Australia has won the final of the World Test Championship 2023 by defeating India. Australia beat India by 209 runs. The Australian team had scored 469 runs in their first innings. After which India had scored only 296 runs in the first innings. Due to this, the Australian team got a lead of 173 runs. Then the Indian bowlers were ineffective in the second innings and Australia declared their innings for 270 runs. Australia gave India a target of 444 runs to win the final of the World Test Championship 2023. In response to this Team India got all out for just 234 runs.
Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill gave a brilliant start to the Indian team chasing a mountain-like target of 444 runs but gave a controversial catch out on Gill’s score of 18 runs. Actually, whether Cameron Green’s hand touched the ground while taking Gill’s catch or not. Controversy broke out over this. After Gill’s dismissal, Cheteshwar Pujara also could not stay at the crease for long. Pujara became the victim of Pat Cummins by scoring 27 runs. At the same time, captain Rohit Sharma contributed 43 runs.
On the fifth day of the match, everyone had high hopes for Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane, but both these batsmen could not play big innings and left Team India’s boat in the middle and returned to the pavilion. Kohli scored 49 runs and Rahane scored 46 runs. Ravindra Jadeja and Shardul Thakur got out after scoring zero runs. Shrikar Bharat contributed 23 runs. Umesh Yadav scored 1 run. Nathan Lyon and Scott Bolund took the most wickets for Australia. He got 3-3 wickets. Apart from this, Mitchell Starc took 2 wickets and Pat Cummins took 1 wicket.
Australia had a lead of 173 runs on the basis of the first innings. After this, in the second innings also his batsmen showed a bang. Marnus Labuschagne and Alex Carey performed brilliantly. In the second innings, Usman Khawaja scored 13 runs for Australia, David Warner scored 1 run, Marnus Labushen scored 41 runs, Steve Smith scored 34 runs, Travis Head scored 18 runs, and Cameron Green scored 25 runs. At the same time, coming to the lower order, Alex Carey and Mitchell Starc batted with a bang. Alex Carey scored 66 runs and Mitchell Starc scored 41 runs. Australia declared their innings after scoring 270 runs. Ravindra Jadeja got the maximum of 3 wickets for India. Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami took 2-2 wickets.
Ajinkya Rahane has performed brilliantly in the first innings for India. He had played an innings of 89 runs. Apart from him, Shardul Thakur scored 51 runs. Because of both of these batsmen, Team India was able to reach a respectable score. Ravindra Jadeja contributed 48 runs for India. The Indian top order failed miserably in the first innings. When Rohit Sharma got out after scoring 15 runs, Shubman Gill 13 runs, and Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli scored 14-14 runs. In the end, Mohammed Shami contributed 13 runs. Because of these players, the Indian team was able to score 296 runs. At the same time, in the first innings for Australia, Travis Head played brilliant centuries of 163 runs and Steve Smith scored 121 runs. Australia scored 469 runs in the first innings. Mohammed Shami took maximum 4 wickets in the first innings for India. Mohammed Shami and Shardul Thakur got 2-2 wickets.