IND vs AUS, World Cup 2023 Final: Travis Head Takes Kapil Dev-Like Catch To Send Rohit Sharma Packing - Watch

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Australia's Travis Head took a catch like World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev, running backwards but flying to end the dominant stay of Team India captain Rohit Sharma in the ICC World Cup 2023 final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

40 years ago, Kapil Dev took a stunning catch running backwards to dismiss West Indies great Vivian Richards to tilt the 1983 World Cup final in India's favour. Four decades later, Australia's Head takes a stunning catch to send Rohit back into the pavillion in the 2023 World Cup final.

Put into bat, India lost opener Shubman Gill early, but Rohit continued the onslaught by scoring regular boundaries. The Indian skipper was on the charge until he got carried away with a flighted delivery from Glenn Maxwell.

His attempt to attack the off-spinner, saw him mistime and sky one in the air over covers, but Head ran backwards and dived further to take a stunner to silence the crowd. Head covered a lot of ground before completing a stunning catch as India lost their second wicket. Here is a look at the catch:

Rohit's dimissal at 47 off 31 balls led to a micro collapse as in-form Shreyas Iyer soon followed his captain by edging one off Pat Cummins to Josh Inglis behind the stumps for 4, leaving India reeling at 81 for 3 in 10.2 overs.

Virat Kohli (54 off 63 balls) and KL Rahul shared a fighting stand of 67 to steady the ship before the former was dismissed by Cummins in 29th over. Ravindra Jadeja had joined Rahul in the middle to continue the repair work as India aim for a challenging total in the final.

Rohit's wicket was important for Australia as he had scored 597 runs in 11 innings, while Kohli's wicket was also crucial as he finished the tournament with 765 runs, the most in a single World Cup by a player so far.