets same happend in semis and final as well.

[@tradingchanakya01]

India is a place where finger spinners get the most bite of surface and that’s proven through stats historically over the years And Australia comes to India with only one spinner in their side and that too is a fuckin leggie How they pull off another World Cup This was not historical This Is LEGENDARY

[@rajmen1]

India messed it up ..on the pitch.Pitch won't win matches ..hope they take the pitch out of the equation in the near future.Let's move on India..we played well ..that's it.

[@leftin74]

Ah but Indian won the moral victory. My suggestion is to have a moral victory champions league with only England and India in it. In that way at least one of them would win something. Then the next year the second place team could be champions without actually playing a game. Easy peasy

[@gamerxvc3055]

Justice served ❤ Aus🎉

[@my_father_sorry_i_am_lying_now]

Pitch changed under lights And became good for batting. Same thing happend against netherland match where condition changed and shami bumrah took least wickets same happend in semis and final as well.

[@Supersticio]

If Pat Cummins is woke,(whatever that means). Sign me up!

[@harifederer]

I think you guys haven’t made enough about how tacky the wicket was during the first innings in the heat. Australia of course executed perfectly and maximised their position but they did get the better end of the conditions.

[@iankearns774]

Rohit Sharma said he would have batted so nothing would have changed.

[@harifederer]

@@iankearns774 That’s true. But I didn’t say Australia won because they won the toss. Just that they had better conditions in general. India too often have become pitch obsessed and the BCCI’s input in engineering a slow wicket today really backfired. Ironically, they would have done better on a truer wicket l.

[@Silk1970]

They got them because Cummins went against the usual Australian instinct. With India being the better team, a tricky pitch helped Australia because it created the potential to even up. A truer pitch would have made it easier for India's heavy hitters to score fast. Does Ahmedabad usually have true pitches or was this slightly tricky pitch relatively common there?

[@harifederer]

@@Silk1970 It has a variety of different wickets. They could have easily prepared a flatter truer wicket

[@iankearns774]

@@harifederer I dont know why all you Indians think you somehow have the better team. The Stats dont suggest that, preparing a flatter deck to suit your bats is like us preparing a seaming wicket to suit our bowlers. We dont do that, all our wickets have their own characteristics, that deck the Saffas got beat on a few years back at the Gabba was a mistake by the curator and didnt suit either side. Look at the SCG and Adelaide Oval, both conducive to batting except under lights at Adelaide where it hoops. In that case its the luck of the toss who bowls at the right time in the gamer It appears India prepares wickets to suit their game and to me that is cheating.

[@BobB-bu1wk]

I apologise for my comments on the last episode

[@FinalWordCricket]

Scrolling furiously to find out what you said…

[@alaapsarkar]

1:48

[@wittysparks6787]

India chased 350 while Aus chased 240. wasn't a fair game.

[@AlanSmithe]

what?

[@osmannn713]

Did you guys edit out the part about airbrushing imran khan out ??

[@FinalWordCricket]

Think that was in the preview episode.

[@osmannn713]

Cool, thought it was a BCCI censor lol JK Keep up the great work, looking forward to the Aus vs Pak coverage

[@arranpattison5809]

I picked them to win before the world cup if they got to the final... and then if they won the toss they needed to bowl first... Why? Because its cricket and its Australia! This pains me to say as a kiwi of course (or maybe coarse😂) but as they say the truth hurts... They toss as in the semi nz vs india proved crucial for opposite reasons. The movement to contend with in the semi batting second was the difference and the slowness of the pitch with the dew making it easier batting second was the difference... Cummins and co's tactics made the difference also but India chasing with Kohli and the dew after the aussies limping to a low total on a dead track would of been close at best i think... India didnt make the most of the swing early either with Shami opening (which he doesnt do) turned out to be a blunder... Good to see the underdog win when most wrote them off!

[@Bhavik630]

India has put all its eggs in one basket called Cricket.

[@fabriccouch]

Australia’s fielding performance was some of the best I have seen in an ODI in a long time. Perfect bowling to fields and exceptional placements. Literally strangled them out of the game. It was clear that they were low on confidence towards the end of their batting innings which clearly carried over to their time in the field. So great to beat India. Their co-ordinated efforts to produce favourable conditions has been making a mockery of cricket. Gavaskar and Bohgle are without doubt two of world sports most irritating, biased and borderline cultural supremacist pundits. Get a big dog up ya! Outplayed by a classier team of tougher men of far greater integrity. What a win.

[@whatevermate3]

Sometimes people tend to not realize that there is cricket loving public in India, that doesn't necessarily pledge allegiance to BCCI or their underhanded ness and some very toxic fanbase who tend to be loudest. I have no problem admitting to the fact that Australia has what it takes to win and generally a much better sporting nation, but to call out the Indian team for lacking integrity is very harsh. They were tough on the field and arguably the best team this tournament until they failed miserably today. Also the biased nature of the commentators might reflect poorly on the team and may seem hubristic but again the players can't be faulted for.

[@harifederer]

Australia played the better cricket on the day. They maximised the conditions afforded to them. Dry wicket during the day and dew at night. Don’t talk about integrity in cricket , it’s rich coming from us Australians.

[@fabriccouch]

⁠​⁠@@SHH885 There is literal documented evidence of India influencing the ICC in terms of pitch types and pitch selection. These aren’t lies or stories made up by western journalists who are anti-India - most of these efforts to gain hugely undue advantage even have paper trails. I feel like every team in this world cup received equal coverage. India didn’t achieve anything - they lost the final of a tournament that was organised to ensure their victory. Every team who played India may as well have played with one arm behind their back. When this Indian team actually achieves, like when they won in Australia under Rahane I’ll credit them. That was a fair series because our pitches are prepared according to the climactic conditions and not to the spec of the ICC* (BCCI) to ensure results for India. At the end of the day India lost a tournament that had been organised for them to win - that is not an achievement - it is abject failure.

[@tc8327]

In Australia, we laughed at what the Pakistanis said. So that's not true. At least in Australia anyway. I can't speak for the rest of the world.

[@milindmatang]

Cricket won BCCI lost...thanks Australia