Cricket World Cup 2023 Final: Australia win toss, elect to bowl first against India, check playing XIs of both teams

Pat Cummins chose to bowl first due to the dry wicket and dew factor.

Cricket World Cup 2023 Final: Australia win toss, elect to bowl first against India, check playing XIs of both teams

Rohit Sharma and Pat Cummins have a discussion during the toss (Image via ESPN)

On 19th November, India and Australia are facing off in the 2023 ICC ODI World Cup Finals. The match is being played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad and it’s the first World Cup final it is hosting. Australian Captain, Pat Cummins, won the toss and elected to bowl first. 

Pat Cummins said he wanted to bowl as he believed the wicket was dry and the due was also an important factor. Due to the dew he didn’t want to bowl at night. Cummins said the Australian side is unchanged, with the same playing XI from their semi-final clash.

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Rohit Sharma was happy with the toss, as he wanted to bat first and put up a huge score in an important match. He said it was a dream come true, captaining India in a World Cup final and that the team was calm and ready. India too had an unchanged XI.

Indian playing XI:

  • Rohit Sharma (C)
  • Shubman Gill
  • Virat Kohli
  • Shreyas Iyer
  • KL Rahul (WK)
  • Suryakumar Yadav
  • Ravindra Jadeja
  • Kuldeep Yadav
  • Mohammed Shami
  • Jasprit Bumrah 
  • Mohammed Siraj 

Australia Playing XI: 

  • Pat Cummins (C) 
  • David Warner 
  • Travis Head
  • Mitchell Marsh
  • Steve Smith
  • Marnus Labuschagne 
  • Glenn Maxwell
  • Josh Inglis 
  • Mitchell Starc 
  • Adam Zampa 
  • Josh Hazlewood 

School postpones Unit Test due to Finals

Cricket has a very rich culture and history in India, with it being termed as a religion in India. Almost every child has held a cricket bat once in their life and many spend their free time just playing or watching the gentleman’s game. 

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Indian Cricket Team huddle before their biggest match of the year (Image via ESPN)

So it makes absolute sense when D.A.V. Public School, Faridabad, decided to postpone the Unit Tests from 20th November, Monday, to 21st November, Tuesday. This was done so that students could watch the 2023 ICC ODI World Cup Finals, which was being played between India and Australia on 19th November, Sunday. 

In a notice released by the school, the school announced that they had postponed the Unit Tests and acknowledged how important cricket is. They said after numerous requests after the student bodies they came to the decision. The school also hoped their students performed well in their upcoming tests as they postponed. 

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