CWC23: India's dream run turns nightmare as Australia grab sixth ODI World Cup title 

Hands down to one of the greatest teams to ever step on 22 yards "Team Australia" they don't have Gods, kings,prince and Hitman in their team rather 11 genuine match winners who can win world cup 🔥 Take a bow Australia 👑 6th world cup trophy 🙏

I wish people would talk more about the fielding and the intent from the OZ team. The amount of pressure it adds in batters when near guaranteed 4's become 0's. I think that was the key component in imposing intent on the Indian team.

Indians need to realise that they can be the richest cricket nation and the most powerful cricket nation. But there's only one nation wears the crown of greatest cricket nation. And Australia will not share her throne.

Australia were underdogs in the Ashes, in the World Test Championship, in the ODI WC. Humility and a ruthless ability to adapt to changing conditions are key.

I stayed at the Aus team hotel in Delhi. They were so focused and you knew they were coming. They peaked at the right time. There was no panic just focus on winning

Aussie fan here. Excellent discussion and analysis. India were, without a doubt, the team of the tournament, but Australia were the team of the final. Cummins' tactics were perfect throughout the game. Australia (as they generally do) lifted in the finals. You can tell from the display in the field against South Africa in the semi, they had gone to another level and had that belief. India gave Australia a sniff, and the Australian mentality is so ruthless that that is all it takes. They sink their claws in and never let go.

Australia has won ODI series in India in the last couple of years. Add to that we rarely play our starting 11 unless its the world cup. Yet we are still underdogs. Ask any Aussie who watches cricket they would say the group stage doesnt matter, you win 6 or 5 games and you are in the semi final. There are enough teams struggling that it makes it easy.The important thing is that by the time you win your 5th or 6th game you should be able to name your starting 11 for the semi final. Then its a completely new tournament. All this "India got the better team on paper" is the biggest mental gymnastics i have ever seen. A team that hasn't won any ICC trophies for a decade and some how is talked up like the all conquering West Indies team from the 70s and we are some minnows who got lucky.

Champions: When they are out, when they are down …… they always find a way to come back . Bravo Australia

I'm an Australian. I'm completely awestruck by what the Oz team did to pull the game out of the fire when , at 3-47, I thought we were probably toast. I ended up going to bed when Australia just passed the 100 mark. I expected to awake to an Indian victory and, to be honest, I was totally fine with that. I DID NOT expect to see we had won. Full credit to the Cummins led team for believing ( and of course Travis Head who set the gold standard starting with THAT CATCH) . Part of me also grieves for the Indian team and nation who had their heart set upon this title. For what it's worth, throughout the tournament I really enjoyed witnessing the absolute joy that the Indian spectators bring to the cricket stadiums. Unbridled enthusiasm and love. It was a treat to behold. Thanks also for the balanced analysis by this panel. All the best for the next one, seriously.

Okay 1st thing - Congratulations to India for hosting the event and the performances as a nation leading up to the final. It was simple an incredible event and India should be proud of this, the culture and event itself and the direction they are going in. India (greatly admired by all Aussies) are just full of superstars and all of them are lorded where they go. HOWEVER - you are playing against Australia and seriously it’s beyond just talent - Australia are gritty and fight with their entire being, are confident and don't under-estimate them. This played out as it did as Aussies in Finals "Show Up". Hard to beat in any competition. Thanks but that’s just it!

The only thing you did not talk about that India has become the Greatest Choker in History of Cricket. Like South Africa.

I will add that despite the 10 straight wins, it was not all a total crush of the opposite team. Match 1 AUS did have India at 0/ 3 right , but they were able to come back that day. Eng did bowl India out for 229. So I think there were kinks in the whole . India does deserve credit for beating SA and NZ in the league stage. Other than AUS the remaining teams, PAK, BAN, AFG,SL and NL were never really going to be a threat.Even the Semi Final against NZ was not a cake walk, I mean batting second NZ did cross 300 and at one point they were on par to go the distance

I think India played on all flat wickets like Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru with Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, and Dutch, and all tough or average (ICC) pitches with bigger teams like lakhnow, Chennai, and Kolkata with England, Australia, and South Africa and with Pakistan they got initial partnership which was scary tbh but they crumbled like a pack of cards and so India won that. india played all the matches with teams on advantage and the only team that was close was New Zealand which was Dhamshala and we won just because of Virat Kohli. So now if we say that this was the best team then sorry the pitch was in our favor.

I think you said,DJ. Man for man, we are the better team and have been the better team. This one hurts because there was true belief that we could beat Australia.

As an Aussie mate, no matter how happy you are with your team, losing hurts. Australia has won 6 but we have also hurt a lot too mate.

I know you guys are hurting. Kudos for giving Australia credit. I love watching Australia playing India, because you want to test yourself against the best. Good luck in 2027.

Okay so I predicted 2 years back that Kohli's form will be back from 2023 ODI Worldcup. I was spot on. BECAUSE I understand human nature. So here is my next prediction, if India goes in the next ODI world cup with the same team, the cup will come home.

This was an amazing podcast boys, very good insight and gracious in defeat. Well done and commiserations for your wonderful team, they were amazing all tournament, even played well in the final. Not to mention the tournament as a whole was amazing, the crowds, the support for neutral teams, the atmosphere, the welcoming nature and hospitality. What a great tournament it was.

From Pakistan- you guys were a fantastic team, and one bad day doesn’t take away from that, unfortunate that it was the final

this is exactly where india lets itself down...... their mindset/thinking ...... you THINK 'man for man' youre a better team .....WRONG ...... kohli is the only indian player that would be selected in the AUSSIE team ..... warner / smiths batting records stand against anyones ....starc/hazelwood/cummins is the best fast bowling trio second to no one ...... in ODI's zampas as good as anyone if not better then most.... and then we have maxi ...... the greatest cricketer in world cricket ATM .... he can win a match batting/bowling or fielding..... learn some humility maybe then success might follow ...... this aussie team is awesome..... they won the test championship in england..... they retained the ashes in england..... now they are ODI champs in india ..... tell me again who the better team is man for man ......

Chappell started it and Kirsten finished it. Local coaches like Shastri and Dravid didn't want to upset superstars like Virat.

No one remembers who lost the CWC. No one remembers who made the most runs or who took the most wickets in a CWC. We only remember who won.

Pat Cummins - 2 ODI WC, 1 T20 WC, 1 WTC...Rohit+Virat - 0 ICC trophies. Keep glorifying players with individual records🙏

Hi Guys, Aussie here. Just watched your analysis and have to say it is so balanced and fair even though you are obviously disappointed. I firmly believe India did not choke, Australia just played a near perfect game, with some luck in winning the toss. I fully expected India to win and was surprised how the outcome went. India will dominate cricket going forward, it is inevitable. However Australia have had a 150 years as being either top an near top and that culture you all saw in the final is ingrained. Commiserations, however the future of Indian cricket is bright. I just hope we can continue to challenge you going forward.

It’s a team game, aggregate individual stats over the tournament means Jack, to be the best in knockout, you have to beat the best teams whether they’re in form or not

India just didn’t back themselves. As an Australian fan, I’ve never ever seen Kohli bat the way he did in ODIs. Too cautious. Once they started to play like a test match you could see Australia gain confidence Australia were also down 3 wickets early. But the Australian response was to back their game plan. They had confidence because Maxwell was still to come and he generally plays well in big matches Whereas India lost 3 wickets and lost trust in the batting to come

I think the Indian team played superbly throughout. However when the game becomes politicized, the team has to deal with more than the expectations of Indian cricket fans. This is patently unfair. The PMs treatment of Cummins said it all.

On that day better team won. Gambhir said that loud & clear

Another Aussie fan. India was the best team overall. Australia have not been playing their best. It was unfortunate for India, but Australia put it together in the big match. I don't know why India didn't play more spinners and have a spinning pitch. Australia is really bad at playing spin and Ashwin is our nemesis. I wonder if they will regret that. I love the Aust. v India rivalry and long may it continue. It will be interesting when Warner and Smith and a few others retire. There don't seem to be obvious replacements. India seems to have lots of good players waiting in the wings.

australia was one virat kohli drop catch away from wining that group stage India vs Australia game anyway, so what they failed there, in fielding and bowling, more than made up to redeem themselves in the final

So much appreciation for you guys acknowledging our AUSSIE boys 🇦🇺🏆🏏❤️🇦🇺 THANK YOU from Australia 👍

Everyone thought going into the finals that India had no weaknesses but that they'd be fearing playing Australia because they know how to win. Maxwell showed that one Australian could change the course of an innings just like Waugh and Warne did in 1999. Feel for India but the lesson is you can't count your chickens until they hatch. Virat is amazing as was Sachin but sometimes you need more than that. The best thing was that India made Australia work for it unlike Pakistan in 1999. Sadly for India they have under achieved. Home final, great players and perfect tournament before the final. 2023 and 1999 have a lot in common for Australia. Will 2023 make or break India?

I'm from Australia and we all know who the number 1 team is in ODI cricket - India!!! So lets not be childish about it and pretend it's Australia because of one match. We all know it's not true in any way shape or form.

Thank you for this episode! The only analysis I have listened to or read since yesterday. Almost like needing a closure..you guys said it all that came to most of our minds and felt...far too often we have all been here. Not a Monday morning I was hoping for. Almost feels like not following any more cricket now like I did not between 2003 and 2011. Can't handle more heatbreaks in mid -40s now 😝

Listening to you talk about Cricket, makes me want to visit India. I imagine it would be great to talk and immerse myself, into your culture.👍

The fact you are angry, annoyed and upset is fantastic for Indian cricket and world cricket. Indian cricket is the beacon for cricket everywhere. Your striving always to improve by playing competitive, entertaining cricket, will eventually rule the world. It is not India's time just now. I for one, are more excited watching Indian cricket and especially against Australia, than any other cricket including the Ashes. I recall what the Australian women's soccer player said about winning. Sam Kerr said soccer is about moments. The moments are created by the team and the team who best capitalizes on the moments, wins. Cricket is the same and India did not create enough moments. They were beaten by a better team on the day. The first time India was bowled out in the competition. It should be said, with the strength of Australia's batting, it would be a small challenge to ask them to score at just over four runs an over. The Indian bowling had to strangle the scoring and we're unable to. Congratulations to India, worthy of being in the final. They will be so hungry now to win the next WC, it will be fascinating.🇭🇲

Excellent episode gents, first time listening and I thought that you brought up interesting points and had some great discussion. As an Australian my only regret in this victory is that it comes at the expense of an exemplary Indian team. Commiserations from one great nation to another

Honestly speaking iss baar itna bura nai lagaa. Overall we are doing great in cricket and not just cricket if u all have watched Asian games, commonwealth games, Olympics in recent times we are doing so much good in every sport. Look at Hockey , kabaddi, Javelin, etc. Now we are no more dependent on just cricket to search happiness, there are other sports as well we can cheer and cherish. And the way our cricket team has performed by dominating 10 matches on biggest stage of world cup is no less than a champions stuff. Indian cricket team is champion and we now back them to achieve much more like we have an upcoming test matches in SA where we never won a test series so looking forward to that as well.

Now your talking about batting partnerships , exactly what Head and Labachagne did , one rotated the other clubbed and for two batsmen many say can't be in the same side as they cant bat together , i have news for them , and it is all bad , there is no "i"in TEAM . THANK YOU GENTLEMAN

lol. the crowd was shouting "Rohit where is the slips" hehehe

“Playing Mitchell Marsh’s third cousin”😂

I really don't think this was a finals wicket. This was a chasing wicket throughout the tournament and this became a toss dependant match. No matter how strong we were as a side, this wicket just wasn't it.

It simply comes down to the fact that Australia where on..and Indian lost their nerve.....the way Australians where fielding as a team....was an indication of this....The first edge... two excellent Indian slip fielders watched go by...

for India to qualify for knockouts for most of the time in ICC events for past decade they haven't won any championship, quite baffling. This was playing on the minds of Rohit and team as they were seen trying to doctured the pitches in semis and final. Only if they had concentrated on their game and remain positive in their heads the results would have been different for India. Now, that India have lost they have made to feel stupid for tampering with the pitch. They were hell bent on seeking whatever advantage before the first ball was bowled. The world had grudge for BCCI and Indian team well before the tournament started for their high handedness because of the financial domination they have in cricket. Once Australia saw the pitch for final being doctured they were more determined to win. For Australians this victory is sweet. They have not only defeated India on field, they have defeated the BCCI and people of India.

Over confidence, media pressures & above all politicians interference in sports

I agree with the crowd part, the crowd at Edens Gardens did more to lift SA in the semis than the crowd at Namo stadium. They should have cheered the team till the last bowl instead of going into depression.

Hi Guys, Watching from AUS My sincere condolences for your loss I thought you were unbeatable in this WC But Alas Not to be I thought the crowd was loud but not when things were not going India's way Need to be relentless in bringing in support Just my thoughts all the best🎉

I want to meet the guy who had a sticky slow pitch redied for a team which has only 6 proper Batsman. Or they were stupid enough to believe Australia would bat first bcz they struggled chasing

The best 11 won ! India did not win 1983 coz they were best - Aus did not win 2023 coz they were the best - it’s the best 11 who fight fearlessly and give it all won !! India played on backfiot n did not even give a fight like SA in semi - we have a long way to go

I'm part of the Kohli era and DJ is right in saying that the Dhoni team spoiled us in expecting nothing less than a victory every tournament. This one felt different though, the way everyone showed up playing their unique role, the team camaraderie, Rohit and Kohli possibly running it for the last time. It was meant to be man. Having seen the Indian cricket team in the 90s and 03 please share tips on coping with losses.

This result is similar to when India beat the West Indies in 1983. WI was a team of superstars, then came Kapil Dev and some lesser known players that won the cup on the day.

India went on the defencive mode against Aus during the academic match against SA onwards, forget testing bench strength they couldn't even tried SIRAJ as a old ball bowler in the match against NL. NL shouted in that match, India must need a sixth bowler if they want to win final, but we were more interested in avoiding it SF against Aus.

Main reason for india loss is 1. Coach 2. Players. You can have any process you want , if you dont have right players for it , it wont work

Guys , I think we should take a leaf from Englands mentality 😅. As after ashes they said we have a moral victory, we can say that every other team had at least two bad days, where as we only had one. So definitely, we were the best anyway . Damn, it still hurts!!!😢

Indian commentators do not take into consideration that Australia won ALL formats of Cricket in 2023 and yet they thought they were favourites?

Comiserations fellas. A really tough time for you dominating the tournament and falling short at the last hurdle. I'm very pleased as an Australian but I'd be remiss if I didn't acknowledge your pain. However, I don't necessarily agree that man-for-man India is a better side. In Indian conditions, certainly. But in SENA conditions I think the teams are very on par, Australia may be slightly better.

It is one of the wonders of the sporting world how India can never win nothing, yet always see themselves as the best team in the world, and their players as the absolute best in their slots. It makes no sense to anyone else, but its a clue as to how insular they have become. They have unfortunately become their own biggest fans.

Over number 15 to 40 were played just to make the dew factor plays a role in the last quarter of the game. It would have been better if India had chosen to getout in 30 odd overs & set up a target sinilar to 240.

Virtually nobody thought Australia was going to win. Me included. After Test World Cup and the Ashes, then Australia lost the first two matches, I thought we were cooked. During the Final match, I was messaging with a friend in Delhi and, when Warner, Marsh and Smith were out quickly, I thought India would still win. You're right that India is the better team but the Australian players won based on how showed up with plans, strategies and the mentality that sports psychologists would be keen to study for years to come. Commiserations to you. You have so much to be proud of for your team. I don't know how much more a sports team can do to get themselves winning a tournament 🙏

India tried being oversmart by rigging the game in their favour with that dead pitch. You don't tempt the cricketing Gods like that. But they did, and basically had to suffer because of it. After South Africa, India are the biggest chokers in world cricket. And chokers vs champions always goes only one way.

No Indian Player can hit sixes on length ball.....Most Balls are length balls...... 1)We need to adapt English and Aussie style of Hitting 2)Fitness is worst among our players except few..... 3)I would second Imam ul haq on protein intake instead of Carbs 4) Average height of Indian batsmen is 5'8 whereas that of English/Aussie is 6'0 ... Not the sport of boy who came from poor Indian background who never have protein diet....... 5)all 6 batsmen of England can hit centuries at strike of above 150 6)Indian bowling is good but we dont have that 145+ bowlers 7) We cannot match fielding of Eng/Aus/SA/NZ.....The effort of Aus in fielding in Final 2023 was spectular.... 8)Our Decision about pitch went badly wrong....how was So smart Rahul Dravid and Rohit and team management was not able to read pitch......we had mindset of Wankhede on Ahmedabad pitch.......300-320 was enough runs.....To score 350+ rohit and gill got out Kohli and Rahul got out beacuse they too had 350+ in their mind.....These are all antecedents of the thought Of Rohit to bat first even of we would have won the toss..... And Rohit started playing like High scorinng highlights or dream of a Batsmen to hit every ball to six

Great podcast. DJ bhai, I will disagree with you about farming the strike point about SKY. When you are clearly a batter short, then farming ought to happen earlier than ordinary. I think in the previous semi-final Miller showed how you ought to take calculated risks in dire situation, something that KL could have taken a leaf out of. Further, I think the spinners were ineffective because we had the dew in 15 overs. I think also that Rohit was ok with his captaincy because he thought that it should be taken as a 40 over game if India were to win (that also probably resulted in despondent body language once Head started scoring quickly). My point is that the ICC knockouts should not be a D/N affair if the WC happens where dew is a strong possibility (e.g. India), it just makes toss much more significant than it already is. Would love to have your thoughts about it. Best, Ajey

Great analysis and honest passion. Thanks guys.

Talent and skill are there! They remained unbeaten tbh no one even came close. But in the final the way they performed totally unexpected. Like for balls broke the record of 25 years. Number one Psychological pressure in knockouts, not giving chance to the bench like ishaan kishan when India was winning they should have tried new things to bring the X factor. Second, the pitches they seemed to working for India in this WC they should have been given venues like this with slower pitches in group stages.

3 fast bowlers I can think of who can bat decently are Chahar, Mavi, Nagarkoti. Problem is that Chahar will be 35, and Nagarkoti hasn't played enough first class or IPL games, but we need to invest in him IMO. Also, should we invest in Tewatia as a wrist spinning all rounder for 2027?

Re toss Cummings said if you make a mistake bowling you can recover. but if you make mistakes batting you're under pressure or in trouble

Why hasn't anyone mentioned how bad Rahul's keeping was? He cost the team about 15 runs in byes and wides. It was demoralising to the team.

Considering what has been happening in Indian cricket since Shastri and Kohli left, it felt really unexpected and wierd to me that India dominated in the league stage upto that extent. I think we made an improvement by beating NZ in the SF, definitely. However, it just goes to show that AUS are a different gravy altogether. How they handle their cricket on and off the field along with their team selections and injury management is just way above our league. It's better to get all that process right before expecting the team to outperform teams like Australia. 🥲🥲 As Indians we've the knack of creating miracles out of chaos, but I guess it doesn't work in such a long tournament. Cheers!

Great podcast, thanks! DJ Bhai, I will disagree with you about farming the strike argument about SKY. When you're clearly a batter short, then farming ought to happen earlier than ordinary. I think in the previous semi-final Miller showed how one can take calculated risks in a dire situation, something KL, Jadeja and SKY could have taken a leaf out of. Further, I think conditions made it almost impossible for spinners to be effective. Dew came in the 15th over, which brings me to my question for all of you. Should ICC not consider doing away with the D/N format for the 50 over knock out games in WC when it happens in places where there is a possibility of dew?

The fielding was the difference. Australia did bat and bowl better, but they must have saved at least 20, maybe 30 runs in fielding. And Heads catch! But those extra runs chasing (270) would of changed the complexion of the game.

India is a team of legends, but Australia was a legend team.

Which consulting firms do y'all work in full time?

Everyone is going through different phases going from 'Wait, what happened? how could this team lose?' to 'well played Aus'. Ind still has our support. This was one of the best campaigns, undoubtedly.

Has been such a pleasure to watch this series. Bad luck to India congratulations to Australia. Loved watching the Travis Head innings. Not impressed with the behaviour of the crowd, not cricket.

I was the only Australian at a party in India and some Germans were trying to impress the Indians with their knowledge of Yoga terms in which the Indians were totally disinterested. So I said what a great batsman Virat Kohli was and the Indians got existed and gathered around me. The Germans were confused and asked what was this Virat Kohli in which I said you wouldn't understand.

I feel for India, they unlucky to face the one team who can beat them in final.

Biggest opportunity lost.. will never come again 😢

Felt like Kohli was playing to make a legacy 100 off 110 ball hundred while Rahul was playing the same type of innings. Rahul didn't read the moment. It was his job to be the aggressor. Also his keeping early in the Australian innings was very ordinary.

The best team in the tournament (India) lost to the best tournament team (Australia). Few teams have the know-how and experience of winning tournament cricket, even when you may not have the best players or in the best form.

Life is not having all luxeries in life They do help in ask and had it but tragedy strikes hard,when with it all, from the blues an unexpected were to strike The Australian win was so

We are the mentality monsters of cricket go Aussie

Well done guys as an aussie that was great, most videos ive seen are just people blaming the pitch, I think myself india needed to play more attacking cricket, they needed to watch the old australian team that won 3 in a row because that's what it looked like australia had done attacking the ball in the field, that fielding was outstanding. But my condolences.

At the top level there isnt that much between the best nations. The difference with Australia is the winning cuture and mentality. This is generational. It is the X Factor that other teams dont have and a big reason why they are 6 times ODI world champions!

The 3 bowlers Cummins, Clarke, Hazelwood. Before that it was Mcgrath, Gillespie, bracken, Warne. Bowlers win matches.

Quality Content, Thank You 😊👏

JL won the test series in Pakistan I think.

I absolutely disagree. That was poor shot by Rohit Sharma. He already got a six and 4 in that over so going 3rd ball again for a big shot was simply over confidence.

in 2015 WC, India played 8 games and only lost the semi-final in 2019 WC, India played 10 games and only lost 1 group game and the semi-final in 2023 WC, India played 11 games and only lost the final Feel sympathy for their fans but glad the Aussies tore up the Bollywood script and silenced 132,000

I only listen to 5 min, i felt the sorrow

India has an awesome team. Maybe would have won if not for the pressure of being hot favourites.

Remember that a team of champions is not a champion team! :)

The reason India lost and I'm Australian so I'm happy the reason India lost was when India lost three wickets they went very conservative and didn't attack. However when Australia got three wickets down Travis head took the game on. You have to be brave when faced with a crisis. Not conservatives you cannot be conservative in a World Cup final. You have to take risks an Australia did that ...head was lucky a couple of times but he rode his luck

India you will return, kinda sad . Best of luck next time

If smith reviwed you would have lost by 7 wkts with 10 overs to spare.

If you had to pick a team to play for your life, it would be mainly Australians. That’s the difference.

Just paused 4 minutes in. Birthright? Are you serious! Excluding the Asia cup, won 4 out of a possible 23 tournaments since 2000. 2 of those being the Champions trophy which frankly is the cricket equivalent of the Club World Cup….nice on the mantle piece but doesn’t really mean much. Anyone thinking that is delusional.

There z no right time or wrong time to peak..australia had won everything from 2003-2011 quarterfinal

Say what you want but the pitch prepared backfired on india

India may have the most amazing team on paper, but games aren't won on paper. Australia is the worthy champion.

Thanks guys, you guys sum up the emotions of a passionate Indian fan. However I was surprised that you guys didn't touch upon the elephant in the room. Indian team managements desperation to win so badly that they tired their best to get the conditions on their side by doctoring pitches. By giving a shit pitch in the finals they made it so lop sided towards the team batting second. Taking away the shot making ability from batters in first half and bowlers pace and bounce in second. Did we needed to do that with team like ours? If we were truly deserving, we would prepared a true wicket and let it be the shoot out of pure skills. Also, is India in this season, good for day-night ODI's? Dew in the second half and complete change of conditions makes the toss so important in most cases. See if you guys can do a podcast taking up these points.