Australia complete Hexa

After losing the toss Indian captain Rohit Sharma started with a bang but Travis Head held one of the finest catches in World Cup history to remove him. Australians showed incredible discipline in bowling and fielding to choke Indians. Kohli dismissed just after scoring 50, Rahul stayed in the wicket for a long time to score one of the slowest half centuries in the tournament. But India lost wickets in regular intervals and were all out for 240 in the last ball. In reply, they lost three quick wickets despite having a brisk start as the score was 47-3 after 7 overs. But Head, who opened the batting, continuing his attack scoring runs quickly and got a great support from Marnus Labuschagne. He ultimately got out for 137 as the partnership knitted 192, Australia were just two runs away. Maxwell took those in the first ball he faced. Nine consecutive wins and trophy for Australia.

42.6: Maxwell picks the winning runs as he played to deep square leg and runs two. Australia win majestically.

42.5: Head tried to pull but get caught at midwicket after scoring 137 off 120. Australia 239-4 after 42.5

39.6: The batter hits Bumrah through leg side to reach 50. Australia 225-3

37.3: Kuldeep disposed to midwicket

36.3: Siraj bowls a little short and Head hits miles away with a pull. Australia 203-3

34.1: Head hits Jadeja through mid-wicket

33.5: Single to reach three-figure for Head

Head hits two fours and a two in first three balls of the 34th over to reach 99

Head 88 (88), Labuschagne 41 (78)

27.5: Bumrah gets a little swing. Batter survived LBW shout thanks to umpire's call

27.1: Head picks up another boundary. This time he flicked Bumrah through leg side.

25.6: Shami bowls a short of length delivery, batter pulls the majestically.

24.1: Jadeja bowls with a lot of turn, found an edge but beats the keeper

23.1: Shami comes back into attack, bowls in good length but Head just plays the most gorgeous straight drive for four! Sheer Statement!

Seven off the over

Mike Brearley (1979)
David Boon (1987)
Javed Miandad (1992)
Aravinda de Silva (1996)
Grant Elliot (2015)
Steven Smith (2015)
Virat Kohli & Travis Head (2023)

21.2: Head puts Kuldeep square of the wicket for a single, reaching back to back fifty

Five off the over

15.5: Kuldeep bowls right in the slot. Head slogs sweep for maximum. Australia 87-3 after 16 overs

The match in fine balance

Over 9.3 and 9.4: The first ball through third-man. The next one an inch perfect bowler's back drive

Over number nine yielded just a bye four. Australia 51-2.

6.6: Smith misses a straight delivery from Bumrah. The ball hits his pad. Batter walks. Australia 47-3.

4.3: Bumrah bowls outside the off-stump and finds an edge through to keeper Rahul. Marsh out for run-a-ball 15. Australia 41-2 after 5 overs

3.3: Shami pitched the ball up and Marsh hits it over long-off to crowd. Australia 38-1 after 3.3 overs

Things are getting hot at Ahmedabad

1.4: Marsh smashes Shami over the backward point

1.4: Shami bowls a wayward delivery outside leg

1.1: After getting a life in the first over Warner gets out in the same manner. He tries an expansive drive to be caught by Kohli at the first slip. Shami gets a wicket in his first ball

A good 14-run stand in the last wicket before Siraj was runout while attempting an impossible double. India from 203-5 in 41st over ended with 240.

47.3: Another slower bouncer from Hazlewood. Yadav fails again but this time found a top edge to be caught by Inglis. The fifth catch for the keeper. India crumbling. 227-9.

47.2: Yadav places the ball through the gap in the off side but 37-year old Warner ran a long way and dived to save two runs. That is the sort of effort Aussies have shown today

23 M Muralitharan (22007)
23 Adam Zampa (2023)
21 Brad Hogg (2007)
21 Shahid Afridi (2011)
20 Shane Warner (1999)

44.5: Zampa bowls a drifter, beats the batter. Plumb lbw. India 214-8

Just two off the Starc over

43.4: Starc gets his third. Bit of outswing, Shami swung the ball hard just to find a thick edge through to keeper Inglis.

41.5: Starc bowls down the leg and Shami glanced. A rare boundary

41.3: Starc bowls a beautiful outswing and Rahul snicks. The innings of attrition comes to an end at 66 off 107. Just one boundary from Rahul. India 203-6.

Just three off the over. India 201-5

Five singles off the over

38.6: Suryakumar Yadav hits Zampa through backward point and short third man. End of an expensive over that yielded 10 runs. India 192-5. First boundary since 26th over

Just three from Hazlewood over

A very tight over from the spinner. India 179-5 after 37 overs.

35.5: Similar to the previous delivery but this time Jadeja pokes at the ball to be out for 9. India 178-5

35.4: Hazlwood bowls outside the off. Jadeja plays and misses but Australia took a failed review

34.5: Rahul takes a single and reach the milestone in 86 balls. India 173-4 after 35 overs.

Head bowled another tight over. Bowl is spinning, ominous signs for Aussies

Rahul 45 (76), Jadeja 5 (12)

28.3: Cummins has done it! A bit short in length. Kohli dragged it to the stumps with the bewilderment of the whole stadium! Is it the turning point of the match? Kohli out for 54. India 148-4.

Rahul with the cute little paddle, gets across and gets low, takes it from off and middle, gets it away to the fine-leg fence.

5 Steven Smith in 2015
5 Virat Kohli in 2019
5 Virat Kohli in 2023

Mike Brearley (1979)
David Boon (1987)
Javed Miandad (1992)
Aravinda de Silva (1996)
Grant Elliot (2015)
Steven Smith (2015)
Virat Kohli (2023)

25.1: Kohli picks a single to on off Zampa to reach his ninth 50+ score in this tournament.

Just three off Maxwell over. India on 131-3 at the halfway stage. Just 16 runs in last five overs

Kohli 47 (51), Rahul 24 (52)

Three from Cummins over.

Four singles off Zampa over. India 101-3 after 16 overs.

14.3: Like the group match, Marsh dropped a crucial catch. Kohli pulled Cummins to mid-wicket where the fielder failed to grasp. India 97-3 after 15 overs.

India reach 87 after 12 overs

Just two runs and a wicket from Cummins

10.2: Iyer started with a boundary but the next ball he edges Cummins through to wicketkeeper. India loses two wickets in five balls. India 81-3.

9.4: Rohit again comes down the track, mistimes, the ball goes into offside. Travis Head ran backward about 30 feet or so and held a blinder! Remember Kapil Dev 1983! Rohit out for 47(31). India 76-2.

9.2: Rohit comes down the track and dispatched Maxwell through long on

Rohit 37 (27), Kohli 23 (20)

Maxwell brought into the attack but Kohli took on him and played a cut shot in the fourth ball for a four. India 61-1 after 8 overs.

The first two balls of the seventh over bowled by Starc. First one through wide mid-on, second on through backward point and the third one an exquisite extra cover drive. India reach 50 in 6.4 overs

Just three runs from Hazlewood over

4:6. Width given and Rohit had the chance to free his hand. The ball flown over the mid-off to crowd. India 37-1.

4.2: Short pitched delivery. Gill tried a jab but the ball pooped up to mid on. Zampa did the rest. Gill out for 4. India 30-1.

3.6: This time through long on and the ball rolled over the boundary. Rohit on fire with 25 (19). India 30-0.

3.5: Rohit pulled a just short of length ball into the crowd though midwicket

3.2: Rohit pulls a Hazzlewood delivery but it did not reach the fielder at backward square leg. The pitch does not look like a belter and the final may not see a high-scoring match. India 19-0

Rohit 14 (14) and Gill 3(4)

Rohit 13 (12), Gill yet to face any ball

Australia captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to field first against undefeated India in the World Cup final to be played in front of 130,000 fans in Ahmedabad on Sunday.

Both teams remain unchanged for the clash at the world's biggest cricket stadium where Australia, playing in an eighth final, look for a sixth title.

India won the World Cup in 1983 and then again on home soil in 2011