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IND vs AUS ODI Final 2023 : There have been 47 matches so far in the ICC World Cup 2023, after which it has been revealed which two teams will be played in this year’s final. The teams of India and Australia are ready to compete with each other. Both these teams have performed brilliantly so far and one of them will become the champion. The special thing is that both these teams have won this title before and they know very well how to handle the pressure of the final. Although the World Cup is being held in India, hence from the very beginning it was considered to be the biggest contender to become the winner, and India also has the claim to win in the final, but before this there came two such occasions when the ODI Australia had given a big blow to Team India in the World Cup and had dashed its hopes in a way.
Australia had defeated Team India in the final of 2003.
First of all, let us talk about the year 2003, because this was the same year when the Indian team performed well under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly and then reached the finals. Here he faced Australia under the captaincy of Ricky Ponting. Even at that time, Team India was considered a strong contender to win the title, but the Australian team changed the whole picture. This was an almost one-sided type of final, in which Team India had to face a crushing defeat by 125 runs. After winning eight consecutive matches, the Indian team was just one step away from winning the title, but Australia did not allow that step to be completed. Australia set a big target of 359 runs for Team India in the final. Chasing this target is not easy even today and this was 20 years ago, at that time even thinking about chasing this target was a difficult task. Due to this defeat, not only the expectations of Team India but also the expectations of the Indian fans were badly shattered. It took a lot of time to recover from this defeat.
In the year 2015, Australia defeated the Indian team in the semi-finals only.
After winning the 2011 World Cup, in 2015 also the Australian team created hurdles in the path of the Indian team. Earlier the match was held in the final, but this time both the teams came face to face in the semi-final itself. After becoming the world champion in the year 2011, the morale of Team India, captained by MS Dhoni, was high and the Indian team was also the contender for victory in that match. Here too, Australia batted first and set a target of 329 runs for India, this target could have been achieved, but the Indian batsmen performed poorly and the entire team together could score only 233 runs and had to face defeat. This was also a big defeat of 95 runs. This is where Team India’s dream of winning the World Cup twice in a row ended.
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