Rohit Sharma, the captain of India, proposed a best-of-three-matches rule for the WTC’s upcoming cycle following the 2021–23 Final. Pat Cummins, the captain of Australia, was opposed to the notion. In the upcoming cycle, a three-match series for the WTC Final will be perfect, according to Rohit. Pat Cummins responded immediately, saying, “Players win medals in the Olympics with just one final.”
In summary, Australia managed 469 runs despite a horrible batting surface, partly as a result of great hundreds by Travis Head and Steve Smith. Australia held a commanding advantage after India scored 296 runs in the first innings, which was yet another top-order blunder. Australia faced some short-term pressure in their second innings, but they recovered to set India a goal of 444 runs. India collapsed early on Sunday morning after losing Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, and Ajinkya Rahane. At stumps, India had a score of 164 for 3. The rest was a formality for Australia.
‘You can’t take the credit away from what we’ve done in those last two years’ – Rohit Sharma
The following is what Rohit Sharma stated in the post-game press conference following Australia’s victory in the WTC 2021-23 Final: “I thought we started well with winning the toss, putting them to bat in those conditions. We bowled well in the first session and then we let ourselves down with how we bowled,” Rohit Sharma said. “Got to give credit to the Australian batters. Head came in and played really well along with Steven Smith.
“That just took us off guard a little bit. We knew it was always hard to come back, but we put up a good show. We fought till the end. We’ve worked hard for all those four years. Playing two finals is honestly a good achievement for us. But we’d like to go a mile ahead as well. We would want at least 20-25 days to prepare for Finals like these.
“You can’t take the credit away from what we’ve done in those last two years to come here. .. it was a great effort from the entire unit. Unfortunate that we couldn’t go on and win the final but we’ll keep our heads high and fight. The crowd support has been brilliant. They’ve gotten behind the time. I’d like to thank each one of them. They were cheering for every run and every wicket,” Rohit said.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Then why that should be called as WTC? Or else keep the entire tournament like World Cup, Champions trophy.
— Sagar Khandelwal (@Khandelw13Sagar) June 11, 2023
Holy Own ??
— Virat Kohli Worldwide (@ViratianTweets) June 11, 2023
Comparing test match with Olympics even some Olympic finals have 3rounds
— Atty (@Atty045) June 11, 2023
Cummins is official father of vadapav overseas bhogda mc ????????????????????????????????????????????
— VIRAT KOHLI FAN BOY ????? (@Virat2345672) June 11, 2023
Perfect answer
— Pawan Shukla (@Shukla8175) June 11, 2023
Cummins rocked
Sharma G shocked— Sultan Khan (@MainHoonSultan7) June 11, 2023
Cummins rocked
Sharma G shocked— Sultan Khan (@MainHoonSultan7) June 11, 2023
They have heats or qualifying rounds at the same Olympics prior to reaching the finals. You dont play one off finals directly even at the olympics!
— Pooh (@ThodaYehThodaWo) June 11, 2023
