Ahead of the ongoing WTC final 2023, fans of both Indian and Australian teams were excited and continue to be. After all, both teams have done a lot of hard work from mid-2021 to the first quarter of 2023 to reach the final. Meanwhile, ahead of the ongoing game, an Indian fan was seen holding a placard that reads Windia vs Lostralia.
A few hours after the start of the game, the image of the placard has been going viral. In the game, the World Number One side, India won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Australia Team
DA Warner, UT Khawaja, M Labuschagne, SPD Smith, TM Head, C Green, AT Carey (WK), MA Starc, PJ Cummins (C), NM Lyon, SM Boland
India Team
RG Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, CA Pujara, V Kohli, AM Rahane, KS Bharat (WK), RA Jadeja, SN Thakur, UT Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
This is how Twitter reacted
Cameraman has a new spicy job on his hands now
— Transponster Jay (@Jay_KD77) June 7, 2023
Losstralia ?
Seriously pic.twitter.com/AbVLWVDmiI— Dr.Sanakyan ?? (@NGS_tweets) June 7, 2023
Yes Australia is the toughest team to beat in finals but Then there is Captain Rohit who didn't lose a single final he faced ?? Come Onnnnnnn…. India ??
Flexing Rohitman ?????????????? ???
— Saiprasanth??? (@Saipras187) June 7, 2023
What a cheap behaviour ???
— kanna (@kannar852) June 7, 2023
She doesn't know what's gonna happen in 5 hours time ?
— Krish (@143NotOut) June 7, 2023
It is just a practice match for Aussies ahead of Ashes and nice to have Indians in finals for ticket sales.
Whether to finish the Indians inside 3 or 4 or 5 days depends on how much practice the Aussies and how much ticket sales the ECB are looking for
Share cup after 5 days ?— Arrow ? (@aaronbcj) June 7, 2023
Poor lady. Even though we are Indians and supporting India with all our soul and heart, we have to respect the other side as well. Humility wins so many times. Don't be overconfident.
— wesley s (@wesleys30947663) June 7, 2023
Overconfidence ?
— NIKHIL (@ImNIKDYA) June 7, 2023
Overconfident fan. Why can't people just go watch?! Stay humble with a strong opposition.
— Niranjana (@ninjatweets23) June 7, 2023
This will bite us if we lose pic.twitter.com/tdYmf9A2eH
— Itachi Bhai (@itachibhaii) June 7, 2023
Australia have their noses ahead on Day One of WTC final 2023
Meanwhile, in the game, the Aussies were asked to bat first and lost the wicket of Usman Khawaja early. The likes of Marnus Labuschagne and David Warner put together 69 runs for the second wicket. Just before the Lunch break, the latter got out, caught down the leg side. After the break, Labuschagne was cleaned up by Mohammed Shami.
At 78/3, the likes of Travis Head and vice-captain Steve Smith have added 143 runs and counting. The former counter-attacked the Indian bowling and the Asian side hasn’t looked like having an answer. At the time of writing, Head is batting on 94 off 95 balls including 14 fours and a six. On the other hand, Smith is batting on 49. The Rohit Sharma-led side now needs wickets desperately to make some comeback into the game