ICC WTC Final : Travis Head, SPD Smith's centuries and wonderful bowling performances powered Australia to upset India by 209 runs and won WTC title 2023

Final match of ICC World Test Championship between Australia vs India at The Oval, London during Wednesday 07 June to Sunday 11 June, 2023.

Day - 5 : Travis Head, SPD Smith's centuries and wonderful bowling performances powered Australia to upset India by 209 runs and won WTC title 2023

Resume batting on 164/3, India team all out scoring 234 runs and lost the match by huge margins of 209 runs. Virat Kohli 49 runs and Ajinkya Rahane with 46 runs were top scores for India. Nathan Lyon with 4 wkts and Scott Boland with 3 wkts were top bowlers for Australia. Australia win World Test Championship 2023 as well. Travis Head declared man of the match for his 163 runs in 1st inning.

Day - 4 : Alex Carey's 66 runs & MA Starc's 41 runs led Australia to set huge 444 runs target for India to get, India are 164/3 & needs 280 runs more to win

Resume batting on 123/4, Australia with Alex Carey's 66 runs and Mitchell Starc's 41 runs score 270/8 runs and declared inning. India got 444 runs target to win the match. RA Jadeja with 3 wkts and Mhd Shami & UT Yadav with 2 wkts each were top bowlers for India. Batting in 2nd inning India are 164/3 at stumps. Virat Kohli with 44 runs and Ajinkya Rahane with 20 runs to resume 5th day play. India needs 280 runs to win.

Day - 3 : Rahane's 89, Jadeja's 48 & Thakur's 51 runs helps India to score 296 runs, Australia are 123/4 at stumps and lead by 296 runs

Resume batting on 151/5, India team all out scoring 296 runs in 69.4 overs. Rahane's 89 runs, Jadeja's 48 and Thakur's 51 runs were highlights of India inning. Pat Cummins took 3 wkts. MA Starc, Scott Boland and Cameron Green took 2 wkts each for Australia. Australia led by 173 runs over India's 1st inning score. Batting in 2nd inning Australia were 123/4 and lead by 296 runs as well. Labuschagne with 41 runs in middle. RA Jadeja took 2 wickets for India as well.

Day - 2 : Travis Head's 163 & SPD Smith's 121 runs led Australia to score 469 runs in 1st inning, India are 151/5 at stumps

Resume batting on 327/3, Australia team all out scoring 469 runs in 121.3 overs. Travis Head with 163 runs and SPD Smith with 121 runs were top scorers for Australia. Alex Carey also played good inning of 48 runs wit htail enders. Mhd Siraj with 4 wickets was top bowler for India. Mhd Shami and SN Thakur took 2 wkts each as well. India were 151/5 at stumps day-2.

Day - 1 : Travis Head's 146* & SPD Smith's 95* runs with 4th wickets 251* runs stand powered Australia to a 327/3 at stumps

Putting into bat first by India, Australia were 76/3 at one stage. SPD Smith and Travis Head took the charge in hand and played wonderful cricket for Australia. SPD with 95 runs and Travis Head with superb 146 unbeaten runs powered Australia to score 327/3 runs at stumps Day-1. Australia would look to a big score as Smith and Head are in middle to carry inning on Day-2 as well.

Man of the match :- Travis Head (Aus)
Australia WTC Squad India WTC Squad
Ind vs Aus WTC Final scorecard Toss : India won and field first Result : Australia won by 209 runs Man of The Match : Travis Head (Aus) Series - Australia won WTC final 2023   Australia 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   David Warner c Bharat b Thakur 43 60 8 0 71.66   Usman Khawaja c Bharat b Mohammed Siraj 0 10 0 0 0.00   Marnus Labuschagne b Mohammed Shami 26 62 3 0 41.93   Steven Smith b Thakur 121 268 19 0 45.14   Travis Head c Bharat b Mohammed Siraj 163 174 25 1 93.67   Cameron Green c Shubman Gill b Mohammed Shami 6 7 1 0 85.71   Alex Carey (w) lbw b Jadeja 48 69 7 1 69.56   Mitchell Starc run out (sub [AR Patel]) 5 20 0 0 25.00   Pat Cummins (c) c Rahane b Mohammed Siraj 9 34 0 0 26.47   Nathan Lyon b Mohammed Siraj 9 25 1 0 36.00   Scott Boland not out 1 7 0 0 14.25                   Extras (b 13, lb 10, nb 7, w 8) 38           Total (121.3 overs) 469/10 RR: 3.86   India       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Mohammed Shami 29 4 122 2 2 1 4.20   Mohammed Siraj 28.3 4 108 4 1 3 3.78   Umesh Yadav 23 5 77 0 0 0 3.34   Shardul Thakur 23 4 83 2 4 0 3.60   Ravindra Jadeja 18 2 56 1 0 0 3.11   India 1st Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Rohit Sharma (c) lbw b Cummins 15 26 2 0 57.69   Shubman Gill b Boland 13 15 2 0 86.66   Cheteshwar Pujara b Green 14 25 2 0 56.00   Virat Kohli c Smith b Starc 14 31 2 0 45.16   Ajinkya Rahane c Green b Cummins 89 129 11 1 68.99   Ravindra Jadeja c Smith b Lyon 48 51 7 1 94.11   Srikar Bharat (w) b Boland 5 15 0 0 33.33   Shardul Thakur c Carey b Green 51 109 6 0 46.78   Umesh Yadav b Cummins 5 11 1 0 45.45   Mohammed Shami c Carey b Starc 13 11 2 0 118.18   Mohammed Siraj not out 0 3 0 0 0.00                   Extras (b 10, lb 10, nb 8, w 1) 29           Total (69.4 overs) 296/10 RR: 4.24   Australia       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Mitchell Starc 13.4 0 71 2 0 0 5.19   Pat Cummins 20 2 83 3 6 0 4.15   Scott Boland 20 6 59 2 0 0 2.95   Cameron Green 12 1 44 2 2 0 3.66   Nathan Lyon 4 0 19 1 0 0 4.75   Australia 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Usman Khawaja c Bharat b Yadav 13 39 2 0 33.33   David Warner c Bharat b Mohammed Siraj 1 8 0 0 12.50   Marnus Labuschagne c Pujara b Yadav 41 126 4 0 32.53   Steven Smith c Thakur b Jadeja 34 47 3 0 72.34   Travis Head c & b Jadeja 18 27 0 2 66.66   Cameron Green b Jadeja 25 95 4 0 26.31   Alex Carey (w) not out 66 105 8 0 62.85   Mitchell Starc c Kohli b Mohammed Shami 41 57 7 0 71.92   Pat Cummins (c) c sub (Axar) b Mhd Shami 5 5 1 0 100.00   Nathan Lyon               Scott Boland                               Extras (b 9, lb 9, nb 2, w 6) 26           Total (84.3 overs) 270/8d RR: 3.19   India       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Mohammed Shami 16.3 6 39 2 1 1 2.36   Mohammed Siraj 20 2 80 1 1 1 4.00   Shardul Thakur 8 1 21 0 0 0 2.62   Umesh Yadav 17 1 54 2 0 0 3.17   Ravindra Jadeja 23 4 58 3 0 0 2.52   India 2nd Inning     Batting   R B 4s 6s SR   Rohit Sharma (c) lbw b Lyon 43 60 7 1 71.66   Shubman Gill c Green b Boland 18 19 2 0 94.73   Cheteshwar Pujara c Carey b Cummins 27 47 5 0 57.44   Virat Kohli c Smith b Boland 49 78 7 0 62.82   Ajinkya Rahane c Carey b Starc 46 108 7 0 42.59   Ravindra Jadeja c Carey b Boland 0 2 0 0 0.00   Srikar Bharat (w) c & b Lyon 23 41 2 0 56.09   Shardul Thakur lbw b Lyon 0 5 0 0 0.00   Umesh Yadav c Carey b Starc 1 12 0 0 8.33   Mohammed Shami not out 13 8 3 0 162.50   Mohammed Siraj c Boland b Lyon 1 6 0 0 16.66                   Extras (lb 2, nb 5, w 6) 13           Total (63.3 overs) 234/10 RR: 3.68   Australia       Bowling O M R W NB WB Eco   Pat Cummins 13 1 55 1 4 1 4.23   Scott Boland 16 2 46 3 0 0 2.87   Mitchell Starc 14 1 77 2 1 0 5.50   Cameron Green 5 0 13 0 0 1 2.60   Nathan Lyon 15.3 2 41 4 0 0 2.64