India vs Australia LIVE: Cricket World Cup final reaction after Travis Head century leads Aussies to victory
Australia stunned hosts India to win the Cricket World Cup final by six wickets in Ahmedabad
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Your support makes all the difference.Australia won a record-extending sixth World Cup title after opener Travis Head smashed a magnificent century to fashion their six-wicket victory in Sunday’s final against the tournament’s form team India.
Put into bat, India rode battling half-centuries by KL Rahul and Virat Kohli to post a below-par 240 all out in exactly 50 overs at a packed Narendra Modi Stadium.
Australia suffered a top-order wobble of their own but Head’s 137 off 120 balls saw them romp home with seven overs to spare in a match that never reached great heights.
Around 93,000 predominantly Indian fans sat mostly in deathly silence as the home team, who had won 10 matches in a row to make the final, succumbed to their first loss of the tournament
Relive all the match action and reaction below:
India 94-3 (14) Kohli 30, KL Rahul 7, Zampa 0-10 (2)
Zampa will bowl his second, the first two balls go for singles, but the crowd has just fallen quiet following the wickets but Kohli is at the crease and that will always encourage the home support.
There’s a brief pause for what looks like a spectator on the field, but the over will continue.
India 89-3 (13) Kohli 27, KL Rahul 5, Cummins 1-8 (3)
After taking a wicket in the last over, Cummins has bowled a very tight over here, just the two runs from it.
India 87-3 (12) Kohli 26, KL Rahul 4, Zampa 0-5 (1)
Zampa will come into the attack for the first time, after Maxwell took the crucial wicket of Rohit.
KL Rahul just knocks the ball for a single first ball. It’s easy singles but the big runs which was instigated by Rohit has just dried up slightly.
India 82-3 (11) Kohli 24, KL Rahul 1, Cummins 1-6 (2)
An important over from Cummins comes to an end, and India will need to rely on this duo to score a lot of the runs needed.
They have early runs on the board but there are so many overs left, and we are only just out of the powerplay.
Wicket! Shreyas out for 4! ct Inglis b Cummins - India 81-3
Shreyas has gone! He edged that behind, it was a good ball from Cummins and Iyer was on the back foot waiting in his crease, the ball catches the edge on the way through to Inglis, who makes no mistake.
That is a huge wicket, and India will have to rebuild.
India 80-2 (10) Kohli 23, Shreyas 4, Maxwell 1-21 (2)
Shreyas Iyer comes to the crease and already hits a four, but Australia have the breakthrough and it’s a crucial one.
Wicket! Rohit out for 47! ct Head b Maxwell - India 76-2
Maxwell has continued, and he has been hit for a big six down the ground, that went high and dropped into the stands.
He follows it up with a four, but is out next ball!
Rohit came down the pitch but didn’t quite get hold of it, Travis Head had to cover a lot of ground to take a diving catch after running backwards, that is a huge breakthrough for Australia!
India 66-1 (9) Rohit 37, Kohli 23, Cummins 0-4 (1)
Cummins has brought himself on to bowl, Warner had to be alert in the deep to cut off another boundary, but the captain has started well.
India 61-1 (8) Rohit 35, Kohli 21, Maxwell 0-7 (1)
Maxwell has been brought into the attack for the first time, he has tried to turn it but it has just come on nicely, and Rohit has put that away comfortably.
India 54-1 (7) Rohit 33, Kohli 16, Starc 1-29 (4)
Kohli has his first boundary from the first ball of the over from Starc.
The next ball has been nailed through backward point for another boundary, this has been a great start, and the crowd are all cheering his name.
He follows it up with another four, this time drilled through cover with expert timing.
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