India vs Australia, World Cup 2023 Final: Awards List, Man of The Match, Key Stats, Presentation Ceremony

India vs Australia, World Cup 2023 Final: Australia have won the ICC World Cup 2023 after beating India in the final by 6 wickets on Sunday (November 19) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

This is Australia's sixth World Cup title as Pat Cummins and his troops beat all odds to topple the hosts at the grandest stage. A surreal performance in the final means India's dream of winning their third title shattering in pieces.

India vs Australia, World Cup 2023 Final: As it Happened

Australia captain Pat Cummins won the Toss and decided to bowl first.

It was a fluent start from India with the bat as captain Rohit Sharma gave them a breezy start. But as soon as Rohit Sharma (47 off 31 balls) departed, things changed completely. The dynamics of the match shifted as India struggled to score runs on a sticky, slow pitch. Virat Kohli (54 off 63 balls) and KL Rahul (66 off 107 balls) played their part but the slothness of their innings meant India couldn't capitalize in the big final.

It was an excellent bowling display from the Aussies who managed to contain the Indian batters and India were bundled out for just 240 runs. Mitchell Starc picked up three wickets while Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins had two wickets each to their names.

In the run chase, Australia were troubled early. Mohammed Shami gave an early breakthrough by picking up David Warner, and then Jasprit Bumrah got two quick wickets as Mitchell Marsh and Steve Smith were back in the hut. With Australia reeling at 47 for 3, India were right on top.

But things changed soon as Travis Head started to impose his flamboyance. The southpaw took matters into his own hands and dismantled the robust Indian attack. Marnus Labuschagne was also excellent as the duo stitched a World Cup-winning 4th wicket partnership of 192 runs to take the Aussies home.

Travis Head scored a fantastic unbeaten century, whereas Labuschagne also made a well-compiled half-century. Head scored 137 off just 120 balls, whereas Labuschagne remained unbeaten on 58.

India vs Australia, World Cup 2023 Final Awards List

Player of the Match

Travis Head (AUS) - Australia batter Travis Head was awarded the Player of the Match for his brilliant century. He scored 137 off 120 balls and hit 15 fours and 4 sixes.

Travis Head Comments

"(Winning feeling) What an amazing day. Just thrilled to be part of it. Very lucky to be here and I was a bit nervous. Marnus was excellent and it was an amazing partnership.

(On his approach) I felt the way Mitch Marsh took the game on, it set the tone and set the energy. The wicket could have gone worse, and that is the reason I went hard. It is going to be an amazing couple of days.

(On Rohit Sharma's Catch) I couldn't imagine getting a hundred, couldn't probably imagine holding onto that one. It was nice to hold on to that catch. You always want to contribute on big stage in front of the full house.

(joining Gilchrist and Ponting) Definitely third on that list, it's a nice one to join, nice to be here and nice to contribute. I'll just tell the boys that I'm looking forward to the reunion."

Player of the Tournament

India batter Virat Kohli got the player of the tournament award for scoring 765 runs. He marked his brilliant campaign with three centuries and six fifties.

India vs Australia, World Cup 2023 Final: What Captains Said

Rohit Sharma (India Captain)

"Honestly the result has not gone our way. We were not good enough today. We tried everything but it wasn't supposed to be. 20-30 runs more would have been good, KL and Kohli were stitching a good partnership and we were looking at 270-280 but we kept losing wickets We didn't bat well enough to put enough runs on the board.

When you have 240 on the board, you want to take wickets but credit to Head and Marnus for putting us out of the game, but I feel the wicket got slightly better to bat under lights. Don't want to give that as an excuse. We didn't put enough runs on the board. Credit to those two guys in the middle for putting up an outstanding partnership."

Pat Cummins (Australia Captain)

"I think we saved our best for the last couple of big players. Came up and were good. We have been batting first pretty much for whole tournament and we thought it was a good night to chase down the target.

(on the pitch) Thought the pitch might get actually get a bit easier later in the game It was a bit slower. It didn't particularly spin as much as I thought It was a slow pitch, so made a couple of decisions around the game.

(on Labuschagne and Head) Magnificent. Marnus with a cool head and Travis does what he does on the biggest stage, showed a lot of character. I was pretty happy throughout the bowling innings. You look around and it is a special moment no matter whatever happened tonight. This year will be remembered for a long, long time and we had a lot of success over the winter and this one peaks it all. At the top of the mountain.

India vs Australia, World Cup 2023 Final Key Stats

Australia win their sixth World Cup title. This is also Australia's second World Cup title on Indian soil, having already won it in 1987.
Australia became the first non-host team to win the World Cup since 2007. And it was Australia who won the last World Cup title as non-hosts in the West Indies.
Travis Head became only the 7th player in history to score a century in the World Cup final.
Virat Kohli and Travis Head are the only players to score 50+ scores in the World Cup 2023 semifinal and final.
Indian bowlers picked up 99 wickets in the tournament, which is the most by a team in the history of the World Cup.
Virat Kohli finished the World Cup 2023 with the most runs as the India batter scored 765 runs. India pacer Mohammed Shami also tops the wickets chart with 24 wickets.