In their pursuit of World Cup glory, the Indian cricket team stumbled at the final hurdle, posting 240 runs before Australia secured a decisive six-wicket win in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 final at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium. Examining the match, we pinpoint five turning points that contributed to India's defeat in this crucial showdown. Watch.
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00:00 Hello and welcome the news coming in from Ahmedabad is that Australia has lifted the World Cup trophy for
00:07 sixth time and India has been
00:10 Beaten by Australia in this finals of the World Cup 2023 Avinash Sharma my colleague
00:17 Joins us right outside
00:20 of the Narinder Modi Stadium Avinash
00:23 obviously a lot of
00:26 Indian fans
00:28 What in your opinion went wrong as far as India's performance is concerned?
00:32 But with the gloom and despair all around
00:36 fans poured out in large numbers
00:39 You don't see 1.4 lakh people 40 lakh people 30 lakh people
00:46 Coming to the stadium cheering for just one team
00:50 hoping that the drop of 10 years and 12 years of an
00:56 ICCT ODI World Cup win will end today with India playing
01:00 Phenomenally well you doing taking back all the boxes right from the start of the tournament entering the final
01:09 like the most dominant team and a team to beat but the trip went entirely horrid today and
01:15 That as I mentioned this gloom there's despair fans are not even I mean they're not even in a mood to speak
01:24 after a single word and
01:26 If they start venting out their emotions there will be a mental breakdown
01:31 emotional breakdown
01:33 right
01:35 Also, you know but talking about the batting
01:38 Do you believe that team India fell short of putting say extra 50 to 60 runs on board?
01:43 Yes
01:46 The only department and the only aspect of the game that for India which should be blamed today is the batting
01:52 the captain
01:54 He wish him I he said that soon after he lost the top that he actually wanted to back first on a
02:00 I mean doing a bit in the first half of the match in the first inning
02:07 But it was not that good to bat on and the Aussies made sure that the Indians
02:12 Faced the heat right from the start of the match
02:16 So 32 the Aussies, but yes, it's not 50 60 at least
02:20 40 runs Indian first shot had there been up to 80
02:25 on the board the result would have been I
02:28 Could have been different because the bowler who had been doing so well for us
02:33 They didn't have the luxury of
02:36 Or a cushion of the 50 15 or 20 runs of them
02:41 So yes, as it has been the case for the Indian teams in the past. We have seen the stage
02:47 Batting has led the team down and yet again
02:51 final yet again on a big stage
02:55 Like the World Cup, right? We go back to the 90 2019 World Cup what happened there?
03:00 We were chasing the faulty 240 that who on a second day
03:03 after the match was abandoned for the first day and
03:07 Yet we fell short of the 14-odd runs of the 16-odd runs and lost the match. Same was the case today as well because
03:14 the batters didn't
03:16 apply themselves then and
03:18 the Australian bowlers credit to them for exploiting the weaknesses of every single Indian batter who came in to bat and
03:27 Also, there were a lot of
03:30 Dot balls in the middle over I mean you're right on the fourth too many people
03:34 boundaries and also dried up and
03:37 Even to strike a couple of boundaries in his inning stuff talking from the beginning itself
03:47 But which ever gave a good start, I mean he had been batting that the way he did today also right through the inning
03:53 So do you believe that he could have this time around changes strategy maybe and chosen to have?
04:00 Especially with an early dismissal of Shubman Gill. Yes, obviously
04:04 I mean you cannot have the same approach for every single match and for every single opposition. You need to have different
04:11 game plans for
04:14 For a match like this then, you know, there is a lot of pressure you you understand
04:20 This which is not that conducive for batting. So and if you have spent some time
04:24 you've seen how the pitch is behaving you have to say you have to just dig deep and
04:30 Curb your instincts to go for a kill right away. I mean we all know what the Roy Sharma can do on his day and
04:38 31 ball 47 runs told the entire story, but it was not the complete story
04:45 Rohit should have stayed I mean he should have called his instinct
04:50 Just ensure that he's there around to support Virat Kohli at the other end
04:55 And had there been a big partnership between these two stalwarts of the game the story could have been entirely different
05:01 Definitely
05:05 Obviously he played the sheet anchor stole hit that 50 also
05:08 You know, it was only as much I can do given the fact that
05:12 Shreyas a year. I mean also went down cheaply
05:17 Couldn't capitalize on his previous innings
05:19 The top order batsman once again had left a lot, you know to be expected
05:27 in your opinion, obviously
05:30 When it comes to big-ticket matches like these the change of strategy not just for the captain
05:36 But also for the middle order batsman also top order middle order also
05:41 Could have shown at the that definite streak having said that the stress a year definitely left all of us
05:46 High and dry as a Suri Kumar Yadav is concerned. I mean any expectation from his side because he
05:53 Is known to perform, you know in situations like these and could have hit some lofty shots also
06:01 Yes, and no because by the time Suri Kumar had walked into the middle
06:07 I think the I mean the game and the momentum had already shifted into the Australian cap
06:12 there was not much for today's my other to do because
06:15 Promoting
06:19 Ravindra Jadeja before Suri Kumar Yadav sends the signal that there is a panic in the Indian dressing room
06:25 They are thinking for plan B, but that plan B was never tried in the tournament before so if you are sending a
06:33 Summit like Jadeja before Suri Kumar Yadav, then there were 18 overs left for you in the first inning
06:39 You should have sent a batter like Suri Kumar Yadav who?
06:42 Understand I mean who should have understood that you need to be there. You need to just acclimatize with the condition
06:50 Accept the pitch how is it behaving and then play your shot Suri Kumar Yadav didn't have that
06:55 That liberty when he walked into the middle when he came the chips were already down
07:01 he had just a solitary regular batter or a distinguished batter in Ravindra Jadeja
07:06 he and Rahul had walked back and
07:08 Then it was always a catch-up game. I mean
07:11 The Australian bowler they didn't put a single foot wrong
07:15 And it was always the onus on the Indians to trip and they kept on tripping one after the other so I would not
07:22 blame Suri Kumar Yadav that much
07:24 Captain and the coach they should have understood the gravity of the situation and
07:30 They should not have the just altered the batting lineup in a crunch match in a situation like this
07:37 Had there been a requirement you should have tested
07:41 batter like Ravindra Jadeja in some matches in the league stages that was not done in the past
07:47 So why alter it? Why change it now? Then you are I mean things are not going in your direction
07:54 even
07:56 Talking about Ravindra Jadeja. He was not in his usual form. Normally he plays either a run a ball or
08:03 manages to you know
08:06 be at least better than you know a strike rate of hundred for
08:12 Ravindra Jadeja, obviously, he was a little bit out of touch as far as the batting is concerned
08:18 Fielding he's known for but bowling to this time around we could not see that much
08:24 aggressive approach from
08:26 Ravindra Jadeja, how do you see his
08:28 I would rate him a 6
08:31 I'll give him a 6 out of 10 because
08:35 Whatever was expected of him his delivery. He was electrifying in the way. He was picking up those wickets. He was
08:43 contributing with the bat
08:46 If you're coming in at number seven and then the top order is doing so much for you
08:50 You don't really have to depend on a batter like Ravindra Jadeja who's coming in at number seven
08:54 So that particular tick box was not checked
08:58 that all the
09:01 Frisures were exposed today. So that is a problem for the earth
09:05 And that is what has been happening with the Indian team in the past as well
09:09 That's just one game if you talk about the 2015 World Cup, we just put
09:15 Lost in the semifinals before that everything was going
09:18 dungo for us and the same was the case with us in the
09:22 2019 we it was pretty clear that we will be making to the semifinals
09:27 usually next to our
09:30 weaknesses to perfection
09:31 There and here Australia executed their plans to perfection. They knew which bowl which deliveries
09:38 They should be bowling at
09:40 They had us as the pitch pretty well
09:42 There was a dual case the ball was not coming on to the bat very easily
09:45 So they ensure that they are pulling both the shot which deliveries to Indian bowlers
09:49 Oh
09:51 matters to play those
09:52 Short pitch pulls and they were not giving too much of length to the Indian batter
09:56 Their game plan was pretty intact when it came into this
10:01 entire in the match
10:04 While India's I think they were in dual mind and perhaps the pressure of performing in front of the stacked stadium there
10:12 nobody's going to
10:15 Just ask you and everybody's a wanting for a win. There was an extra pressure on the Indian team
10:22 definitely for
10:32 Victory on the trot something that no other team has done before but this time around in this high intensity match
10:39 Definitely, there is more experience that is needed and something, you know that comes obviously through
10:44 matches like these for Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer
10:48 Shreyas Iyer I think he did well and he's shown those signs of being a good batman
10:58 The coming years he's going to be he's going to mature but yes, there's a weakness that he needs to work on
11:04 The short pitch is a weakness for him. He will have to work on he will have to sit down with one of the best players
11:11 Batters and will most technically sound batters India's ever had is the coach of the team Rahul Dravid
11:17 He will have to stick with him
11:19 Go to basic and there is a stick in the armor. He needs to just
11:26 Mend it when it comes to Shubman Gill. It was a very ordinary
11:29 tournament for him
11:32 Just before the tournament. He had this thingy which kept him away from the game for three games and
11:39 Then he came back in the Pakistan matches and he showed those signs
11:44 but I think the pressure of delivering in a world cup match and that too in a big final high voltage match where
11:53 Millions of people are watching there's an expectation of you
11:56 From you who win and on a ground where you have already done wonders in your IPL career
12:01 and the domestic circuit
12:04 So I think he just couldn't absorb the pressure. Well, he the handling of the pressure could have been
12:10 done
12:12 In a better way from Shubman Gill, but I think credit goes to the Australian bowlers
12:17 they knew that they're going to be some nerve early on for the Indian batters and they just
12:23 Name it then and there right?
12:26 Given the kind of start that Rohit Sharma had given obviously and that's
12:32 The advantage of it lasted even during the middle overs where Indian batting actually had slowed down a lot
12:39 But their boundaries had dried up six
12:41 Was a different a distant, you know approach altogether
12:46 What in your opinion could have been done in those?
12:49 Overs right after say, you know the 12th or 13th over when actually the graph came down
12:56 Yes, actually that is where the Indians lost the plot
13:01 ODIs is always about rotating the strike
13:05 Then and then there are two key players like KL Rahul and Virat Shetty
13:10 They start taking consuming a lot of thought all the message is pretty clear to the opposition
13:16 They are under pressure and that's exactly what transpired in the coming over. They were very slow
13:22 They were sluggish in the middle over
13:24 Had they just started rotating strikes converting those singles into doubles and doubles into
13:30 Triples the pressure would have up to an extent shifted on the opposition side because it's a pretty basic
13:39 Silicon terminology that you
13:41 Are thinking the strike because when you are rotating the cycle of the opposition captain
13:47 Players are also getting fatigued
13:50 They've sufficiently shift their position
13:54 the captain is forced to bring his best fielders into the circle and
13:58 and that gives an opportunity to the
14:01 opposition to just
14:04 play big boundaries and big shots
14:09 Just collapse
14:11 You were not in the driver's seat
14:13 You just were not converting those singles into doubles
14:15 Neither you were hitting those big shots
14:17 Right, I can see Avinash
14:19 There are some fans also gathering
14:21 and one of the enthusiastic fans
14:23 if you could ask him
14:25 what does he take home this evening
14:27 after watching the match
14:29 I see him going
14:31 It's okay, it's okay Avinash
14:33 Also talking about the bowling attack
14:35 Not bringing in Mohamed Siraj early
14:37 Do you believe that also proved detrimental
14:39 because especially with the new ball
14:41 Siraj's performance has been better
14:43 Mohamed Siraj's performance
14:45 Yes, actually it was
14:47 I mean, but while I was observing the team huddle
14:49 just before the second innings Australia batting started
14:51 the shoulders had drooped
14:53 They were just
14:55 not moving
14:57 They were not moving
14:59 They were not moving
15:01 They were not moving
15:03 The shoulders had drooped
15:05 I think the Indian team
15:07 had given up at the end of the first inning
15:09 They knew
15:11 40 is not a defendable total
15:13 The pitch
15:15 just got better
15:17 as the match progressed
15:19 Once the
15:21 After the sunset
15:23 the temperature dipped a bit
15:25 and it ensured that the pitch
15:27 was conducive for batting
15:29 The ball was coming well onto the bat
15:31 and Shami was
15:33 breathing fire but
15:35 at the same time he was
15:37 looking to do extra
15:39 something extra. He was not
15:41 looking completely composed
15:43 and calm and collected
15:45 That we have seen in the past matches
15:47 against New Zealand we saw that he was
15:49 strategizing pretty well
15:51 He was ensuring that the
15:53 opposition batters are committing the mistakes
15:55 that he wants them to commit
15:57 But here he was the aggressor
15:59 and that also kind of
16:01 sent a signal to the opposition
16:03 that the Indian captain
16:05 is taking a defensive approach
16:07 because yes, Siraj
16:09 should have been
16:11 given the new ball to bowl
16:13 and Shami, yes
16:15 he is your best bowler, he is the leading
16:17 wicket taker in the tournament but still
16:19 he does well when the ball
16:21 is slightly old
16:23 some rough in the ball
16:25 created
16:27 Rohit, I think
16:29 he just
16:31 missed this
16:33 trick and had there been
16:35 some
16:37 sort of a thinking
16:39 act on during
16:41 those crunch situations
16:43 I think India could have still
16:45 maintained some pressure but
16:47 by the time Siraj was introduced into the attack
16:49 the Aussie batters were
16:51 more or less settled. Their eyes
16:53 were set and
16:55 from then on there was always a
16:57 catching game and a cat and mouse race
16:59 for India bowlers and the
17:01 Aussie batters
17:03 Right, Avinash also
17:05 as the batsmen
17:07 fell silent or the graft
17:09 dropped when the batting
17:11 after losing Shreyas Iyer
17:13 obviously it was a defensive stance
17:15 that the batters were approaching
17:17 In the bowling department, 47-3
17:19 India had got
17:21 Australia in a tight spot but
17:23 from there on until the fourth wicket
17:25 to the very end
17:27 that also somehow
17:29 it looks like kudos to the batsmen
17:31 Australian batsmen but
17:33 the bowlers, do you think they failed to capitalise
17:35 47-3
17:37 it was a decent stage
17:39 from where they could have actually
17:41 made inroads into the Australian batting
17:43 Well, actually
17:45 they could but the thing was
17:47 while we were
17:49 watching the game, we were actually thinking that the pitch
17:51 was getting relatively better
17:53 and as the match progressed, it just
17:55 started getting better and better
17:57 Rohit Sharma introduced his spinners
17:59 pretty early in the match
18:01 hoping that if the dew starts settling in
18:03 it will be very tough for the bowlers
18:05 particularly the spinners to grip the ball
18:07 and that's why we saw Kuldeep
18:09 and Ravindra Jadeja coming in
18:11 so early despite
18:13 the fact that your
18:15 your pacers had picked up three
18:17 early wickets and made an inroad
18:19 so yes, had Spiraj been
18:21 brought into the attack a little early
18:23 a tad early, things
18:25 could have been different
18:27 but I think Rohit
18:29 Sharma, he just
18:31 had given up all
18:33 the hope way before
18:35 the match was over or in fact
18:37 the first bowl was delivered from the Indians
18:39 Well, Rohit Sharma
18:41 obviously, what a
18:43 skipper he has been, I mean leading
18:45 from the front, leading the team
18:47 to ten consecutive
18:49 victories on the trot and now
18:51 continuing with the same streak
18:53 of batting that he employed
18:55 what do you see for him, where
18:57 from now, from here
18:59 on to Rohit Sharma
19:01 See, Rohit Sharma
19:03 definitely has proven himself
19:05 to be a leader
19:07 who likes
19:09 to lead from the front, he's backed
19:11 his players to the hill
19:13 and it is his backing
19:15 of the players and the clarity of
19:17 thought that he has given to his players
19:19 has transpired into India
19:21 becoming such a formidable team and a
19:23 force to reckon with in this tournament
19:25 so credit to him, kudos to him for
19:27 doing so well in this
19:29 entire tournament, not just here
19:31 even in the Asia Cup we saw
19:33 Rohit Sharma, the captain do so well
19:35 even the run-fat guy
19:37 from his side, he was
19:39 not able to perform with the bat
19:41 but as he
19:43 came into the World Cup, nobody was expecting
19:45 him to score 500+ runs because
19:47 he was looking
19:49 a mere shadow of himself before the start of
19:51 the tournament, but the way he carried
19:53 himself, kudos to him, so
19:55 definitely as a batsman
19:57 as a leader, he's done
19:59 phenomenally well but as we
20:01 know, Indian Clapsons are judged by
20:03 the trophies they have in their
20:05 cabinet and
20:07 unfortunately Rohit
20:09 also will not be having any
20:11 ICC trophy in his cabinet as a
20:13 captain, so I am astonished
20:15 still he is the best captain that India
20:17 has produced in all
20:19 the formats, so
20:21 we've lost the ICC
20:23 Championship twice, under
20:25 Zidane's captaincy and this year
20:27 in the month of June, Australia, the same
20:29 Australian side and more or less the same
20:31 squad of the Aussie side
20:33 which defeated us in the
20:35 WBC final in June
20:37 in the English summer
20:39 more or less the same, Travis Head
20:41 was the centurion there, Pat Cummings
20:43 was the captain and
20:45 Steve Smith, Manoj Labhushain
20:47 which is star-capped and
20:49 almost every player in that
20:51 squad is actually part of this side as well
20:53 so yes, Rohit has done
20:55 well, but then we
20:57 will be gazing him
20:59 as a captain
21:01 and looking at his
21:03 performance overall
21:05 in terms of the ICC tournament
21:07 yes, he will be at par
21:09 or perhaps
21:11 above Virat Kohli because
21:13 under Virat's captaincy we made it
21:15 to the semis but
21:17 it just took a step ahead
21:19 but given the fact that you are playing
21:21 at home and
21:23 since the
21:25 2011 World Cup we saw
21:27 their home teams lifting
21:29 the trophy, we saw it happening in 2011
21:31 we saw it happening in 2015
21:33 2019 was the same story
21:35 and that's why everybody
21:37 was expecting India to lift
21:39 this coveted trophy and the
21:41 LUV Silverware, but
21:43 unfortunately Rohit will not
21:45 go down as one of the
21:47 greatest captains of Indian
21:49 cricket, he will be remembered
21:51 for his contribution as a good
21:53 captain, but
21:55 I think
21:57 it is time for Indian cricket
21:59 and the BCCI and the selectors to take
22:01 a bite of bitter pill
22:03 take a hard call and start preparing
22:05 a team for the tournament because I personally do not
22:07 see Rohit Sharma in the 2017
22:09 World Cup and if you do not see a player
22:11 in the next World Cup
22:13 you better start giving chances to
22:15 the youngsters, identify
22:17 who is going to be, who can lead
22:19 you, I think KL Rahul has done
22:21 well, KL Rahul has shown sign
22:23 he looks like a very
22:25 mature player, his
22:27 overall approach
22:29 in the entire tournament
22:31 today, yes he didn't find much of support
22:33 his batting will be obviously criticised
22:35 because he also ate up too many deliveries
22:37 but he looks like a
22:39 far improved player
22:41 than what he was
22:43 8 months back
22:45 Betan can be passed on to
22:47 someone like KL Rahul
22:49 or Ashray Sayyar
22:51 or Hardik Pandya
22:53 if he is fit
22:55 because I think we missed Hardik Pandya
22:57 badly, how costly
22:59 do you think
23:01 Hardik Pandya's absence this time round
23:03 in the finals proved to be for India
23:05 I think it did
23:07 because we
23:09 didn't perform
23:11 as a batting unit
23:13 so Hardik Pandya's batting
23:15 I mean it was badly missed
23:17 had there been a torch buckler
23:19 like Hardik, I think Suri Kumar Yadav
23:21 would not have been in the team
23:23 in the squad
23:25 playing 11
23:27 being Shami
23:29 doing such a wonderful job for the team
23:31 he and
23:33 Shami could have played together
23:35 and that would have made a lot of difference
23:37 because today India
23:39 India just, there was certain
23:41 subplots which the Indian team just
23:43 didn't capitalise upon
23:45 and those subplots generally tend to define
23:47 the course of the match
23:49 your battle
23:51 they ate up too many deliveries
23:53 and when there was time for them to explode
23:55 they didn't and they just perished
23:57 so if Hardik had he been
23:59 in the middle, he could have really made a difference
24:01 because we should not
24:03 forget that he comes from this part of the
24:05 country, he understands the conditions
24:07 he understands the pitches, also he's the
24:09 the captain of the Gujarat
24:11 Titans which has a winning team
24:13 Motera is the
24:15 home ground of the team so they play
24:17 at least 7 or 8 matches per season
24:19 so he understands
24:21 this pitch, the condition
24:23 perhaps inside out
24:25 so yes, in a way
24:27 we definitely missed
24:29 Hardik Pandya
24:31 the batter, not the
24:33 bowler
24:35 One final question
24:37 before I let you go, obviously this could have been
24:39 the very first question though
24:41 about Virat Kohli, he's so close
24:43 and yet so far
24:45 he achieved all the milestones
24:47 he achieved, broke the record
24:49 of Sachin Tendulkar definitely
24:51 in the run up to this finals
24:53 unfortunate played on
24:55 situation occurred with him
24:57 50+ definitely
24:59 that's, you know, if you look at
25:01 psychologically then it's a
25:03 decent score
25:05 how disappointed do you think Virat Kohli
25:07 would be to have achieved so much
25:09 through this
25:11 World Cup yet at the end of
25:13 the match the cup slipped away
25:15 I will have to go
25:19 back in the history
25:21 when Team India lifted
25:23 the Gaurav Ravastra trophy under
25:25 Virat Kohli's captainship back in 2018
25:27 he made a statement
25:29 and that statement
25:31 is haunting him now
25:33 he said that his Gaurav Ravastra trophy
25:35 win was bigger than
25:37 the 2011 World Cup win
25:39 and we
25:41 sometimes don't
25:43 just stay to the word
25:45 that we utter and that
25:47 has perhaps come to
25:49 bite him back
25:51 a World Cup win is always
25:53 the most cherished victory
25:55 you cannot compare a Gaurav Ravastra
25:57 trophy win even if you are winning
25:59 down under in Australia
26:01 a World Cup win is a World Cup win
26:03 the cabinet is 12th
26:05 and despite all the achievements
26:07 that he has had
26:09 all the milestones that he has created
26:11 he will be really disappointed and really sad
26:13 when perhaps sitting in the corner
26:15 in the dressing room and cursing
26:17 himself for playing
26:19 such a shot on which
26:21 he got out because yes
26:23 his dismissal
26:25 proved very costly for
26:27 India and India
26:29 had he been there at the crease
26:31 things would have been definitely different
26:33 the entire script would have been
26:35 very flowery
26:37 but unfortunately
26:39 it was not his day
26:41 it was not India's day
26:43 and I think
26:45 I think despite his
26:47 fitness, despite his achievements
26:49 I am not going to see
26:51 Virat Kohli in the next World Cup
26:53 this was his last World Cup
26:55 the team was also
26:57 looking to play
26:59 and pay a tribute to him
27:01 the way the Indian team had won
27:03 the 2011 World Cup
27:05 they completely said
27:07 consistently they were saying that
27:09 they want to win it for
27:11 Sachin Tendulkar
27:13 perhaps the team was planning to do it
27:15 the same way for Rohit and Virat
27:17 but
27:19 as we say, not everything is in our hands
27:21 destiny has
27:23 something else written in the script
27:25 Indeed
27:27 thank you so much Vinash for bringing us
27:29 up to speed with the sentiments
27:31 the on ground situation
27:33 and also the analysis
27:35 of what went wrong
27:37 or what could have gone better
27:39 but nonetheless as they say
27:41 it's all in a day's work
27:43 and obviously part of the game
27:45 what India takes home from here
27:47 is something that could be discussed in the dressing room
27:49 more than the newsroom
27:51 and that's what matters the most
27:53 thank you so much for speaking to us
27:55 we wish you a safe return to Delhi
27:57 and also thanks to
27:59 Vinash and his team for bringing us
28:01 all the action from outside
28:03 the several cricket grounds that
28:05 witnessed and hosted
28:07 the matches for World Cup
28:09 2023