Head breaks Indians hearts as Australia win - Who was to blame for India's defeat?
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00:00 What a match, what a match.
00:02 Australia took a break.
00:04 India was unbeaten in this World Cup.
00:08 But they were not allowed to win.
00:10 20 years ago, these two teams were in the final.
00:12 Australia was winning even then.
00:15 This time, it happened.
00:16 Let's show you this report.
00:18 Australia won the World Cup for the 6th time.
00:22 India's dream of winning the trophy was shattered.
00:25 Home ground, home crowd,
00:26 Indians were left with no choice.
00:28 Kangaroos entered the house and hunted Indians.
00:31 In the final, Pat Cummins decided to be brave.
00:34 He won the toss and gave the batting to India.
00:35 He stopped the Indian batting line
00:38 which was trying to get rid of the opponent team.
00:41 In the chase of 241 runs,
00:43 the Australian batting line was in a stalemate.
00:45 Three players were out on 47 runs.
00:48 Indians' dreams were awakened.
00:49 Then, Travis Head and Manis Nabhushain
00:52 danced Indian bowlers for Tigny.
00:54 They made Sharma Eleven yearn for the wicket.
00:57 Head's century kept India away from victory.
01:00 The Indian team, who won 10 consecutive matches
01:04 and played in the final, couldn't win the trophy.
01:07 Right from the word go, when this match started,
01:11 if you're watching the special transmission of ARY News,
01:14 former captain Azar Ali said that
01:17 this pitch was not suitable for the final.
01:19 Not only us, but the former captain Ricky Ponting,
01:22 Michael Vaughan and Nasir Hussain
01:24 also made a strong criticism
01:27 regarding the pitch's preparation.
01:29 They said that the pitch's preparation
01:32 backfired for India.
01:34 Let's have a look.
01:35 The team was alerted.
01:38 The decision to keep the pitch dry in Ahmedabad backfired.
01:42 India couldn't get help and lost the trophy.
01:45 India played the final round to win.
01:48 But this time, they couldn't fool the Australians.
01:51 They kept the wicket dry.
01:53 But the Cummins were smart.
01:55 They had already clicked the pictures.
01:57 Everyone was sure that they would bat
01:59 if they got a toss.
02:01 But the Cummins fielded and surprised everyone.
02:04 What happened?
02:05 The Martis fell into their own trap.
02:08 For the first time in the World Cup, the team was crowded.
02:11 Former captain Ricky Ponting,
02:13 Michael Vaughan and Nasir Hussain
02:15 also made a criticism regarding the pitch's preparation.
02:17 Ponting said that the pitch's preparation
02:19 backfired for India.
02:21 Former English captain Michael Vaughan said
02:23 that Australia controlled the situation better than India.
02:27 Kangaroos took the advantage of such a pitch's preparation.
02:30 Former English captain Nasir Hussain said
02:33 that India's move backfired on them.
02:36 The ICC pitch consultant had said earlier
02:39 that India could play a trick with the pitch in the final.
02:42 Yes, they played a trick with the pitch.
02:48 But I heard a sentence in this report that everyone was surprised
02:51 that why Australia is going for a chase.
02:55 But if we look at the stats,
02:57 2011, 2015, 2019 and now 2023.
03:00 All the World Cups from 2011 to now
03:04 are won by the teams that chase.
03:06 So Australia made the right decision.
03:08 Moving on, let's talk about
03:10 if we sum up the final of tomorrow in one line,
03:13 then head breaks heart.
03:15 Because the way Travis Head played,
03:18 he broke the hearts of Indian fans,
03:20 but he became a hero in the eyes of the world.
03:24 He has a special animosity with India.
03:27 Because in the final of the World Test Championship,
03:29 he scored 163.
03:30 Yes, Travis Head made this World Cup memorable for Australia.
03:35 And the credit goes to him and the Australian management
03:39 that they kept injured Travis Head with them.
03:43 And as soon as he joined the team,
03:46 he made a century.
03:47 He performed well in the semi-final and the final.
03:50 So there is no need to praise him.
03:52 Mr. Shahid Hashmi has joined us again.
03:54 Let's talk to him.
03:56 Mr. Shahid, what a team India was.
03:58 What a great flow they had.
04:04 If you say batting, fastballing, spinballing, fielding,
04:08 everything was up to the mark.
04:10 And it seemed that this World Cup would be theirs.
04:12 What happened to India?
04:14 It felt like India's team and team management
04:19 were in a bad situation.
04:20 For three days, we were hearing that the pitch would be like this,
04:22 like that, the pitch would help the spinners.
04:25 The Indian team management is worried
04:27 about the pitch and whether it will behave well or not.
04:30 And two days ago, they put a heavy roller.
04:33 All the moisture was gone.
04:35 The pitch was very slow.
04:37 And if you see, the top order five batsmen,
04:41 their shots were such that if it was a good true pace pitch,
04:43 they would have gone for the whole shot.
04:45 The way Shubman Gill got out,
04:47 Rohit Sharma especially, he played ahead.
04:49 If it was a good pitch, if it had bounced,
04:51 it would have gone for the six.
04:52 Similarly, Virat Kohli played a defensive stroke.
04:55 The ball was slow, it came slowly.
04:57 The bat committee slowed it down more
04:58 and it went into the bricks while rolling.
05:00 So Kohli got out there.
05:02 Iyer got out like this.
05:03 Suriya Kumar didn't hit.
05:05 In 18 balls, in 28 balls, he made 18 runs.
05:09 So the pitch was not like the one for the final.
05:12 It was a disappointing pitch.
05:14 Mr. Shai, if we talk about some special memories of this World Cup,
05:18 then according to me, Maxwell's fastest hundred,
05:22 then Maxwell's double century,
05:25 Shami's great performance,
05:28 and then that timeout,
05:33 that was a very unique decision.
05:35 So all these things will be kept in memory.
05:38 But above all is Virat Kohli.
05:40 What a World Cup he had.
05:42 So what would you say about Virat Kohli?
05:44 It was a World Cup.
05:47 Virat Kohli made 700+ runs.
05:49 No one has made so many runs.
05:51 And he is a great player.
05:54 But overall, if you look at it,
05:55 in the Indian team, in India and in the Indian media,
05:58 one thing is that Virat Kohli gets a lot of mileage,
06:02 a lot of coverage.
06:03 His sports channel looks like
06:06 he keeps on running advertisements of Virat Kohli day and night.
06:09 He keeps on running promos of Virat Kohli.
06:11 He gave an interview of Virat Kohli
06:12 at the Pakistan match,
06:14 at the 2022 T20 World Cup,
06:16 at the match in Melbourne.
06:17 He keeps on running it.
06:19 So much so that people remember that speech.
06:21 So within the team,
06:22 one player gets so much mileage,
06:25 so much coverage.
06:26 Although Virat Kohli is a very big player,
06:29 but if other players also get this kind of coverage,
06:32 then it will be better.
06:33 Mr. Shahid, you have covered the entire World Cup.
06:37 What was the coverage of this World Cup like?
06:40 And how do you see it overall?
06:41 Overall, the World Cup was good.
06:44 And the next World Cup will be in 2027,
06:47 in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
06:49 There will be 14 teams.
06:51 The associate teams were complaining
06:53 since the format of 10 teams came.
06:56 In 2007, there were 14 teams.
06:58 In 2010, 2015 and 2019 World Cup,
07:02 there were fewer teams.
07:05 The associate teams were there till 2011.
07:07 So after 2015, when the teams were fewer,
07:10 the associate teams had the same complaint.
07:12 And now that this complaint has been ended,
07:16 there will be 14 teams in the 2027 World Cup.
07:20 But overall, if you see,
07:21 the performance of the Holland team was also very good.
07:23 Afghanistan, who lost 9 matches last time,
07:27 this time they stayed with Pakistan with 4 wins.
07:31 They came down in the net run rate from Pakistan.
07:33 Pakistan came in fifth and they came in sixth.
07:36 But the way they defeated teams like Pakistan, Sri Lanka
07:39 and the strong team of England,
07:41 which we are losing badly,
07:42 Afghanistan is winning.
07:43 So the team of Afghanistan is doing very well.
07:45 This was the most special thing of this tournament
07:48 that the team of Afghanistan has come out on top.
07:50 And Afghanistan will now get a very big place
07:53 in the International Cricket Fraternity.
07:54 They will also start getting more funding.
07:57 So the team of Afghanistan has impressed everyone.