Australia defeated India by six wickets to lift the World Cup for the sixth time at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday.
Chasing a modest total of 241 runs, Australia lost three early wickets for 47 runs. David Warner departed for seven runs in the second over of the innings. Later, Marsh and Smith also fell cheaply.
Then Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne built a match-winning partnership of 192 runs and guided their team to victory. Head smashed a century and got out for 137 runs. Marnus scored unbeaten 58 runs. They achieved the target in 43rd over.
India’s Bumrah took two wickets while Shami got one scalp.
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Earlier, Australian skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and put India into bat. India were off to a good start but succumbed to home ground pressure lost three wickets inside 100 runs.
Australia drew first blood when opener Shubman Gill was removed in the fifth over by Mitchell Starc. He had scored four runs off seven deliveries.
Captain Rohit Sharma seemed to heading towards another big score but Glenn Maxwell cut his stay at the crease short. He had hit three sixes and four boundaries in his 31-ball knock of 47.
Shreyas Iyer went back to pavilion hitting just one four by skipper Pat Cummins.
Experienced Virat Kohli steadied the innings but could not post a big total as Cummins shattered his timber at 148 on the board for a personal 54. It was an unlike Kohli innings as he took 63 deliveries to compile it.
Australia bowled out the South Asia side for 241 in the final over.
Mitchell Starc took three wickets, while captain Pat Cummins and Hazlewood grabbed two scalps each. Adam Zampa also got one wicket.
