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New Delhi. The Indian cricket team has faced defeat in the final of another ICC event. Team India, which entered the final of the World Test Championship against Australia, had to be content with becoming the runner-up after losing. For the second time in a row, the Indian team was successful in making it to the finals of this tournament. This was India’s sixth defeat in the final of this ICC event.
Captain Rohit Sharma also failed to end the Indian cricket team’s 10-year ICC trophy drought. Team India reached the final of the ICC World Test Championship and captured the trophy by defeating Australia by a huge margin of 209 runs. Last time the Indian team got defeated by New Zealand in the final.
India’s captain Rohit Sharma won the toss in the final and chose to bowl first and Australia scored 469 runs in the first innings. Travis Head and Steve Smith changed the course of the match by playing brilliant century innings. In the second innings, Australia captain Pat Cummins declared after scoring 270 runs for 8 wickets and a huge target of 444 runs came in front of India. In the second innings, the Indian team was able to score only 234 runs.
ICC Finals Losing Team
The name of the Indian team has now registered an embarrassing record of losing the ICC finals 6 times. The England team has also faced defeat in the same number of finals. The Indian team has now jointly equaled the English team in this list. The Sri Lankan team has lost 4 out of 7 finals and is at number three. Australia’s record is excellent, playing 12 finals, they have lost only 3. The teams of West Indies, New Zealand and Pakistan have been able to win only 3 out of 8 times.
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Tags: India vs Australia, WTC Final
FIRST PUBLISHED : June 12, 2023, 06:00 IST
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