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The 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup (also referred to as simply the 2023 Cricket World Cup) was the 13th edition of the  Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted from 5 October to 19 November 2023 across ten venues in India. This was the fourth World Cup held in India, but the first where India was the sole host.

The tournament was contested by ten national teams, maintaining the same format used in 2019. After six weeks of round-robin matches, India, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand finished as the top four and qualified for the knockout stage. In the knockout stage, India and Australia beat New Zealand and South Africa, respectively, to advance to the final, played on 19 November at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Australia won the final by six wickets, winning their sixth Cricket World Cup title.

Virat Kohli was named the player of the tournament and also scored the most runs, while Mohammed Shami was the leading wicket-taker. A total of 1,250,307 spectators attended the matches, the highest number in any Cricket World Cup to date.[1] The tournament final set viewership records in India, drawing 518 million viewers, with a peak of 57 million streaming viewers.

On 11 December 2017, India was announced by the ICC as hosts of the 2023 Cricket World Cup; while India had served as a co-host during three previous tournaments (most recently in 2011, which it co-hosted with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh), it would mark the first Cricket World Cup to be hosted solely by India.[2]

Originally, the competition was to be played from 9 February to 26 March 2023.[3][4] In July 2020 it was announced that due to the disruption of the qualification schedule by the COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the tournament would be delayed to October.[5][6] The ICC released the tournament schedule on 27 June 2023.[7][8]

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had threatened to boycott the tournament after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) refused to send a team to the 2023 Asia Cup scheduled in Pakistan.[9][10] This issue was resolved in June 2023 after the Asian Cricket Council announced that the tournament would be hosted using a hybrid model proposed by the PCB, with nine of the 13 matches in the competition played in Sri Lanka.[11][12]

This was the first ICC World Cup in which penalties for slow over-rates were given to bowling sides if they did not complete their 50 overs in the stipulated time. On-field umpires could penalise the bowling team by not allowing more than four fielders outside the 30-yard circle.[13]

Other than India, who qualified as hosts, all teams had to qualify for the tournament through the 2023 Cricket World Cup qualification process. Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa qualified via the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League, with the Netherlands and Sri Lanka securing the final two places via the 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe during June and July 2023.

As a result of the qualifying process, the competition was the first not to include former winners West Indies, who failed to progress for the first time after their defeat to Scotland.[14] Full members Ireland and Zimbabwe also missed out on qualification, meaning three of the four full members who took part in the knock-out qualification stage did not qualify, with only Sri Lanka progressing.[15] The final qualification spot was decided by an eliminator match between associate members Scotland and the Netherlands,[16] with the Dutch side taking the final place.[14]

The tournament took place in ten different stadiums, situated in ten different cities across India. The first and second semi-finals were held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and Eden Gardens in Kolkata respectively, while the final took place at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.[7]

The BCCI provided funding for renovations and refurbishments at stadiums. Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium received a new grass surface, drainage system, seating, and hospitality boxes. Wankhede Stadium had upgrades to the outfield, floodlights, corporate boxes, and toilets. M. A. Chidambaram Stadium installed new floodlights and relaid two wickets.[17]

With the autumn scheduling of this World Cup, the ICC instituted protocols for reducing the impact of moisture—including dew and rain—on pitch conditions, so that they did not give the team batting second an advantage (as had frequently occurred in the 2021 Men's T20 World Cup). These included using a specific wetting agent, and the boundary set at around 70 m (77 yards) at each stadium, with more grass on the pitch to encourage seam bowling over spin bowling.[18]

All teams were asked to finalise their 15-player squads prior to 28 September, with any replacements after this date requiring approval from the ICC.[20] All squads were announced by 26 September 2023.[21] The oldest player of the tournament was Dutch player Wesley Barresi, who was 39 years old, while the youngest was Afghan spinner Noor Ahmad, who was 18.[22]

Warm-up matches were held from 29 September to 3 October 2023 at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad, Assam Cricket Association Stadium in Guwahati, and Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram.[7]

India's warm-up fixtures were announced on 27 June. The complete warm-up fixtures were announced on 23 August.[25] The matches were broadcast live on television.[26][27]

The ICC announced the World Cup schedule on 27 June 2023 at an event in Mumbai with a countdown of 100 days to the opening match of the World Cup on 5 October. The group stage started with the match between the finalists of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, New Zealand and England, at Narendra Modi Stadium.[7] On 9 August 2023, nine fixtures, including the match between India and Pakistan, were rescheduled by the ICC.[28] The top seven teams in the tournament, excluding Pakistan who qualify automatically as host, qualified for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.[29]



The ICC released the fixture details on 27 June 2023.[30]

The host India was the first team to qualify for the semi-finals after their 302-run win against Sri Lanka, their seventh successive win in the World Cup.[31] India secured the top place amongst the semi-finalists after they beat South Africa by 243 runs on 5 November at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.[32]

South Africa became the second team to qualify for the semi-finals after Pakistan defeated New Zealand on 4 November,[33] with Australia becoming the third team to qualify after defeating Afghanistan on 7 November.[34] New Zealand confirmed their berth as the fourth team after Pakistan lost their final match against England.[35]

The ICC announced its team of the tournament on 21 November 2023 with Virat Kohli being named as player of the tournament,[38] and Rohit Sharma as captain of the team.[39]

The ICC hosted a "trophy tour" for 100 days prior to the tournament beginning 27 June, with the Cricket World Cup Trophy being taken to various locations around the world. The event began with the launching of the trophy into the stratosphere by Sent Into Space and landing at Modi Stadium—becoming the first sports trophy to have ever been sent into space.[40]

The ICC officially announced the mascots for the World Cup in August. The mascots were a male and female duo named "Tonk" and "Blaze" from the fictional cricketing utopia "Crictoverse".[41][42]

The official theme song of the 2023 Cricket World Cup titled "Dil Jashn Bole" (transl. Heart say celebrate) was released on 20 September. The song was composed by Pritam, with lyrics by Shloke Lal and Saaveri Verma. The song was sung by Pritam, Nakash Aziz, Sreerama Chandra, Amit Mishra, Jonita Gandhi, Akasa Singh and S. P. Charan.[43] However, the song was subject to backlash and bad reviews.[44]

Ahead of the tournament, it was reported that an opening ceremony would take place on 4 October 2023 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, a day before the opening match at the same venue.[45] The ceremony was cancelled and replaced by a closing ceremony ahead of the final.[46] During this a drone show was held.[47][48]

Disney Star served as host broadcaster of the tournament in association with ICC TV;[49] in India, all matches were televised by Star Sports and streamed by Disney+ Hotstar, with coverage available in English and eight regional languages.[50] Amid competition with JioCinema for domestic cricket rights,[51][52] Disney announced that all matches would be available on Disney+ Hotstar for free on mobile devices. The broadcasts featured expanded player and Hawk-Eye ball tracking features (building upon those introduced in the 2022 men's T20 World Cup) for visualizing shots and fielding, and dedicated vertical video feeds of each match designed for streaming on smartphones. Commentary on the ICC's English-language world feed was led by Ricky Ponting and Eoin Morgan among others.[51][49]

The ICC projected that global live viewing minutes of the tournament had increased by 17% over 2019.[53] In India, Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) ratings reported that the final was seen on linear television by 518 million people in India, and Disney reported that streams peaked at 57 million concurrent viewers on Hotstar—both setting new records.[52]

The ICC allocated a pool of US$10 million in prize money for the tournament, with payouts remaining the same as the 2019 and 2015 tournaments. Australia, the winning team, received US$4,000,000, the runner-up $2,000,000 and the losing semi-finalists $1,600,000. Teams that did not progress past the league stage received $100,000 and the winner of each league stage match received $40,000.[54][55]


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This is a list of the squads picked for the 2023 Cricket World Cup. The 10 participating nations were instructed to finalise their 15-player squads prior to 28 September 2023, with any replacements after this date requiring approval from the International Cricket Council. All squads were announced by 26 September 2023. The oldest player of the tournament was Dutch player Wesley Barresi, who was 39 years old, while the youngest was Afghan spinner Noor Ahmad, who was 18.[1]

Afghanistan announced their squad on 13 September 2023.[2] Fareed Ahmad, Sharafuddin Ashraf and Gulbadin Naib named as reserve players.[3]

Coach:  Jonathan Trott


Australia announced their squad on 6 September 2023.[4] On 28 September 2023, Ashton Agar was ruled out due to injury and was replaced by Marnus Labuschagne.[5]

Coach:  Andrew McDonald


Bangladesh announced their squad on 26 September 2023.[6] On 7 November 2023, Shakib Al Hasan was ruled out due to injury and was replaced by Anamul Haque.[7]

Coach:  Chandika Hathurusingha


England named their 15-man squad on 17 September 2023.[8] On 23 October 2023, Reece Topley was ruled out due to an injury and was replaced by Brydon Carse.[9]

Coach:  Matthew Mott


India announced their squad on 5 September 2023.[10] On 28 September 2023, Axar Patel was ruled out due to injury and was replaced by Ravichandran Ashwin.[11] On 4 November 2023, Hardik Pandya was ruled out due to ankle injury and was replaced by Prasidh Krishna.[12]

Coach:  Rahul Dravid


The Netherlands announced their squad on 7 September 2023.[13] Noah Croes and Kyle Klein were named as travelling reserves in the squad.[14] On 9 November 2023, Ryan Klein was ruled out due to lower back injury and was replaced by Noah Croes.[15]

Coach:  Ryan Cook


New Zealand announced their squad on 11 September 2023.[16] On 3 November 2023, Matt Henry was ruled out due to hamstring strain and was replaced by Kyle Jamieson.[17]

Coach:  Gary Stead


Pakistan announced their squad on 22 September 2023.[18] Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Haris and Zaman Khan were named as reserve players.[19]

Coach:  Grant Bradburn


South Africa announced their squad on 5 September 2023.[20] On 21 September 2023, Anrich Nortje and Sisanda Magala were ruled out due to injuries and were replaced by Andile Phehlukwayo and Lizaad Williams.[21]

Coach:  Rob Walter


The Sri Lanka announced their squad on 26 September 2023.[22] Chamika Karunaratne was named as reserved player. On 14 October 2023, Dasun Shanaka was ruled out due to injury and was replaced by Chamika Karunaratne.[23] On 19 October 2023, Sri Lanka named Dushmantha Chameera and Angelo Mathews as travelling reserves.[24] On 24 October 2023, Matheesha Pathirana was ruled out due to shoulder injury and was replaced by Angelo Mathews.[25] On 29 October 2023, Lahiru Kumara was ruled out due to thigh injury and was replaced by Dushmantha Chameera.[26]

Coach:  Chris Silverwood



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The 2023 Cricket World Cup group stage was played in a round-robin league format, with all ten teams playing each other once in a single group, resulting in a total of 45 matches being played. The top four teams from the group progressed to the knockout stage. This format was the same as the preceding 2019 Cricket World Cup and was also used in the 1992 Cricket World Cup.[1]

India won the group stage, defeating all other teams, as well as winning the semi-finals. New Zealand, South Africa and Australia also qualified for the knockout stages as a result of finishing in the top four. In the final, Australia beat India by six wickets to win their sixth World Cup.



The two teams had met each other ten times in World Cups, most recently in the final of the 2019 edition which ended in a tie. England would go on win the tie-breaker, and the World Cup. In their earlier nine meetings, England had won four and lost five.[6] In the rematch, New Zealand won the toss and sent England to bat first. England started off slow before captain Jos Buttler's arrival in the 22nd over improved their run rate. He hit two fours and sixes each, before being dismissed for 43. Joe Root's 77 and a tenth wicket partnership of 30 runs took England's total to 282.[7] New Zealand's reply began with opening batter Will Young's dismissal for a first-ball duck. However, Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra, who was promoted to take an injured Kane Williamson's spot, put on an unbeaten 273-run stand for the second wicket. The duo started strongly and hit 13 fours and two sixes in the first Powerplay. In their debut World Cup appearances,[8] they went on to make 152 and 123 runs respectively, and saw their team home with 13.4 overs to spare.[9]

This was the seventh match between the teams and third in World Cups, and the Netherlands were yet to secure a victory against Pakistan.[10] The Netherlands won the toss and chose to field. Pakistan were reduced to 38/3 before Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan put on 120 runs for the fourth wicket, with both making half-centuries, the former's coming in 32 balls. Mohammad Nawaz and Shadab Khan then added 64 runs together, taking their team's total to a respectable 286. Bas de Leede stood out as the top bowler for the Netherlands, claiming four wickets. The Netherlands innings got off to a shaky start, losing Max O'Dowd early on, but Vikramjit Singh and Colin Ackermann provided some stability. However, the latter could not stick around for long and was dismissed to a loose shot off Iftikhar Ahmed.[11] de Leede and Singh formed a vital partnership of 70 runs, with both players reaching half-centuries. Singh's departure triggered a collapse from 120 for 3 to 158 for 6. The lower order offered some resistance, with Logan van Beek hitting a few lusty blows in the end but the team fell short by 81 runs.[12][13]

Having defeated Afghanistan in both their previous World Cup meetings,[15] Bangladesh put them to bat after winning the toss. Afghanistan began strongly and were at 83/1 after 15 overs. Shakib Al Hasan, appearing in his fifth World Cup, claimed three wickets as did Mehidy Hasan. Hashmatullah Shahidi (18) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz's dismissals when Afghanistan were at 112/2, led to a collapse of their middle and lower order, before the team was all out 44 runs after.[16] With the ball, Afghanistan reduced Bangladesh to 27/2 and missed two catching opportunities of Mehidy Hasan, who made the best of it by putting on 97 runs with Nazmul Hossain Shanto for the third wicket.[17] The partnership helped Bangladesh hand their opponents their thirteenth straight loss in World Cups.[16]

Sri Lanka entered the match on the back of a solitary win against South Africa in their six World Cup meetings.[21] Upon losing captain Temba Bavuma's wicket early on after being sent in to bat, Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen steadied South Africa's innings taking them to 118/1 after 20 overs. Both would go on to make centuries, 100 and 108 respectively, followed by the fastest ever in World Cups by Aiden Markram. Markram's innings included 14 fours and three sixes, and he particularly attacked Sri Lanka's paceman Matheesha Pathirana, who gave away 95 runs off his ten overs.[22][23] Multiple records were broken in South Africa's innings, including the first instance of three batters making centuries in a World Cup match.[22] Sri Lanka's chase of 428 began with one-drop Kusal Mendis reaching a half-century before any of his teammates had scored a single run. His innings of 76 came off 42 balls and included eight sixes. Fifties from Charith Asalanka (79) and captain Dasun Shanaka (68) briefly kept their team's chase alive, but the team fell short by 102 runs despite some late hitting by Kasun Rajitha.[23]

Australia came into the match with a 8–4 record against India in World Cups.[25] They started off strong with the bat and were 74/1 before a fluent David Warner (41) was dismissed caught and bowled by Kuldeep Yadav.[26] Fellow spinner Ravindra Jadeja then claimed three wickets in a space of eleven deliveries reducing Australia to 119/5.[27] Top-scorer Steve Smith's outside edge was beaten by a Jadeja delivery turning enough to hit his off stump.[28] Captain Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc's late hitting took their team to 199.[29] Controlled bowling effort by India meant a total of 171 dot balls were bowled.[27] India's start with the bat was historically poor — three of their top four were dismissed without scoring — a first for them. While Starc took Ishan Kishan's wicket, fellow paceman Josh Hazlewood claimed Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer, reducing India to two for three. Virat Kohli (85) made the best of his dropped catch in the eighth over by Mitchell Marsh and added 165 runs for the fourth wicket with KL Rahul, the highest fourth wicket partnership for India in World Cups.[24] Both consistently rotated strike and scored only 14 fours and two sixes between them, helping their team reach the target with 8.4 overs remaining.[30][26]

The two teams had met only once in World Cups before, with New Zealand winning the game, in 1996.[31] The Netherlands bowlers started off with three maiden overs, before New Zealand's Devon Conway and Will Young put on 67 runs together. Young then added 77 runs with Rachin Ravindra (51) for the third wicket. Daryl Mitchell's 48, Tom Latham's 53 off 46 and Mitchell Santner's 36 off 17 meant New Zealand posted a target of 323. Left-armer Santner made the best of the spin-friendly wicket and claimed the first five-wicket haul by a New Zealand spinner in World Cups, using his variation in pace.[32] Colin Ackermann offered resistance with his strokeplay and put together 50 runs with Teja Nidamanuru, before the latter was run out. Santner, who chipped with wickets at regular intervals in the middle overs, removed captain Scott Edwards caught and bowled. Matt Henry's bounce and pace yielded him three wickets, including a bowled attempt of Vikramjit Singh.[33] The Netherlands fell 99 runs short after he cleaned their tail up picking the final two wickets.[34]

Sri Lanka got off to a strong start with the bat and were 229/3 after 30 overs.[42] Kusal Mendis's century off 65 balls, which he reached with a six, was the fastest by a Sri Lanka player in World Cups. He particularly punished Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf,[43] finished his innings striking at 158.44.[44] His partners were Pathum Nissanka (51) and Sadeera Samarawickrama, who made 108 off 89 deliveries, helping his team go past 300.[45] Pakistan looked in trouble at 37/2 having lost captain Babar Azam in the eighth over. However, Abdullah Shafique and Mohammad Rizwan brought them back into the game, courtesy their 176-run stand for the third wicket. Shafique, who came in as a replacement to Fakhar Zaman, made 113, the most by a Pakistan debutant in World Cups.[44] Rizwan battled through cramps and remained unbeaten at 131, helping his team attain the highest successful chase in World Cup history, Pakistan's previous record being 263.[45] With the run rate climbing through the middle overs, the Pakistan batters accelerated their chase making 163 off the last 20 overs,[42] thus extending their lead to 8–0 against their opponents in World Cups.[46]

India had won their only previous encounter against Afghanistan in World Cups.[49] Afghanistan's openers fell cheaply and one-drop Rahmat Shah's dismissal left his team at 63 for 3.[50] The team's only notable partnership came for the fourth wicket when captain Hashmatullah Shahidi and Azmatullah Omarzai put on 121 runs, before the latter was bowled out by a Hardik Pandya slower ball for 62. Kuldeep Yadav slowed the run rate for his opponents, and went on to removed Shahidi, who had stuck to the crease despite his partners falling at the other end.[51] Pacer Jasprit Bumrah then restricted Afghanistan to adding only 83 in the final 15 overs. India's reply began with captain Rohit Sharma scoring in blistering fashion. He reached in century off 63 balls, overtaking Kapil Dev's 1983 effort for the fastest century by an India player in World Cup history. His effortless hitting involved to a 100-run stand with Ishan Kishan, with the latter only contributing 14 runs in the partnership. Kishan's dismissal for 47 and later Sharma's meant Virat Kohli (55) and Shreyas Iyer (25) took their team home with 15 overs to spare.[52]

Australia held the head-to-head edge over South Africa in World Cups by a 3–2 margin, with one match ending in a tie.[54] South Africa got off to a quiet start with the bat through openers Quinton de Kock and captain Temba Bavuma. de Kock then took charge through a six and a couple of fours across the fifth and sixth overs, and the two put on a 108-run stand, before Rassie van der Dussen added 50 runs with de Kock for the second wicket. de Kock would go on make his second century on the trot, an innings that included eight fours and five sixes, before Aiden Markram (56) and Heinrich Klaasen (29) combined to add another fifty-run stand for their team. Australia pulled their opponents back when they were 263/3 after 43 overs, with their pacemen picking a few wickets towards the end of the innings.[55] The innings was marked by poor fielding by Australia, who dropped five catches. Australia's top-order fell cheaply with only Marnus Labuschagne (46 off 74), batting alongside Mitchell Starc (29), offering some resistance to South Africa's bowling.[53] Lungi Ngidi (1/18) and Marco Jansen (2/54) were impressive with the new ball,[56] and helped reduce Australia to 70/6 as early as the 18th over. Steve Smith and Marcus Stoinis were both given out by the third umpire following referrals, both off Kagiso Rabada, who also bowled out Josh Inglis. Australia's only other notable stand came between Pat Cummins and Adam Zampa who made 32 runs between them.[55] Dismissed for 177, they suffered their 15th loss in the last 18 matches against South Africa, the last four of them by more than 100-run margins.[56]


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The knockout stage of the 2023 Cricket World Cup consisted of two semi-finals, played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 15 November and Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 16 November, and a final, at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 19 November. The ICC stated that if Pakistan had qualified for the semi-finals, they would have played at Eden Gardens. As India qualified for the semi-finals and Pakistan did not, they played at Wankhede Stadium. All knockout matches had a reserve day.[1]

The host India was the first team to qualify for the semi-finals after their mammoth 302-run win against Sri Lanka, their seventh successive win in the World Cup.[2]

South Africa became the second team to qualify for the semi-finals after Pakistan defeated New Zealand on 4 November; however, with that win, Pakistan kept their hope of the knockout stage alive.[3]

India secured the top place amongst the semi-finalists after they beat South Africa by 243 runs on 5 November at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, accumulating 16 points in 8 matches, as no other team would be able to gather as many points as India in their remaining matches.[4]

Australia became the third team to qualify for the semi-finals after defeating Afghanistan on 7 November, sharing equal points with South Africa, and the two sides played against each other in the semi-finals.[5]

On 11 November at Eden Gardens, England batted first, and scored 337/9 in 50 overs. For Pakistan to qualify for the semi-finals, they had to chase the total in 6.4 overs to surpass New Zealand in net run rate, as the teams had the same number of points. However, after the end of the first innings, New Zealand qualified for the semi-finals as the target was technically never possible to be chased down in 6.4 overs. Hence, New Zealand confirmed their berth in the semi-finals as the fourth team and faced India in the semi-final as they had done in the previous World Cup in 2019.[6]

The match officials for the semi-finals were announced on 13 November 2023.[7]


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The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup is an international cricket competition established in 1975.[1] It is contested by the men's national teams of the members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the sport's global governing body.[2] The tournament generally takes place every four years. Most recently, the 2023 Cricket World Cup, hosted by India, was won by Australia, who beat India. The current trophy was instituted in 1999. It always remains with the ICC, and a replica is awarded to the winning team.[3][4]
For the 2019 and 2023 World Cups, the host nation and the seven other highest-ranked nations automatically qualify for the World Cup, while other nations including associate and affiliate ICC members play in a qualification tournament, the World Cup Qualifier. Though an associate member is yet to reach the final, Kenya did reach the semi-finals in 2003.[5] Australia is the most successful team in the competition's history, winning six tournaments and finishing as runner-up twice.[6] Twice, teams have won successive tournaments: the West Indies won the first two editions (1975 and 1979) and Australia won three in a row (1999, 2003, and 2007). Australia has played in the most finals (eight out of thirteen: 1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, and 2023). England has lost the most World Cup finals, ending as runner-up in all three final appearances before their victory in the 2019 tournament.[7][8]

Of the twenty teams that have qualified for at least one Cricket World Cup, seven have contested a tournament final.[9] Seven venues have hosted the final; only two of those – Lord's, in London, and the Melbourne Cricket Ground – have hosted multiple finals.[10] India is the only country that has hosted a World Cup final at more than one venue, with Eden Gardens, Kolkata, hosting in 1987, Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium hosting in 2011 and Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad hosting in 2023.

The inaugural ICC Cricket World Cup final was held on 21 June 1975 at Lord's, contested by Australia and the West Indies. A man of the match performance,[11] including a century, from West Indian captain Clive Lloyd, coming in to bat at number five with his team at 50/3,[12] formed the basis of a 149-run fourth-wicket partnership with Rohan Kanhai.[13] Keith Boyce added a quick 34 and the Australians were set a target of 292 to win in 60 overs. In reply, Alan Turner hit 40 from 54 deliveries and Australian captain Ian Chappell scored 62 from 93 balls. Australia "contributed to their own destruction" in an innings with five run outs, and the West Indies were crowned the first cricket world champions, winning by 17 runs.[14]
Four years later, the West Indies qualified for the final, this time facing England, hosted at Lord's for the second consecutive tournament. An unbeaten 138 from Viv Richards, and support from Collis King in a 139-run partnership for the fifth wicket,[15] saw the West Indies set England a target of 287 runs to win in 60 overs.[16] A profitable but slow opening partnership between Mike Brearley and Geoffrey Boycott (the latter taking 17 overs to reach double figures)[17] saw England to 129. However, following Brearley's dismissal, only Graham Gooch and Derek Randall made a "brief assault" on the West Indian bowling,[17] before a batting collapse, Joel Garner taking five wickets in eleven balls.[18] England ended 194 all out, and presented the West Indies with their second consecutive title, winning by 92 runs.[17]

Lord's hosted the third World Cup final in June 1983; this was West Indies' third consecutive final. This time they faced India in front of 24,609 spectators.[19] Sunil Gavaskar was dismissed early in the innings for two runs, and only Kris Srikkanth scored more than thirty;[20] Andy Roberts took three wickets for the West Indies, leaving India all out for 183.[20] After the dismissals of Viv Richards, Desmond Haynes and Larry Gomes by Madan Lal for six runs between them, the West Indies collapsed to 140 all out, handing the title to India by 43 runs.[19]  India and Pakistan co-hosted the 1987 tournament; the final was held at Eden Gardens in Kolkata between Australia and England, both appearing for the second time and vying for their first title. Australia won the toss and elected to bat first; David Boon scored 75 runs from 125 deliveries, while Mike Veletta made a rapid 45 from 31 deliveries, taking Australia to a total of 253/5 by the close of play, this time after 50 overs.[21] In front of around 70,000 spectators, England's middle order of Bill Athey, Mike Gatting and Allan Lamb provided some resistance, but with 17 runs required in the final over to win, England fell short and lost by 7 runs.[22]

The 1992 tournament was co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, with the first ever day/night final being held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia between England and Pakistan. In their first final appearance, Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first. Despite two early wickets from Derek Pringle, Pakistani batsmen Imran Khan and Javed Miandad shared a third-wicket partnership of 139. Both Inzamam-ul-Haq and Wasim Akram added over thirty runs each at more than a run-a-ball, leading Pakistan to a total of 249/6 in 50 overs.[23] A crowd of over 87,000 saw man-of-the-match Wasim Akram take three of England's wickets, including that of all-rounder Ian Botham for a duck, after Graeme Hick was "baffled by the googly".[24] England were bowled out for 227, and Pakistan won by 22 runs.[23]

India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka hosted the tournament in 1996. It was Sri Lanka's first appearance in the final, and they faced 1987 champions Australia in another day/night contest.  After winning the toss, Arjuna Ranatunga sent Australia in to bat at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Captain Mark Taylor and Ricky Ponting added 101 in their second-wicket partnership as Australia completed their 50 overs with 241/7.[25] Man of the match Aravinda de Silva's century, assisted by partnerships with Asanka Gurusinha and Ranatunga, led Sri Lanka to the target with 22 balls and 7 wickets to spare, and their first win in the final. This was the first time a host won the title, though the final was played in Pakistan. It was also the first time that the team batting second emerged victorious.[25]

Australia's "12-year era of World Cup dominance" began with the 1999 tournament,[26] hosted for the fourth time by England. In a "one-sided" final at Lord's,[27] Shane Warne's four wickets helped to restrict Pakistan to 132 runs, all out with 11 overs yet to bat.[28] A rapid fifty from Adam Gilchrist, and support from Mark Waugh, Ponting and Darren Lehmann, saw Australia reach the total in just over 20 overs, winning by eight wickets.[28]

The 2003 tournament had three co-hosts: South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe, the final being a day/night match contested between Australia and India at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden opened the batting, making a century partnership, before Ponting and Damien Martin went on to score the highest partnership in any World Cup final with an unbeaten 234.[29]  Australia batted out their fifty overs, and ended on the highest score in World Cup final history: 359/2.[30] Player of the tournament Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed in the first over of India's reply but Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid combined to score 88 in their fourth wicket partnership.  However, following Dravid's dismissal, India's batting collapsed, and they finished on 234 all out with nearly eleven overs remaining, handing Australia a 125-run victory.[30]

The 2007 final, held at the Kensington Oval in Barbados, was reduced to 38 overs a side following a two-hour rain delay.[31] Australia's Gilchrist hit the fastest century in a World Cup final at a strike rate of over 143 and his opening stand with Hayden became the largest first-wicket partnership in World Cup history.[29] Australia ended on 281/4, an average of 7.39 runs per over.[32]  In reply, Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara accumulated 116 runs for the second wicket, but with Chamara Silva the only other batsman to score over 20, Sri Lanka capitulated. Despite a revised target, due to a further rain break, calculated using the Duckworth–Lewis method, Sri Lanka scored 215–8 from their allotted overs. With a 53-run victory, Australia won their third consecutive World Cup.[32]

Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka co-hosted the 2011 tournament,[33] with the latter pair meeting in the final in the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Scoring 91 runs in their final 10 overs,[34] Sri Lanka's innings ended on 274/6, Mahela Jayawardene top-scoring with an unbeaten 103.[35] Sehwag was out leg before wicket to Lasith Malinga in the second ball of the Indian innings; Tendulkar soon followed him, but 97 from Gautam Gambhir and an unbeaten 91 from MS Dhoni saw India home with 10 balls to spare. By winning the match, India became the first team to win the finals on home soil.[35]

The 2015 final, held at the Melbourne Cricket  Ground, was won by hosts Australia. Their fast bowlers ripped through the New Zealand team, with Mitchell Starc bowling Brendon McCullum out for a duck and Mitchell Johnson taking three wickets. Despite the efforts of Grant Elliot, New Zealand were bowled out for 183. Steven Smith and Michael Clarke registered half-centuries as Australia won their fifth World Cup.

Four years later, the 2019 final, held at Lord's, was won by hosts England. England, playing in their first final in 27 years, defeated New Zealand to take the trophy. The Final was decided on a countback of boundaries scored in the match   after both teams finished tied after normal play and again in a one over 'Super Over' designed to separate the teams.

This method of separating the Finalists was changed by the ICC after the match in favour of continuing with Super Overs until the teams can be separated.

The 2023 final, held at Narendra Modi Stadium,  Australia won the match by 6 wickets with 42 balls left. Australia  won the toss and chose to bowl first. India scored 240 runs in 50 overs and Australia scored 241 runs with 4 wickets, winning the Cricket World Cup for a record sixth time.

Note: the World Cups hosted by England (1983, 1999, 2019) and South Africa (2003) also had some matches played in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Netherlands, Zimbabwe and Kenya




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URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Cricket_World_Cup_final



The 2023 Cricket World Cup Final was a One Day International cricket match played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, on 19 November 2023 to determine the winner of the 2023 Cricket World Cup.[2] It was played between host nation India and Australia.[3] It was the first time that Ahmedabad hosted a Cricket World Cup final.[4] It was the second time that India and Australia played a World Cup final against each other, after the 2003 final.[5]

In the final, Australia defeated India to win a record-extending sixth World Cup title.[6]

The 2023 Cricket World Cup was hosted by India. Originally, the competition was to be played from 9 February to 26 March 2023 but due to getting longer qualification time it was moved to October to November.[7][8] In July 2020, it was announced that the tournament would be moved to October and November as a result of the qualification schedule being disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9][10] The ICC released the tournament schedule on 27 June 2023.[11] Semi-finals were played in Mumbai and Kolkata while the final was held in Ahmedabad.[12]

India secured a place in the final for the fourth time, after defeating New Zealand in the semi-final;.[13] having won two (1983 against the West Indies and 2011 against Sri Lanka) and lost one (2003 to current finalist Australia) [14]

Australia qualified for a record-extending eighth time in the final, after defeating South Africa in the semi-finals; having won five (1987 against England, 1999 against Pakistan, 2003 against current finalist India, 2007 against Sri Lanka, and 2015 against New Zealand) and lost two (1975 to the West Indies and 1996 to Sri Lanka).[15]

It was the second time that India and Australia played a World Cup final against each other, the previous one being in 2003. None of the players from the squad of both teams were a part of that final, the only member who featured in that game was Rahul Dravid, India's head coach while there was no one from Australia's coaching staff and management being a part of 2003 final. However, there were 7 members from Australia's squad who were a part of the 2015 final that included David Warner, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood (who were a part of the playing XI in the 2015 final), Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh, while from Indian team only Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin had featured in a World Cup Final in 2011 and among the duo only Virat Kohli was a part of the playing XI in that final.[16]

This match was the last One Day International (ODI) for Australian cricketer David Warner.[17]

Each team played the other nine teams in the group stage; the top four teams advanced to the semi-finals.[18]

On 17 November 2023, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named England's Richard Illingworth and Richard Kettleborough as the on-field umpires, with West Indies' Joel Wilson as the third umpire, New Zealand's Chris Gaffaney as the reserve umpire, and Zimbabwe's Andy Pycroft as match referee.[19][20]

Kettleborough stood as the on-field umpire in the final for the second time, after 2015, while Illingworth, who played in the 1992 Cricket World Cup final, became the second person after Sri Lanka's Kumar Dharmasena to feature in the final of the World Cup as both a player and an umpire.[21]

Both teams remained unchanged from their semi-final matches.[22] Australia won the toss and decided to field first.[23]

India made a quick start to their innings, with captain Rohit Sharma hitting 47 from 31 balls, but then lost Shubman Gill, Rohit and Shreyas Iyer in quick succession to leave themselves 81/3.[24] Virat Kohli and K. L. Rahul added 67 for the fourth wicket, before Kohli was out for 54.[24] India continued to add runs slowly, but Rahul was dismissed for 66 to leave India 203/6, and the remaining batsmen were not able to score quickly, the innings ending when Kuldeep Yadav was dismissed from the last ball of the 50th over with the score on 240.[24]

Australia made a poor start to their innings, losing three batsmen for 47 runs inside the first seven overs.[24] However, Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne then built a partnership, adding 192 runs in 36 overs; Australia were within two runs of victory when Head was dismissed by Mohammed Siraj for 137.[24] Glenn Maxwell was the next batsman in, and hit the winning two runs off the next ball, to give Australia a 6-wicket victory.[24]

Fall of wickets: 1/30 (Gill, 4.2 ov), 2/76 (Rohit, 9.4 ov), 3/81 (Iyer, 10.2 ov), 4/148 (Kohli, 28.3 ov), 5/178 (Jadeja, 35.5 ov), 6/203 (Rahul, 41.3 ov), 7/211 (Shami, 43.4 ov), 8/214 (Bumrah, 44.5 ov), 9/226 (Yadav, 47.3 ov), 10/240 (Kuldeep, 49.6 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1/16 (Warner, 1.1 ov), 2/41 (Marsh, 4.3 ov), 3/47 (Smith, 6.6 ov), 4/239 (Head, 42.5 ov)

The final match was broadcast live in India on Star Sports, free-to-air broadcaster DD Sports and free on OTT platform Disney+ Hotstar. In Australia the match was broadcast live on Fox Sports, Kayo Sports and in free to air on Nine Network and it's OTT platform 9Now.[27]

The ICC also named the following panel of elite commentators for the final: Harsha Bhogle, Ian Bishop, Aaron Finch, Sunil Gavaskar, Matthew Hayden, Mark Howard, Nasser Hussain, Dinesh Karthik, Sanjay Manjrekar, Eoin Morgan, Kass Naidoo, Ricky Ponting, Ravi Shastri, Ian Smith and Shane Watson.[28]

According to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) data, the final was watched by 300 million people on TV, with a peak concurrence of 130 million, making it the most-watched cricket match on TV. Disney+Hotstar recorded a viewership of 59 million concurrent viewers, the most for any live sporting event on OTT platform.[29] The final was live-viewed globally for 87.6 billion minutes cumulatively through all media, becoming the most-watched ICC match ever.[30]

During the closing ceremony, a drone show was held along with huge fireworks. After this, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BCCI Secretary Jay Shah presented the World Cup trophy to Australia's captain Pat Cummins.[31][32]

In the aftermath of the match, many supporters of the Indian team took to social media to troll and harass Australian players and their families.[33] Some fans even sent death and rape threats directed at players and their families, resulting in many Australian players filing complaints with Cricket Australia.[34]

Harbhajan Singh, a former player on the Indian team, condemned the trolls, saying "Reports of trolling of family members of Australian cricket players is completely in bad taste. We played well but lost the final to better cricket by the Aussies. That's it. Why troll the players and their families? Requesting all cricket fans to stop such behaviour. Sanity and dignity are more important".[35]


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