Cricket World Cup 2023 Final : 5 Key Battles to Look for
India vs Australia Final : Finally after 47 matches the day has come when the world cricket will get a new champion at the eve of Cricket World Cup 2023 final match. Who will be that new champion? India or Australia? The whole world will be eyeing on the Cricket World Cup 2023 Final on Sunday, but more attention will be on the key battles which will make the match more interesting, Let’s take a look at these 5 key battles to look for in India vs Australia Final.
Virat Kohli vs Josh Hazlewood :
India vs Australia Final : In 88 balls against Hazlewood in one-day matches, Kohli got out five times, including once in the game between these teams at this World Cup. Kohli scored 85 runs before a Hazlewood throw made him get out. Australia missed another chance when Kohli made a mistake off the same bowler in the game. When Kohli had scored 12 runs and India’s total was 20/3, Mitchell Marsh missed a chance to catch the ball after Kohli hit it in a way that made it hard to catch.
Virat Kohli has so far scored 711 runs in 10 matches at an average of 101.57, which includes 3 centuries. Since Kohli has been playing really well, with eight scores of fifty or more in the last 10 games, it’s really important for the Australians to stop Kohli early on to get to the strong middle-order players.
Rohit Sharma vs Mitchell Starc :
India vs Australia Final : In the one-day matches he’s played, Rohit Sharma has been out more than 30 times against left-handed fast bowlers, and more than 20 of those times happened in the first 10 overs of the game (with the new ball). One of these instances occurred during the current World Cup at the Wankhede Stadium when Dilshan Madushanka bowled a ball that went past Rohit’s bat and hit the stumps, getting him out.
Rohit Sharma has come into the World Cup with a different approach, the sole aim of which is to give a great start to the team. Rohit Sharma has scored 550 runs in 10 matches since the start and is putting the team in the driver’s seat in almost every match. The batsman who comes down gets time to settle down comfortably.
Starc, who had not been performing well in the tournament, showed improvement in the semi-final match in Kolkata. However, the specific conditions and movement of the ball that helped him there might not be the same in Ahmedabad.
Starc has taken only 13 wickets so far in the World Cup, which is very less by his standards. But Starc is a big-match player and taking him lightly would not be right for any team.
Mohammad Shami vs David Warner :
India vs Australia Final : Shami is really effective against left-handed batsmen. In this tournament, he has bowled 52 balls to left-handers and got them out eight times, with an amazing average of just 4. On average, every seventh ball he bowls to a left-hander in this World Cup results in a wicket.
After missing the first 4 matches of the World Cup, Shami has made the most spectacular comeback in World Cup history. Shami took 5 wickets in his first match against New Zealand and made his place as the 3rd fast bowler in his team from the same match. Shami is also the bowler who has taken the most wickets in the World Cup in just 6 matches, he has taken 23 wickets in just 6 matches and that too at an average of 9.13.
However, there’s one player who might not be troubled by these numbers, and that’s David Warner. He has been doing well against right-arm pacers in this tournament.
It’s worth noting that the Australian team has only two left-handed batsmen in their top seven—Warner and Travis Head, who bat at the top two positions and shami with the new ball against both of them will be very interesting battle to watch.
Whereas David Warner has scored 528 runs in only 10 matches, making him Australia’s highest run scorer in this World Cup.
Ravindar Jadeja vs Steve Smith :
India vs Australia Final : Jadeja has gotten Smith out five times in 2023 in different types of cricket matches. The latest one, which many consider the best, happened in the league stage match in Chennai in this World Cup itself. In that game, Jadeja bowled a really good delivery that went past Smith’s bat and bowled him out.
Even though Smith has a great record against Jadeja in one-day matches (ODIs), where he scores at a strike rate of over 100 and has only been dismissed twice, it might not matter much if the ball is creating dusty conditions in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
This contest will be worth watching because Ravindra Jadeja is creating pressure on the opposing team by stopping runs with his bowling in the middle overs and also taking one or two crucial wickets while Steve Smith is known for rotating the strike in the middle overs and playing anchor innings which make other players like Maxwell and Josh Inglis to play their natural game and put his team in a very good condition.
Jasprit Bumrah vs Australian attacking batsman:
India vs Australia Final : Jasprit Bumrah is not only from India but also the best bowler in the whole world to bowl with the new ball. Jasprit Bumrah will be the biggest challenge for Australian batsmen in every phase of the game whether it is with the new ball or in the middle overs or in the death overs.
Australia’s attacking batsmen like Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell and Josh Inglis are known to turn the match in their favor within a few overs. Their biggest challenge will be Jasprit Bumrah who is in very good form in this World Cup, who have taken 18 wickets in 10 matches and that too at an average of 18.33.
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