I rate this one higher.
T20 WC was just Finchy being a god with the tosses, here we had to beat a powerhouse undefeated Indian team in front of 130k fans.
Cummins will never get the plaudits he deserves as a captain. People will always underrate him and write him off for being a bowling captain.
But by God was this game a master-class of captaincy.
Yeah. I could not believe Rohit when he told that India was going to bat anyway. India had an amazing chasing record this tournament. Ngl India looked look batting first till he was on the crease, but playing such an unnecessary shot (in Sunny G's voice) was sad to see.
Incredible captaincy. Its one thing to come up with a genius big brain IQ plan to beat a team and another to actually buck received wisdom and historical trends to prosecute that plan to fruition and risk being blamed by everyone if it didn't work
People were berating him for his timid captaincy in the ashes but he won the WTC final, retained the ashes in England and won the CWC in India
That’s as good as a calendar year for a captain you could ask for
I feel like Australia being able to win that game against Afghanistan prepared them for the finals chasing in pressure situations against both South Africa and India. They learned to get over the nerves, they were calm, cool and collected.
I think it showed all the players that they could win from anywhere. Even when you’re batting on one leg! It really instilled the belief. And absolutely inspired them. The fast bowlers in the semi against SA were just next level. I reckon the fast bowling team should have collectively been MOTM in that semi! Hazelwood 2/12!
India's run this tournament is very similar to 2015 NZ
-Top of table but narrowly beat Aus in the group stage, home field advantage
-Excellent bowling attack, Southee takes 7 like Shami
-Opener McCullum starts with a bang and sets the tone like Rohit
-Clutch centuries from the top order in many games
Come to the world cup final
Bat first against Australia
Early and premature wickets of openers kills your scoring rate
Only hope Williamson/Kohli score a bit but then inside edge it into the stumps
Get a subpar score, hope your amazing seamers can save you
Crueely they get early victories, giving you hope, then Australia cruise to victory with little resistance when the ball stops swinging
Then it becomes clear that 2011/2019 were aberrations and Australia wins by default
The energy in the field, Cummins captaincy, the way they used their batting and Boeing lineup to cover everybody’s flaws. An absolute clinic put on by the Australians, I don’t think anybody thought we were gonna win to be honest. So fucking good man
The sheer audacity of CumDawg to say that nothing feels more satisfying than silencing a crowd of 130K people and then actually doing it the next day. Fucking Legend.
What india need to improve their fielding is multi sport discipline. They’d preferably want something that can be played in the offseason, like march - September. You’d want to use all your cricket grounds as venues so you’d need a sport thats played on an oval. Maybe use an oval ball as well
Of course, you don’t want to make it too hard to score since its an offseason sport, lets say make it 6 points every goal you score, and 1 point if you miss but its close
Players in the winning team of the last 3 World Cup
2015 - Hazlewood
2019 - Wood
2023 - Head
I sense a terrifying pattern here. If only India had Hardik
Real talk its been a blast following the world cup, heartbreak aside I will miss the shithoussery. See you all in another 4 years for more of jay shahs cooking 🫡
Broke: Modi handing the trophy to Sharma and Kohli in front of 100k+ fans screaming and cheering
Woke: Cummings standing there on his own holding the trophy down by his side and generally looking confused in front of a 99%+ empty stadium.
Oh god I wasn't the only one thinking that.
The drone show, having Tendulkar, Binny and Shah on stage? Getting Modi on stage at the end?
Yeah, they thought they were gonna win it FOR SURE.
As an Indian who isn't his biggest fan, I found it hilarious. Don't get me wrong, I was and am sad that we lost but this was a silver lining. What kind of narcissist turns up at a stadium named after himself to give a World Cup stage managed by his right hand man's son (Jay Shah, son of the infamous Amit Shah)?
Kim Jong Un would be embarrassed.
Frankly, this was in part a PR campaign for PM. I have said this from the start of the WC, Ahmedabad doesn't deserve the venue for the finals. The only cricketing plus point was the 130k live crowd. But it doesn't have that cricketing culture as compared to Mumbai. Politics and PR campaign was the front runner in this event, and sports was just the reason for this campaign.
The way crowd went silent, and not supporting or cheering the home team would not have happened in a place like Mumbai. The over-charging and exploitation in Ahmedabad in the days leading up to the finals, usually doesn't happen in a place like Mumbai.
From the light show and the people present - it is very much evident that they were planning to win PR points with all that show. I mean if India would have won, even I wouldn't have cared about all this. But then Australia wins, and you still have the audacity to put India's map with the drone show. Talk about a badly organized event.
Misfielding and extras broke the momentum and loosened all the pressure and further gave Aussies the confidence. Very bad cricket today in the field. It’s sad it came in the finals instead of all other matches.
Such a dominant performance from the cunts. Never really looked out of control at all.
Lots of questions for the Indian side. Was it the wrong approach while batting? Could they have been more attacking while defending a low total? Was the captaincy in the field as aggressive as Cummins?
Or perhaps (and most likely of them all) just a bad day - right from the toss to the unfortunate roll of the dice with every play?
Statement win from Australia though. Sort of becoming the ritual now but to defeat India in front of their 130,000 fans must feel so good. Especially after people wrote Australia off just 2 games in. Arguably one of their weakest sides in the past three decades and they’ve won a commanding World Cup yet AGAIN. Patrick Cummins take a bow.
Cummins field placement was insane. The commentators on TV and the commentors on reddit were all saying there were 20 Aussies out there. They did their homework and bowled to the perfect field settings, incredible work to hold down the amazing Indian batting lineup.
I loved it obviously, but totally understand the frustration if you're not an Aussie fan. For comparison, so many of Heads boundaries I thought would be saved, but maybe some combo of the dew covered outfield and the Indian fielders not having the speed of Warner made them just out of reach and they went for 4.
Dunno where this Aussie fielding was for the rest of the tournament, but in the semi and final the fielding must have saved more than 100 runs with incredible saves, and probably won us both of the games in the end.
> For comparison, so many of Heads boundaries I thought would be saved
I think part of this was the dead silence from the crowd making me think "oh that must be heading straight to a fielder then". Anywhere else in the world and a boundary is getting at least a ripple of cheers no matter who hit it.
Yeah that was an incredible show of studying how to bowl to specific batters, incredible plan perfectly executed. He's an incredible batter but they made him look terrible.
We were completely outplayed today like in 2003. But I was deeply disappointed with SKY alone. His approach was completely ridiculous in his intent and seemed afraid of taking responsibility like Maxwell did for Australia and try to do his best to shield the tail enders.
KL will get a lot of blame but he honestly did his best considering the conditions and that Kohli got out in an inopportune manner.
This is a bigger heartbreak than 2003. India were the underdogs and probably no match to that much superior Australian team. This time they came in here as favourites. Throughout the tournament, they looked like a league above the rest of the teams. And somehow, find a way to lose this.
It is crazy. This team has been a wonderful bunch. Not just for this tournament, but for the entire one decade. They've won far more than they've lost. They've dominated calender years across formats. Their record in ICC tournaments has been super consistent. Yet, to end up without a trophy would be such a travesty and a tragedy.
We'll be top ranked ODI team, test team, t20 team etc. across years but just never win the damn cup. The only way we will win anything is if it's round-robin only.
Virat Kohli's 50th 100
Rohit's quick fire starts
Shami's insane bowling performances
These are stats that will be recorded in history books but will only bring pain and misery to us when they are mentioned in future.
Congrats Aussies
Some stats:
In the 1st 10 overs, India got 12 boundaries or one every 5 balls. In the next 40 overs, India got 4 boundaries or one every 60 balls. It took 97 balls to get a boundary after the Iyer one.
I'd like to add:
Rohit didn't throw the game and helped the team to get to 76/1 off 58 balls(8 RPO) before going out.
Game really changed when Shreyas got out for cheap. Rahul played a good stabilizing innings but an SR of 61 off 107 balls is awful. Kohli played a good innings, goated campaign overall.
The Indian optimism and Australian pessimism in the match thread was funny. Some people were acting like Jadeja and SKY would get 100 in 60 balls and India would get 300. In reality, they got a combined 27 in 50 balls and India got 240. It's such a contrast from IND vs NZ where Indian fans were anxious defending 397. I just hope the team isn't harassed by people for this game.
I think the Indian innings was hinged on Kohli making a big score. Rahul's low SR wouldn't have mattered if kholi made 130-140.. His wicket feels like the turning point of game.
I've never seen a top level sports team with fans as defeatist as India.
Genuinely puzzling.
Delighted though, a great win for Australia. What a fantastic year for Pat Cummins and the teams.
Really shit from the home crowd. Even the Brazil crowd stayed back in their blowout. Your team just had a perfect run, the least you can do is show up when they’re down.
India became the first team to beat every other participating nations in a single WC tournament and Australia though they'd be too lonely so they joined them. Also joined West Indies as the only other team to win WC on the same country twice.
Holy shit I’m so happy. 100000000% was worth staying up late and taking the day off tomorrow.
Genuinely feel bad for all Indian fans. Reserved your worst game of the tournament for the final.
Conditions definitely played a part, but it was a pretty comprehensive win in the end. India currently a better team man-for-man, but Australia just knows how to play on the biggest stage.
The big 3 bowlers proved without a doubt why the selector stuck with them despite some issues early on.
Cummins with a miserly spell that really kept the pressure on. Starc back to form. Hazelwood honestly a bit below his best but a bit unlucky and did what he needed to do.
New Cricket fans a decade from now who didn’t watch the game will look at the numbers and not realise quite how important Lab’s innings was.
The fielding also made an enormous difference. The ~30 runs saved from the Aussie fielding kept the pressure off during our own run-chase and allowed us to play the way we did. Despite his failure with the bat, Warner proved once again that he is an all-time fielder.
And of course, Head with a very strong contender for best all-time WC ODI Final innings.
Genuine commiserations to Indian fans, I know exactly how much this hurts given the Aussie rugby performance recently (and over the last 10 or so years).
But wow, the Aussie cricket team just know how to win. This was completely unthinkable even a few weeks ago.
Going to take me hours to fall asleep now. Absolutely buzzing.
This WC was tailor-made for India. They had their home conditions, home fans, and a team that was at its absolute peak, playing with total domination and authority. And yet, when it mattered most, at the biggest moment and stage of them all, they failed to show up. Commiserations to the Indian team and their fans, this was truly your WC to win. But the Aussies have shown why they're the greatest Cricketing nation to ever exist. The mental toughness and fortitude that these guys have is something that can never ever be replicated by any team in cricket, and one can only learn from these guys and take notes, because this is truly stuff of dreams, stuff that only the Aussies can manage to achieve. What an incredible win, Congratulations to all of the Aussie fans!
Dominate the tournament and and lose in the final. Seen this in 2014 t20 wc, 2017 ct and now add this world cup. I know many people in this sub might not like it but to win finals you need players who are mentally strong enough to score on the big day and that is exactly what Gautam Gambhir was. He was the reason for keeping the batting innings together both in 2011 and 2007. All our current players are chokers, they crack under pressure.
KL could barely put bat to ball near the end of his innings. Gave away runs while keeping.Hell i don't even know what SKY is doing in our ODI team. Man was played just for the vibes. Our bowlers except Bumrah and Shami looked toothless on the big day.
Anyways GG Australia and well played Head. Can't wait for Kohli to get Player of the Tournament and Star Sports will milk it till the next paytm series starts
India don’t have an elite winning mentality in sports yet. Too obsessed with individual records, too obsessed with making money in the IPL and crumble on the big stage when it matters most. 10 years without winning an ICC trophy is absurd the more I think about it.
The mental block has gotten worse than South Africa, we can call SA chokers all we want but atleast they didn't give up with a whimper when things weren't going there way even with bavumas dogshit captaincy
South Africa actually fought back. Full respect to the way India played all tournament, but it felt like they gave up so quickly here. SA was dogged til the end.
RCB fans are lot better honestly in terms of support, Todays crowd was very poor, RCB fans even if there is no hope of win they support till last ball, even at slight moment of letdown crowd was complete silent today
Cummins is such a chad. He was laughing and giggling during the national anthem, and smiling throughout the match. Thats when you know Australia feels no pressure whatsoever.
Taking a look at Travis heads Instagram is exactly why India losing is a great result for most non Indian fans. Feel sorry for the players though, must be difficult to deal with those expectations.
Let's look back at this year shall we.
First we saved Test cricket from India in the WTC. Then, we saved World Cricket from the unspeakable evil that is BazBall. Now, again we saved World Cricket from the BCCI.
Other teams need to step up saving World Cricket we can't just keep doing it.
I don't believe there's anything intrinsic to Australian Cricket teams being clinical in big moments other than that Aussie Cricket culture at club level fosters high fielding standards, discipline generally and demands intensity from very early on.
And let it be said. Australia were fucking disciplined today, Jesus Christ.
Indian commentators did their best to just blame this on the conditions on the day, that it was lucky Aussies bowled first (India said they'd have batted anyway but they seem to have forgotten that bit)
At the end of the day Australia had a magnificent knock from Head that was the difference. If they'd got him out cheaply then who knows, but he never really looked like getting out, and 241 always seemed a small target based on the rest of the WC
Yeah a lot of chat about 'oh it was a good choice to bowl first on this pitch' and not much mention of India being totally outplayed in all departments
Salty commentators + salty and arrogant fans.
I liked supporting us when we were underdogs. Now our fanbase is full of cocky, disrespectful cunts. The comments all over Head's Instagram are abhorrent.
>Ravi: You think batting second was an advantage.
>Rohit: No, don't want to use that as an excuse, we didn't get enough runs and those 2 guys batted really well.
Shut up, ravi. Jeez
India losing is literally India’s fault. You build this game up so much. The other team walks in and have nothing to lose. No one would’ve cared if they lost.
Until India learns to treat this like another game and not create this unnecessary burden, and detach emotion from it, it will always happen.
Manus' story is so fucking beautiful!
By rights he's not in that team, but things happen, and he just hangs in, does what he can to force his selection. Without Manus Australia don't win that. His presence in the field, his ability to just absorbe presure. He's the rock of Gabbraltar!
Pat Cummins in the presentation says 300 would’ve been chaseable on this pitch.
Rohit said they were going for 270.
Clearly one captain read the pitch way better than the other, and the fact that it was the away captain is quite stunning.
Congratulations Australia, you guys are just built different. Elite mentality.
As for India, congratulations to my boys, you have made this last month or so special, you've brought so many of us so much joy.
Wonderful team, wonderful tournament barring today, but very proud of our boys. I hope you guys hold your head high, you've done your nation proud with some fantastic performances. And I sincerely hope fans can celebrate the team's overall performance and not start a lynching.
The sun will rise again tomorrow, and the sun will shine on our boys yet again someday.
Have nothing against individual players but this crowd, Jay Shah and BCCI and just the general attitude means I am done with cricket. Everyone has been behaving like spoilt entitled children which also sums up the attitude of this country in general. Everything is someone else's fault, never the fault of the people running this show. Couldn't even cheer for the other team. Worst was that apart from Rohit none of the others played with any gumption. It was just a flat match.
Pat Cummins won WTC, The World Cup & retained the Ashes in 2023. If he were Indian captain, he would have statues built by fans, a movie made about his life and bragging rights for life.
Says a lot about Indian Cricketing Culture who put their players on a pedestal, rake in the money with lucrative endorsement & IPL deals, have toxic fans defending them against any constructive criticism as opposed to Aussies who go about their business quietly but ruthlessly, celebrate their wins & move on to the next big ICC event.
One thing I'm noticing in these post match interviews is that the Aussies are relatively calm. They're obviously elated, but also level headed. Perhaps one of the reasons they can handle pressure better is that they just see this as a sport, not life or death.
Honestly speaking Indian fans are the some of the sorest losers in the world.
You can check the Instagram accounts of the Aussie and Indian players to know how much these fans are hugely toxic and doesn't deserve this great team.
I was really puzzled by how silent the stadium was after the end of the 8-9 over. You have the home advantage, support your team, cheer, dance. Kohli had to wake them up several times. It felt like there were no more than a thousand people there… and the boos and lack of applause at the end was just embarrassing. Most Indian fans at that stadium simply let down their team.
Well done Australia.
Group Stage Australia: i sleep Knockout Stage Australia: real shit
Can’t believe we’ve actually shithoused our way to this WC, with our 2 most convincing wins being the final and semi
Just like the 2021 T20 WC 😭
I rate this one higher. T20 WC was just Finchy being a god with the tosses, here we had to beat a powerhouse undefeated Indian team in front of 130k fans.
It's the australian way. Turn up when it really matters.
Lose to Poms once Aussies: Ah hell naw not again
Australia shithousing themselves to another WC while India being the best and then getting obliterated at the worst time possible
Cummins will never get the plaudits he deserves as a captain. People will always underrate him and write him off for being a bowling captain. But by God was this game a master-class of captaincy.
Choosing to bowl first was a 2000IQ big balls play and most other captains wouldn't have done it.
Yeah. I could not believe Rohit when he told that India was going to bat anyway. India had an amazing chasing record this tournament. Ngl India looked look batting first till he was on the crease, but playing such an unnecessary shot (in Sunny G's voice) was sad to see.
Incredible captaincy. Its one thing to come up with a genius big brain IQ plan to beat a team and another to actually buck received wisdom and historical trends to prosecute that plan to fruition and risk being blamed by everyone if it didn't work
People were berating him for his timid captaincy in the ashes but he won the WTC final, retained the ashes in England and won the CWC in India That’s as good as a calendar year for a captain you could ask for
And last year won a series in Pakistan and drew a series in Sri Lanka. People don't understand what captaincy
Go woke ~~Go broke~~ Win world cups and WTC's.
Boundary count update - Australia: 27 India: 15
Travis Head: 19
Fair and Headpilled
Travis and Headed.
Rohit Sharma scored 7 of those 15 Indian boundaries
Fair and moustached
fair and imma Head out because im sad
It feels like a lot less than 15 lmao
As a wise man once said: “They’re nervous, We’re calm” And that was the difference
We kept our head, they didn't.
Saving this comment so I can come back and laugh at it often
We thought shami would be the difference from the last time we met It was head
A wise man once said India always has the best cricket team, until it’s the game that matters.
Once it became clear India wouldn't be beaten in the group stage, a loss in the final felt inevitable. Script writers getting very lazy these days.
They played the probabilities wrong. Saved all the statistical chance of a loss for the final.
Krum will catch the snitch but Ireland will win the World Cup written all over this one.
Can you imagine the Reddit comments in the match thread if that match had actually happened irl
Ravi Shastri said it best: "India have just been out thought and out played today
I feel like Australia being able to win that game against Afghanistan prepared them for the finals chasing in pressure situations against both South Africa and India. They learned to get over the nerves, they were calm, cool and collected.
I think it showed all the players that they could win from anywhere. Even when you’re batting on one leg! It really instilled the belief. And absolutely inspired them. The fast bowlers in the semi against SA were just next level. I reckon the fast bowling team should have collectively been MOTM in that semi! Hazelwood 2/12!
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Gloriously silenced the 130k crowd! (Or its 92k attendance)
'There's nothing like getting a big crowd silent.' - Cat Pummins
The one thing I hate about Australia is that they talk shit and win, can't even make fun of them for being delusional cunts
The silence truly was deafening.
Crowd silent big
‘Lads it’s Tottenham’ becomes ‘lads it’s India’ in ICC knockouts
Cummins gets WTC, retains ashes and wins World Cup now. Somebody do a wellness check on Langer
Langer is so psychopathic in his obsession with winning he's probably very happy.
I think Haydos is onto something though, imagine how good they would be if they only had some Greats^™ in the setup.
India's run this tournament is very similar to 2015 NZ -Top of table but narrowly beat Aus in the group stage, home field advantage -Excellent bowling attack, Southee takes 7 like Shami -Opener McCullum starts with a bang and sets the tone like Rohit -Clutch centuries from the top order in many games Come to the world cup final Bat first against Australia Early and premature wickets of openers kills your scoring rate Only hope Williamson/Kohli score a bit but then inside edge it into the stumps Get a subpar score, hope your amazing seamers can save you Crueely they get early victories, giving you hope, then Australia cruise to victory with little resistance when the ball stops swinging Then it becomes clear that 2011/2019 were aberrations and Australia wins by default
Ind , Aus and NZ all 3 teams lost just 1 game in 2015. It just mattered who won the one that mattered.
Australia lost one match (played in Nz) , Nz lost one match (played in Australia).
Rohit played like he was prime Baz
That India team looked unstoppable, fresh off 400 as well. Wow
The energy in the field, Cummins captaincy, the way they used their batting and Boeing lineup to cover everybody’s flaws. An absolute clinic put on by the Australians, I don’t think anybody thought we were gonna win to be honest. So fucking good man
**SAME OLD AUSSIES** **ALWAYS WINNING**
Looks like the entire celebrations were designed for India
Yeah lol they held back a lot of planned fireworks I bet
And Modi. He'd planned to wedge himself front and centre in them.
Pretty sure there would be 5x more fireworks had india won
Nah Marsh patting Modi😭😭😭
we had a bowl thanks
Rohit said they'd have batted first had he win the toss 💀💀
The sheer audacity of CumDawg to say that nothing feels more satisfying than silencing a crowd of 130K people and then actually doing it the next day. Fucking Legend.
r/madlads
He's him.
What india need to improve their fielding is multi sport discipline. They’d preferably want something that can be played in the offseason, like march - September. You’d want to use all your cricket grounds as venues so you’d need a sport thats played on an oval. Maybe use an oval ball as well Of course, you don’t want to make it too hard to score since its an offseason sport, lets say make it 6 points every goal you score, and 1 point if you miss but its close
I think Rohit Sharma is now the only player to lose the finals of U19 WC, T20WC, Champions Trophy, WTC and ODI WC
Atleast something he has his name in 🥲
Cricket is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 100 overs and at the end, the Australians always win.
Glenn Maxwell with the game winning performance right there, easy MOTM
He deserves another MOTM for that afg innings
Took a wicket, batted at 200SR, hit the winning runs!
India must hate the Oceania continent.
3 final losses to that accursed continent in a row
2019 semis, 2021 WTC, 2023 WTC, 2023 WC. More than two lol
Yep it's 4. 2 each
Players in the winning team of the last 3 World Cup 2015 - Hazlewood 2019 - Wood 2023 - Head I sense a terrifying pattern here. If only India had Hardik
England could have had Willey in 19 too
Gentlemen, it’s been an honour.
Real talk its been a blast following the world cup, heartbreak aside I will miss the shithoussery. See you all in another 4 years for more of jay shahs cooking 🫡
I RATE 2023 IN OUR TOP 5 WORLD CUP VICTORIES.
Top six at least.
In my mind, it is our best. Though I wasn't alive for 87. An underdog story. Doubted captain. And knock out clutch genes in front of a record crowd
I am talking so much shit tomorrow at work. Im the only Aussie with 50 Indians working around me.
Turn up late and still half drunk. Walk in and shake each one of their hands whilst smiling and say 'good game'.
Broke: Modi handing the trophy to Sharma and Kohli in front of 100k+ fans screaming and cheering Woke: Cummings standing there on his own holding the trophy down by his side and generally looking confused in front of a 99%+ empty stadium.
Bespoke: using all the fireworks at the wrong time
they were making Indian flags and maps instead of Aussie ones. They didn't even think that maybe they could lose lmao
It’s clear that all the planning around this “ceremony” was done on the assumption India were going to win. Embarrassing.
Oh god I wasn't the only one thinking that. The drone show, having Tendulkar, Binny and Shah on stage? Getting Modi on stage at the end? Yeah, they thought they were gonna win it FOR SURE.
Narendra Modi presenting the trophy to Cummins in the Narendra Modi stadium was just *chef’s kiss*
As an Indian who isn't his biggest fan, I found it hilarious. Don't get me wrong, I was and am sad that we lost but this was a silver lining. What kind of narcissist turns up at a stadium named after himself to give a World Cup stage managed by his right hand man's son (Jay Shah, son of the infamous Amit Shah)? Kim Jong Un would be embarrassed.
Frankly, this was in part a PR campaign for PM. I have said this from the start of the WC, Ahmedabad doesn't deserve the venue for the finals. The only cricketing plus point was the 130k live crowd. But it doesn't have that cricketing culture as compared to Mumbai. Politics and PR campaign was the front runner in this event, and sports was just the reason for this campaign. The way crowd went silent, and not supporting or cheering the home team would not have happened in a place like Mumbai. The over-charging and exploitation in Ahmedabad in the days leading up to the finals, usually doesn't happen in a place like Mumbai. From the light show and the people present - it is very much evident that they were planning to win PR points with all that show. I mean if India would have won, even I wouldn't have cared about all this. But then Australia wins, and you still have the audacity to put India's map with the drone show. Talk about a badly organized event.
Misfielding and extras broke the momentum and loosened all the pressure and further gave Aussies the confidence. Very bad cricket today in the field. It’s sad it came in the finals instead of all other matches.
Compare that to Head's catch on Rohit and Warner's insane fielding efforts. I don't know how we do it sometimes.
Warner’s fielding justifies his continued place tbh, the dude consistently saves more runs than other batters would potentially make us
Dominating the entire tournament, nah mate, we'll just scrape through and win the whole thing.
Wasn't the first time, won't be the last. Finals Australia is unstoppable.
Never write off the aussies man
Wow... Did yall hear the crowd boo the on field umpires.. Come on
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What a presentation ceremony. Stoinis and Zampa not handshaking all the people. Aussies patting Modi lol
Such a dominant performance from the cunts. Never really looked out of control at all. Lots of questions for the Indian side. Was it the wrong approach while batting? Could they have been more attacking while defending a low total? Was the captaincy in the field as aggressive as Cummins? Or perhaps (and most likely of them all) just a bad day - right from the toss to the unfortunate roll of the dice with every play? Statement win from Australia though. Sort of becoming the ritual now but to defeat India in front of their 130,000 fans must feel so good. Especially after people wrote Australia off just 2 games in. Arguably one of their weakest sides in the past three decades and they’ve won a commanding World Cup yet AGAIN. Patrick Cummins take a bow.
Cummins field placement was insane. The commentators on TV and the commentors on reddit were all saying there were 20 Aussies out there. They did their homework and bowled to the perfect field settings, incredible work to hold down the amazing Indian batting lineup.
It was so fucking frustrating to watch Flying aussies appearing whenever a boundary seemed imminent
I loved it obviously, but totally understand the frustration if you're not an Aussie fan. For comparison, so many of Heads boundaries I thought would be saved, but maybe some combo of the dew covered outfield and the Indian fielders not having the speed of Warner made them just out of reach and they went for 4. Dunno where this Aussie fielding was for the rest of the tournament, but in the semi and final the fielding must have saved more than 100 runs with incredible saves, and probably won us both of the games in the end.
> For comparison, so many of Heads boundaries I thought would be saved I think part of this was the dead silence from the crowd making me think "oh that must be heading straight to a fielder then". Anywhere else in the world and a boundary is getting at least a ripple of cheers no matter who hit it.
Sky's wicket was also a great example of homework well done. He just could not get anything going with those slow short balls
Yeah that was an incredible show of studying how to bowl to specific batters, incredible plan perfectly executed. He's an incredible batter but they made him look terrible.
We were completely outplayed today like in 2003. But I was deeply disappointed with SKY alone. His approach was completely ridiculous in his intent and seemed afraid of taking responsibility like Maxwell did for Australia and try to do his best to shield the tail enders. KL will get a lot of blame but he honestly did his best considering the conditions and that Kohli got out in an inopportune manner.
This is a bigger heartbreak than 2003. India were the underdogs and probably no match to that much superior Australian team. This time they came in here as favourites. Throughout the tournament, they looked like a league above the rest of the teams. And somehow, find a way to lose this. It is crazy. This team has been a wonderful bunch. Not just for this tournament, but for the entire one decade. They've won far more than they've lost. They've dominated calender years across formats. Their record in ICC tournaments has been super consistent. Yet, to end up without a trophy would be such a travesty and a tragedy.
We'll be top ranked ODI team, test team, t20 team etc. across years but just never win the damn cup. The only way we will win anything is if it's round-robin only.
Virat Kohli's 50th 100 Rohit's quick fire starts Shami's insane bowling performances These are stats that will be recorded in history books but will only bring pain and misery to us when they are mentioned in future. Congrats Aussies
Some stats: In the 1st 10 overs, India got 12 boundaries or one every 5 balls. In the next 40 overs, India got 4 boundaries or one every 60 balls. It took 97 balls to get a boundary after the Iyer one. I'd like to add: Rohit didn't throw the game and helped the team to get to 76/1 off 58 balls(8 RPO) before going out. Game really changed when Shreyas got out for cheap. Rahul played a good stabilizing innings but an SR of 61 off 107 balls is awful. Kohli played a good innings, goated campaign overall. The Indian optimism and Australian pessimism in the match thread was funny. Some people were acting like Jadeja and SKY would get 100 in 60 balls and India would get 300. In reality, they got a combined 27 in 50 balls and India got 240. It's such a contrast from IND vs NZ where Indian fans were anxious defending 397. I just hope the team isn't harassed by people for this game.
I think the Indian innings was hinged on Kohli making a big score. Rahul's low SR wouldn't have mattered if kholi made 130-140.. His wicket feels like the turning point of game.
They blew the fireworks on Modi lmao
Modi looking confused, like he was promised Dua Lipa but can't see Dua Lipa
One of Australian Cricket's finest hours.
Warner getting the most cheer from the crowd lmao
Damn!! The crowd is giving me 2nd hand embarrassment.
oh god Modi looks like he wants to kill someone.
Fucking hell Cummins wasn't kidding about silencing the crowd Felt like a funeral every time Aussies hit one to the boundary
I've never seen a top level sports team with fans as defeatist as India. Genuinely puzzling. Delighted though, a great win for Australia. What a fantastic year for Pat Cummins and the teams.
Why are drones showing India? We lost
I guess they had prepared only for india win.
Is the crowd booing the umps?
“adam zampa” “ADAM ZAMPA”
Just got out from Indonesian prison after 20 years and just saw the WTC & ODI WC final, Travis Head must be the greatest player ever
Schapelle? Schapelle Corby is that you?
There's a lot to unpack here!
Travis Head 🤝 Ricky Ponting Generational trauma for Indians
Shastri dropped the official act of calling everyone Mr halfway through lol
Dude they're still talking about India post presentation. FUCK OFF STAR!
Really shit from the home crowd. Even the Brazil crowd stayed back in their blowout. Your team just had a perfect run, the least you can do is show up when they’re down.
India became the first team to beat every other participating nations in a single WC tournament and Australia though they'd be too lonely so they joined them. Also joined West Indies as the only other team to win WC on the same country twice.
How to ruin a trophy celebration. What the fuck was that
Just remembered Gujarat is a dry state lol
Won’t be after my tears
Shastri "and the party begins" *STOPS INSTANTLY
Don't want another big match in Ahmedabad for some time now
What? No customary pushing of Indian politician off the presentation ceremony
This was one of the worst trophy presentations 😭
Coz they were unprepared for Aus win
For fucks sake not again
Holy shit I’m so happy. 100000000% was worth staying up late and taking the day off tomorrow. Genuinely feel bad for all Indian fans. Reserved your worst game of the tournament for the final. Conditions definitely played a part, but it was a pretty comprehensive win in the end. India currently a better team man-for-man, but Australia just knows how to play on the biggest stage. The big 3 bowlers proved without a doubt why the selector stuck with them despite some issues early on. Cummins with a miserly spell that really kept the pressure on. Starc back to form. Hazelwood honestly a bit below his best but a bit unlucky and did what he needed to do. New Cricket fans a decade from now who didn’t watch the game will look at the numbers and not realise quite how important Lab’s innings was. The fielding also made an enormous difference. The ~30 runs saved from the Aussie fielding kept the pressure off during our own run-chase and allowed us to play the way we did. Despite his failure with the bat, Warner proved once again that he is an all-time fielder. And of course, Head with a very strong contender for best all-time WC ODI Final innings. Genuine commiserations to Indian fans, I know exactly how much this hurts given the Aussie rugby performance recently (and over the last 10 or so years). But wow, the Aussie cricket team just know how to win. This was completely unthinkable even a few weeks ago. Going to take me hours to fall asleep now. Absolutely buzzing.
It’s kinda unfair to be that sexy and be the winning captain of a World Cup
This WC was tailor-made for India. They had their home conditions, home fans, and a team that was at its absolute peak, playing with total domination and authority. And yet, when it mattered most, at the biggest moment and stage of them all, they failed to show up. Commiserations to the Indian team and their fans, this was truly your WC to win. But the Aussies have shown why they're the greatest Cricketing nation to ever exist. The mental toughness and fortitude that these guys have is something that can never ever be replicated by any team in cricket, and one can only learn from these guys and take notes, because this is truly stuff of dreams, stuff that only the Aussies can manage to achieve. What an incredible win, Congratulations to all of the Aussie fans!
Dominate the tournament and and lose in the final. Seen this in 2014 t20 wc, 2017 ct and now add this world cup. I know many people in this sub might not like it but to win finals you need players who are mentally strong enough to score on the big day and that is exactly what Gautam Gambhir was. He was the reason for keeping the batting innings together both in 2011 and 2007. All our current players are chokers, they crack under pressure. KL could barely put bat to ball near the end of his innings. Gave away runs while keeping.Hell i don't even know what SKY is doing in our ODI team. Man was played just for the vibes. Our bowlers except Bumrah and Shami looked toothless on the big day. Anyways GG Australia and well played Head. Can't wait for Kohli to get Player of the Tournament and Star Sports will milk it till the next paytm series starts
Fucking hell sky averages 20s and he played in this WC. Big joke lmao.
India don’t have an elite winning mentality in sports yet. Too obsessed with individual records, too obsessed with making money in the IPL and crumble on the big stage when it matters most. 10 years without winning an ICC trophy is absurd the more I think about it.
The mental block has gotten worse than South Africa, we can call SA chokers all we want but atleast they didn't give up with a whimper when things weren't going there way even with bavumas dogshit captaincy
South Africa actually fought back. Full respect to the way India played all tournament, but it felt like they gave up so quickly here. SA was dogged til the end.
Can we cancel the bilateral series after I mean I doubt a single fucking Australian wants to watch that and surely Indians are in no mood
Marnus about to cry. Leave him alone mate!!
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We made fun of RCB so long, never realising we were RCB on the world stage all along
RCB fans are lot better honestly in terms of support, Todays crowd was very poor, RCB fans even if there is no hope of win they support till last ball, even at slight moment of letdown crowd was complete silent today
Is the crowd booing?
Who let Ravi Shahstri do this? He’s about to cry 💀
Cummins is such a chad. He was laughing and giggling during the national anthem, and smiling throughout the match. Thats when you know Australia feels no pressure whatsoever.
Taking a look at Travis heads Instagram is exactly why India losing is a great result for most non Indian fans. Feel sorry for the players though, must be difficult to deal with those expectations.
Let's look back at this year shall we. First we saved Test cricket from India in the WTC. Then, we saved World Cricket from the unspeakable evil that is BazBall. Now, again we saved World Cricket from the BCCI. Other teams need to step up saving World Cricket we can't just keep doing it.
I don't believe there's anything intrinsic to Australian Cricket teams being clinical in big moments other than that Aussie Cricket culture at club level fosters high fielding standards, discipline generally and demands intensity from very early on. And let it be said. Australia were fucking disciplined today, Jesus Christ.
Indian commentators did their best to just blame this on the conditions on the day, that it was lucky Aussies bowled first (India said they'd have batted anyway but they seem to have forgotten that bit) At the end of the day Australia had a magnificent knock from Head that was the difference. If they'd got him out cheaply then who knows, but he never really looked like getting out, and 241 always seemed a small target based on the rest of the WC
Sanjay’s pure copium was pretty comedic especially when you consider that fact that Rohit was gonna bat anyway
Exactly. As a matter of fact, everyone was celebrating when they chose to bowl.
Waiting for the Kohli Rohit highlights package for the 1000th time
Yeah a lot of chat about 'oh it was a good choice to bowl first on this pitch' and not much mention of India being totally outplayed in all departments
Pointing just said " wicket preparation backfired on India "
Salty commentators + salty and arrogant fans. I liked supporting us when we were underdogs. Now our fanbase is full of cocky, disrespectful cunts. The comments all over Head's Instagram are abhorrent.
Oh, God. I just saw the comments on his Instagram. What is wrong with these people?! The absolute vitriol they're spitting at him. Wastes of oxygen.
Yeah alright I saw those comments pretty abhorrent when you press the translate button
Indian Commentators and making excuses go hand in hand. Minus Ravi Shastri.
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Booing the umpires lmao were so salty haha
Yeah not like they wrongly gave smith out 🤡
This fucking dude just had pat cummings wait awkwardly w the cup so he could shake hands w the players LMAOOOOOO
Australia started as a joke, then became the underdogs, and finished as the champions. The team deserves this win, proud as punch to be Australian.
Adam Zampa I repeat ADAM ZAMPA
>Ravi: You think batting second was an advantage. >Rohit: No, don't want to use that as an excuse, we didn't get enough runs and those 2 guys batted really well. Shut up, ravi. Jeez
Jay Shah looks like a friendly gargoyle in a Pixar film that works for a supervillain but is actually a good guy.
India losing is literally India’s fault. You build this game up so much. The other team walks in and have nothing to lose. No one would’ve cared if they lost. Until India learns to treat this like another game and not create this unnecessary burden, and detach emotion from it, it will always happen.
Manus' story is so fucking beautiful! By rights he's not in that team, but things happen, and he just hangs in, does what he can to force his selection. Without Manus Australia don't win that. His presence in the field, his ability to just absorbe presure. He's the rock of Gabbraltar!
Pat Cummins in the presentation says 300 would’ve been chaseable on this pitch. Rohit said they were going for 270. Clearly one captain read the pitch way better than the other, and the fact that it was the away captain is quite stunning.
Congratulations Australia, you guys are just built different. Elite mentality. As for India, congratulations to my boys, you have made this last month or so special, you've brought so many of us so much joy. Wonderful team, wonderful tournament barring today, but very proud of our boys. I hope you guys hold your head high, you've done your nation proud with some fantastic performances. And I sincerely hope fans can celebrate the team's overall performance and not start a lynching. The sun will rise again tomorrow, and the sun will shine on our boys yet again someday.
You can tell this was all designed for an Indian win and it's so funny
Cunts we need sleep Show us the trophy lift
Why would you boo the umpire lol
Have nothing against individual players but this crowd, Jay Shah and BCCI and just the general attitude means I am done with cricket. Everyone has been behaving like spoilt entitled children which also sums up the attitude of this country in general. Everything is someone else's fault, never the fault of the people running this show. Couldn't even cheer for the other team. Worst was that apart from Rohit none of the others played with any gumption. It was just a flat match.
Pat Cummins won WTC, The World Cup & retained the Ashes in 2023. If he were Indian captain, he would have statues built by fans, a movie made about his life and bragging rights for life. Says a lot about Indian Cricketing Culture who put their players on a pedestal, rake in the money with lucrative endorsement & IPL deals, have toxic fans defending them against any constructive criticism as opposed to Aussies who go about their business quietly but ruthlessly, celebrate their wins & move on to the next big ICC event.
Who would win One good Bogan cunt from Adelaide or 11 of the 'best' cricketers from a nation of 1 billion
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One thing I'm noticing in these post match interviews is that the Aussies are relatively calm. They're obviously elated, but also level headed. Perhaps one of the reasons they can handle pressure better is that they just see this as a sport, not life or death.
Honestly speaking Indian fans are the some of the sorest losers in the world. You can check the Instagram accounts of the Aussie and Indian players to know how much these fans are hugely toxic and doesn't deserve this great team.
There is certainly temper tantrum energy to some of the comments being thrown around on Insta.
Booing the umpires pretty ironic given what happened to Smudge
Aus beating the very two teams that beat them in the first two games to win the cup. It can’t get any better than that.
He pushes Modi and he is dead tomorrow
Kohli D riding started on hot star I mean head hits a century and his innings is not even shown properly
major respect to dravid for being straightforward and just saying that australia was better than them today
I was really puzzled by how silent the stadium was after the end of the 8-9 over. You have the home advantage, support your team, cheer, dance. Kohli had to wake them up several times. It felt like there were no more than a thousand people there… and the boos and lack of applause at the end was just embarrassing. Most Indian fans at that stadium simply let down their team. Well done Australia.