The Indian fans missed the services of veteran opener Shikhar Dhawan after young opener Shubman Gill failed in the World Cup 2023 final against Australia.
India and Australia met in the World Cup 2023 final on Sunday at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
While Rohit Sharma continued on his attacking spree, Gill had a failure as he was dismissed for only 4 runs by Mitchell Starc. Gill tried to pull a short ball from Starc but mistimed and misplaced it and it went straight to Adam Zampa at mid-on to give Australia their first scalp in the final.
Fans said they and India missed Shikhar Dhawan today with his vast experience and especially his success in ICC tournaments and playing against Australia.
Against Australia, Shikhar Dhawan averaged 45 in ODIs and cracked 4 centuries, including one in the 2019 ODI World Cup in England. The left-hander also averaged 53 in 10 ODI World Cup matches across the 2015 and 2019 World Cups.
Here are tweets of fans missing Shikhar Dhawan:
Talking about the World Cup final, India are in a tough position while batting first. Rohit Sharma gave India a cracking start with his 47 off 31 balls. But Rohit and Shreyas Iyer got out in quick succession. KL Rahul and Virat Kohli then slowly rebuilt India’s innings with their partnership of 67 (109) before Kohli got out. Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul, who scored 66 runs, too followed leaving India in a really difficult position.
Earlier, Australia captain Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bowl. Rohit announced that India will be playing the same XI that has played in the last 6 matches.
World Cup Final Teams:
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
Australia (Playing XI): Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis(w), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins(c), Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
