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 40-1 (6) Rohit 32, Kohli 3, Hazlewood 0-25 (3)
Hazlewood has been much tighter this over, Kohli has struggled to get the ball away.
The number three clips it into the leg side but straight to Warner at midwicket.
India 37-1 (5) Rohit 31, Kohli 1, Starc 1-15 (3)
The wicket has not affected Rohit though, he has another six down the ground, and India - despite the wicket - are off to a flyer.
Wicket! Gill out for 4! ct Zampa b Starc - India 30-1
Australia have their first wicket! It was a poor shot from Gill, just shoveled to Zampa.
Starc will take that, but it’s not the wicket they want, Rohit has been the one inflicting all the damage.
India 30-0 (4) Rohit 25, Gill 4, Hazlewood 0-22 (2)
Rohit hits one that just bounces short of Head in the deep, it was a shorter ball from Hazlewood.
And he has his first six, that was a poor delivery from the Australian bowler, the first six of the game and he follows it up with a four along the ground straight back past the bowler.
Australia 18-0 (3) Rohit 14, Gill 3, Starc 0-8 (2)
Gill has edged his first ball of the innings and it has fallen just short of slip, that was not a slower ball either, the bowler can’t believe it.
Starc has tried to angle it across to Gill, and was almost rewarded, but he has tried to bowl inswingers to Rohit and try and cramp him.
Rohit has gone for a big shot, and it flies over the infield but has been stopped on the boundary by the wide third man.
India 13-0 (2) Rohit 13, Gill 0, Hazlewood 0-10 (1)
Australia have been on it in the field so far, they have dived to cut off runs exactly as they did in the semi-final and there was another one by Zampa the first ball of the second over.
Rohit has his first boundary, he has come down the pitch and smashed Hazlewood to the off-side that was an amazing shot.
A little bit short the next ball and it’s back to back boundaries, the next one is into the gap in the leg side.
The final ball of the over he goes for another big shot but misses it and the ball narrowly missed off stump.
India 3-0 (1) Rohit 3, Gill 0, Starc 0-3 (1)
After being struck on the pads first ball, Rohit has his first runs, a wide yorker from Starc is cut away and there’s a sliding stop by Head on the boundary to save two runs.
Starc kept it tight for the rest of the over, but a single off the final ball sees Rohit keep the strike for the next over.
India vs Australia
Rohit Sharma will face first, along with Shubman Gill and it’s time for the start of the Cricket World Cup final.
India vs Australia
Apparently there are just around 100 Australia fans in the 132,000 crowd, the rest will all be cheering for the home side, there has been a fly past from the India air force, and Mitchell Starc is preparing to bowl.
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