Show me some crying fans
ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
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I can't think of another international sporting event where the host nation are the only team to get to the final without a blemish only to get destroyed in the final.
More than a hint of Spurs about India tbh. They lose a lot of tournaments in crunch moments, despite looking brilliant all the way before that.
Head's performance in that cauldron under that pressure has to be up there with the greatest ever.
The coverage was like a funeral and this comes from someone who wants to hear as little Aussie praise as possible.
Tbf india should be glad they had a leader like Dhoni in 2011
Of course. They have to name a stadium after him and have the final there so he can be promoted even for this.
I watched a bit of cricket after ages today. But some things never change - Australia’s winning culture in cricket is different gravy as usual.
This is what India get for propping up players like Rahul. Now he's going to be the Indian captain.
The man's a certified wasteman and loser.
Awful world cup really wasn't it. Dull, badly planned and badly played by many teams. No classic game
Good result, though was surprised how comfortable it was in the end. Aussies fielding really helped as well, saved a lot of runs that could have left india with a lot more belief instead of what we got.
Really wouldn't want to be an indian in that stadium right now. Though they should invite the ~10 Aussies in the crowd to join the team for celebrations
Really wouldn't want to be an indian in that stadium right now. Though they should invite the ~10 Aussies in the crowd to join the team for celebrations
Never mind SA, India are the real chokers.
Lost T20WC Final in 2014.
Lost WC Semi in 2015.
Lost T20 WC Semi in 2016.
Lost CT Final in 2017.
Lost WC Semi in 2019.
Lost WTC Final in 2021.
Lost T20WC Semi in 2022.
Lost WTC Final in 2023.
Lost WC Final in 2023
Lost T20WC Final in 2014.
Lost WC Semi in 2015.
Lost T20 WC Semi in 2016.
Lost CT Final in 2017.
Lost WC Semi in 2019.
Lost WTC Final in 2021.
Lost T20WC Semi in 2022.
Lost WTC Final in 2023.
Lost WC Final in 2023
Take a bow Head and Labuschagne. Incredible stuff from them.
This fecking one eyed coverage is something else.
There are random individual Indians in the crowd looking sad who have had more screen time than the actual winning team since the game was over.
There are random individual Indians in the crowd looking sad who have had more screen time than the actual winning team since the game was over.
Blimey
Labuschagne says their team was only confirmed at 10pm last night.
And many Indian fans worried this will happen.
Felt like an Indian organised ODI invitational. Not a world event.
England do ICC tournaments the best. 1/2 should be held here.
I was worried for the KOs because this is where India chokes. Thought we got over that hurdle after beating our bogey team NZ but they had to play like cowards in the final.
Take that Modi and your bunch of jingoistic fascists...
I wonder if Jay Shah will get it in the neck?
I wonder if Jay Shah will get it in the neck?
We have a huge advantage of having a great mix of Cricket fans represented in the grounds here (yes I know why that may be the case).
It hugely boosts a world event.
Fair play to Australia, this has to go down as a great sporting achievement by them. But overall glad this tournament is finally done. I genuinely can't stand Rugby but their world cup was far better overall.
Having an opening ceremony a few weeks into the tournament before India vs Pakistan instead of before the opening match definitely gave those vibes
All in all, an incredibly boring tournament. India getting hammered in the final is perhaps the only thing to be remembered about it.
Is this the end of 50 over cricket?
Tee hee.
get em all out.
Yep. That's why the group stage performance was always a facade for this team. Never really tested, incompetitive teams. Played Australia in the opener who took time to gear up. Had no answers in the final.
yeah, mate. happens every game when the chasing team score the required amount of runs within the allotted overs.
Pretty much this. I was hoping we'd get revenge for that Ponting 141, but we lost to a Head 137. This hurts more, because that was arguably the greatest Australian team, and this was possibly the greatest Indian ODI side. Our greats in Kohli and Rohit turned up the whole tournament, even in the knockouts. Still not good enough.
Turns out that much like Ganguly fecking up the toss then, we effectively did the same today. Didn't do our homework.
He’ll probably get a stadium at this rate
Evening Dad.
No as I think the next two are booked in but it's almost guaranteed to dissapear after them
It pretty much points in that direction. Pakistan don't play this format for atleast a year. And they host an ICC event shortly after that.
I want to see Modi hand out the trophy to Aussies.
Rohit let the game slip away after Australia were 3 down. Trying to stop runs and not going for wickets didnt pay off as India didn’t have enough on the board due to brain dead batting. Once they got 140-150, you could see they panicked and it was over then.
Bowling has been poor since Ned game. They just decided to stop doing what made them good at the start of the tournament and going for wickets every ball. Apart from 2-3 overs, not a single over today had any control.
This loss is on captain and the team planning for the game. Completely misread your own conditions and outplayed in every department
Bowling has been poor since Ned game. They just decided to stop doing what made them good at the start of the tournament and going for wickets every ball. Apart from 2-3 overs, not a single over today had any control.
This loss is on captain and the team planning for the game. Completely misread your own conditions and outplayed in every department
Feck modi but cricket is pretty much all India has in terms of national unity at this point.
I don't think we did a lot wrong today. Just outplayed. Surya was terrible and the decision to bowl Shami w new ball in hindsight may not have been the right call
That apart, the weirdest part about today is the fact that Australia seemed to know the conditions better than us.
We were going to bat if we won the toss
Format has been shite, more knockout games would have helped things. Not a memorable tournament.
Yep.
Absolutely fecking hate this format of everyone plays everyone. Meant we had about 20 dead rubbers.