The fact that it's held here rather than Delhi or Mumbai feels a bit weird.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
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Is that Ravi Shastri commentating on this funeral?
Shades of the ‘07 Patriots
He wants to be on strike to win this ... And probably with a six.
For India to be so cartoonishly dominant all tournament long, barely broken a sweat in any game, and then themselves get absolutely battered in the final in India is very funny. I think we all have to agree about that.
Aussies are the epitome of clutch
GG
This has been an embarrassment for the Indian side, effectively have been thrashed.
Alright, probably a bit of a silly question at this stage, but why weren't The West Indies in this tournament?
Spent time in Australia and talked to a lot over the years to get the impression that while cricket may not be the number 1 sport in terms of tribal support compared to the footy codes, it is the one sport where most people of all ages have at least some passing interest. I get the impression that's why the Australian cricket team are held to a higher expectation because the casuals who may not have paid much focus when they won every time in the 90s/2000s were well aware when they were going through a decline.
Yep very Michael Owen for me.
But it's not like india we're better in any department and can say oh well, it was close.
They just got dominated on all aspects
It is. 100k+ capacity but getting there from anywhere else has been a nightmare.
Labuschagne did well to steady the innings but he has stopped India from getting further embarrassed.
It's the same with the batting. People like to joke about Bazball or intent, but you've got to move the game on. You can't just coast along. You look for wickets, or you look to score runs. You'll get punished for playing passive cricket more often than you will for playing aggressive cricket.
But people seem to get more scarred by aggressive cricket going wrong.
Indeed
So how bad is it going to be in India for the next few days?
What will the atmosphere be like?
You have to think almost everyone assumed they'd win and it would be party time.
What will the atmosphere be like?
You have to think almost everyone assumed they'd win and it would be party time.
They lost to Scotland in the qualification tournament
Australia winning today doesn't shock me all that much (I hugely expected India to win) but I did not see a thrashing at all. Sport...
The only ones I am sad about are bumrah and shami. Have been the best fast bowlers in the decade and nothing to show for.
The rest of the players, the staff and bcci can seriously feck off.
The rest of the players, the staff and bcci can seriously feck off.
shirt burnings all round.
Am I right in thinking Australia lost two games in the group, and got revenge on those two teams in the semi and final?
The good news is that there are no obvious scapegoats. That tends to get ugly, esp if the scapegoat is Muslim
For which reason a part of me wished Rohit went to someone other than Siraj
Disappointing that
Deserved to carry the bat
Deserved to carry the bat
I just said to my dad that Head is going to get out trying to get a six 
Comeback on!!!!
So close to finishing it off with a 4. Maxwell to sneak in and claim the glory
Kohli would never.
Maxwell should get the runs and cheer like it's all thanks to him today
Maxwell deserves it tbfSo close to finishing it off with a 4. Maxwell to sneak in and claim the glory
India back in this!!!!!!
A Maxwell 6 would be a pretty good way to win for the Aussies
India
TV director, get the camera on Kohli.
TV director, get the camera on Kohli.
He has played a blinder imo. Deserves a lot of credit
Yeh, that is right
These god damn Australians. Mentality monsters.
Weren't even that good in this tournament.
Weren't even that good in this tournament.
Outside Travis Head, he is the other reason they have won the world cup. He did the exact thing that was needed.
42 balls left jeez. And that was with Australia strolling at times. That's about 60-70 short
Top 3 bottlers in cricket?
1. South Africa
2. New Zealand
3. India
Admittedly New Zealand aren't the favourites often, but not winning anything still has to go against them.
1. South Africa
2. New Zealand
3. India
Admittedly New Zealand aren't the favourites often, but not winning anything still has to go against them.
I started watching cricket in 2003 and watching us lose to Australia in that WC was heartbreaking to say the least. The fact that this has happened again - 6 more runs than what we could score 20 years ago and another ~200 run partnership from the Aussies to demolish us. I'm lost for words.
The number of times this team has let us down since 2011 is incredible. ALWAYS collapsed when it mattered the most. And this won't be the last.
The number of times this team has let us down since 2011 is incredible. ALWAYS collapsed when it mattered the most. And this won't be the last.
Ravi Shastri was so embarrassing in the last 20 minutes. Too busy crying over the losing team